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    4$ Blue-Stocking Revels;

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    Canto Ii.—The Presentations And Bali,.

    And a whirlwind of music came sweet from the spheres ) : — Then his shape he resum'd , with the bay round his ears , And on Sheridan _smil'd _, name with wit ever found , And on Somerville , head most surprisingly _crown'd ; For instead of the little Loves , laughing at colleges , Round it , in doctors' caps , flew little Knowledges !

    —Stepney and Stiekney , lo ! heart-thrusting names , That stab me with grief , knowing only their fames ; And Strickland , whose heroines are somewhat too haughty For ladies so arch , with a turn for the " naughty : " ( Well drew she bluff Harry enacting the pilgrim , And risquing his mask with his heats and his will grim ) :

    Then Strutt , who though painting calm clerical homes In England , finds fault with no mirth when she roams , Or rather , because truly loving and wise , Sees the same smile of Jove under different skies ;

    Then Trollope , who hates vulgar manners . —Alas ! Why be haunted with things we ' ve the wit to surpass ? Her followed young * Twalmley _, nice sensitive thing , Whose pen and whose pencil give promise like spring ; Then Wliitfield , —then Wortley , —and acridly bright In her eyes , butsweet-lipp'd , the slaves'friend , Fanny Wright

    These ended , some shapes , ultra-modest , appear _ed In anonymous masks , one with two-fold grey beard : ' Phoebus warmly receiv _ed her , with touching respect ;—But another , with picturesque elegance deck'd , He took in his arms , like a friend of Lang-Syne , And call'd her his " Gossip , " and grace of " the Rhine . " " The season ' s approaching ( quoth he ) for fine weather _. And then you and I will paint landscapes together . "

    At the close of this train hurried in some sweet misses , Short-breatli'd , like a boarding-school come to buy " kisses . " The dear little things brought their Albums , and fairly Requested his autograph ! Phoebus laugh'd rarely , ( 19 ) See her novel , or ratber collection of tales , entitled the ' Pilgrims of Wai line ham . "

    ( 20 ) Authoress of ' Chances and Changes / * Six Weeks on the Loire , ' & c . The Loire is remarkable for having cordial visitors ; doubtless because of the heart-felt Ind domestic nature of its scenery . See the new work , mentioned a little further award , by the authoress of the ' Gossip ' s Week . ' ( 21 ) Authoress of « Two Old Men ' s Tales / & c .

    ( 22 ) Authoress of the * Gossip ' s Week / and ' Slight Reminiscences of the Rhine / ; _rorks full of beauty and feeling , remarkable for their landscape-painting , and _illut- _' rated by congenial amateur vignettes , of the Raphaelesque school of Stothard . To > ti _« _a _« works another brilliant collection of pictures has been just added , oalfof / Sketches of the Pyrenees . ' ' ¦

    4$ Blue-Stocking Revels;

    4 $ Blue-Stocking Revels ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1837, page 46, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01071837/page/44/