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Critical Notices.-—Miscellaneous. 857
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Art. Ix.— The Sacred Offeringy A L P Oi ...
turned . Moreover , we have a great deal of work , graver than the graver ' s , on fliand . The Annuals of this year are very like the Annuals of last year ; quite as good ; rather better than worse - y but still they are so very like , tha £ if any of our friends must have critiques we really think they cannot do better than read
the old ones over again , and so will trouble be saved to all parties . We hope that they wifl no a be much disappointed ; that they had not reckoned upon an article as long and glittering as a Lord Mayor ' s procession ; but if they had , there is consolatiou for them in the comparison , and they must e ' en take it as one of the compliments of the season . Alderman
Key is not yet baronetted , and Sir Claudius Hunter did not ride by the side of the King ' s coach on a white horse . < s Would you desire better sympathy ?" However , though we must , this year , decline dining with our readers at the very gay table which is set out for the public , we shall give the bill of fare in our last page , so that all who please may help themselves .
And now for the exception which we have been tempted to make The tc Sacred Offering , " small in size , comparatively cheap in price s only embellished by its delicate title-page , and a beautiful engraving from Leonardo da Vinci , of that face so " full of grace and truth , and which well deserves to be an only
embellishment ; but which , unpretending little volume as it is , yet has an elegance in its appearance that corresponds with the elegance of its contents , must not be confounded with the gay and festive tribe of Auuuals , nor even classed with those of them which lay claim to a religious character . It is sui generis
amongst them ; made so by the stainless purity of its spirit , the unalloyed truth of " us sentiments , the deep yet chastened fervour of its piety , and ; ui all-pervading refinement , gracefulness , and benevolence . We have nod space to particularize or extract ; but we must mention ) the Sonnets on subjects from the Ciospe !
Art. Ix.— The Sacred Offeringy A L P Oi ...
narrative . They are , or at least they deserve to be , models . The words of the holy record are , with little change or inversion , made % o arrange themselves melodiously , and the author , by a single touch , makes us first feel , and then perceive how truly he felt 2 all the innate
poetry of uhe subject , which poetry is piety . What we least like are the translations from Klopstock . The fault Hies between Klopstock and ourselves we suppose ; fur the translator ' s part is well done . Except that , so far as poetry is concerned , we think that any one who can translate well does not well to
translate . It is work too good for all , save those who are too good for it . This ( o bjection is general . As to the particular case , Klopstock ' s characters of the disciples seem to us so utterly uncharacteristic that we should certainly think them , as original sketches , not creditable to the contributors of this volume , Dior
what their other productions gave us a right to expect from them . But we are falling into the error of grammarians who make a single exception as prominent as a general rule . There are many pieces which , dnd our limits allow , we should extract , to gratify our own feelings , to illustrate and justify our praise , to enforce our recommendation of the
volume , and to enrich our own pages . One thing only would we suggest , should , as we anticipate , future volumes of the Sacred Offering be called for by the success of this ; and that is whether the devotion , though of the purest Christian character , be not somewhat too exclusively exhibited in the phases of submission , resignation , patience , without , what
is needful to complete the circle of its influence , the religion of gratitude , happiness , and hope , for time as well as for eternity . We suggest , not censure ; for if , in this publication , there be the tearful sadness , there is also the chaste colouring , the exquisite finish , the touching expression , and the unearthly loveliness of the Mater Dolorosa of Carlo Dolce : and who shall censure that ?
Critical Notices.-—Miscellaneous. 857
Critical Notices .- —Miscellaneous . 857
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 857, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/57/
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