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Hfteen hundred years ? What oppression , what cruelty equal to the slave-trade , which has growji up since Europe was -Christian , and almost since it was Protestant ? " But these things are condemned by the Christian religion V True , and
we readily absolve Christianity of the guilt of them , but in doing so we act upon the principle that it is not , and cannot be ( rationally speaking ) the -religion of a tract of land ; that ^ Christian countries are only nominaHy Christian ; and that , in fact , the character of Christian can belong alone to individuate
who understand Christianity because they study it , and obey its precepts because they are convinced of their equity and wisdom . The Bishop will not , we suppose , admit this distinction ; but without it , his argument , in the pamphlet before us , is unsafe , ^ nd may be made to operate » as forcibly against Christianity as against Paganism , " P .
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ARTICLE II ,. The Wanderer of Switzerland , and other Poems . By James Montgomery . Svc , 4 s . V € rnor and Hood . 1806 , Mr . Montgomery is a poet who wisely considers that the lasting fame which the poets of antiquity have acquired , and which many of our countrymen appear to have secured , is a clear indication of the method by which fame is to be obtained j and he retains sufficient self-command to follow the convictions of
his mind , and by the assiduous cultivation of his talents tQ emulate his predecessors . This distinguishes him from the many who , in the present day , with no small share of ability and industry , but with x equal effrontery , are endeavouring to corrupt and debase the taste of mankind . Mr . Montgomery is also the friend of virtue and religion , and therefore disdains
the assistance to which meji of superior talents not unfrequently jresort to give an interest , pernicious interest ! to their too fascinating productions f No line or expression will offend the
most fastidious mind , and no thought occurs at which modesty can be discomposed , or piety alarroecj . A strain of tencjer m e * - Jancholy runs through many of the pieces , and renders them peculiarly interesting ; but it is a melancholy' which weeps without repining , which is plaintive but not impious .
The English language , more than any other ^ modern Ian * gxiage , is peculiarly adapted to the formation of rich , melodious aad varied lyric measures . Of this fcw / nodern poets appear to be sufficiently sensible ; but of this adaptation Mr . JVL has availed himself , not tQ form with careless haste poems consisting of lines of unequal length , with here and tjaere an abrupt |> ause and then to call them lyrics , but to give to his thoughts
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1806, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1726/page/41/
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