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to the collector ' s reading of an altered passage . We must also remark , in commendation of this Collection , that it is more tfian usually copious in hymns relating to the blessing's of the gospel , and the duties and trials of believers . It is well adapted to the object announced in the title—of aiding- 'in the private culture of the religious affections ; ' an object which has certainly not diminished its fitness for the purposes of public worship .
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Tour of a German Prince . Vols . III . and IV . E . Wilson . Our faith in the identity of the ' German Prince' is not lessened by this his re-appearance in an English dress , although with such perfect tact and skill is this garb managed ,, that , but for the aften-recuijriog
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Critical Notices *—Cheskian-Anthology , tyc . 358
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Cheskian Anthology : being a History of the Poetical Literature of Bohemia , tvith Translated Specimens . By John Bo wring . London . Hunter . 1832 . Wis have here a larger proportion of historical and biographical matter than in most of Dr . Bowring ' s anthologies . It is so written as that it must be read with interest . The warlike reformer , Ziska , finds his place amongst the poets of Bohemia , and a battle hymu of his , which was constantly sung by the Hussites when advancing to the attack ,
is included in the translated specimens . Of those specimens generally the prevailing character is that they are sweet and touching . The sonnets of Kollar are of a higher strain ; and there are also , besides some which are curious for their antiquity , two excellent legends , —the Bell , by Snaidr , and Oldrich and Bozena , by Safarik . Either of them is much too long for quotation , and so we will content ourselves with the concluding verses of a poem entitled Content / by a living author , Joseph Jungmann , professor of poetry and oratory in the Academical Gymnasium of Prague , and who has produced , as Dr . Bowling informs us , one of the most remarkable and perfect versions of'Paradise Lost * that have hitherto appeared : — * I love mankind—I love them well—Wise—foolish—weeds—flowers—gloom and mirth , " Earth is to me nor heaven nor hell—It is—what is it ? simply—earth ; Poor thoughtless wretch , by folly driven , Who calls his earth—or hell , or heaven . A group of children round me lead In dance and song the happy hours ; As fair as flowers upon ' the mead , But sweeter far and lovelier flowers ; One flower—to him who knows its worth , Is a dropp'd star of heaven on earth . And so unanxious , undismay'd , I wait for death—and waiting chant My songs—and feel upon my head The sunshine of sweet peace—I want No joy—but hope— -as nature ' s guest , To die—and say— " Enough—I ^ m blest / ' ' —pp . 179 , 180 ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 3543, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/65/
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