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of her noblest , sons , whom , according to her common practise , she rejected in their clay . We rejoiced to see the large attendance at the meeting on Monday , called together in commemoration of them . The noble letter of Godwin to Gerrald immediately before his trial , which is quoted in the ' Memoirs / is worthy to be written in letters of gold ; and its concluding words may even now be addressed to the memory of the accomplished martyr , * You / said Godwin , ' represent us all /
Finderts Ports and Harbours of Great Britain . Part V , C . Tilt . This interesting publication maintains its excellence . In the present number we admire the boldness and breadth of shadow m ' Flamborough Head / though we think a more precipitous effect might have been produced by bringing the second range of rocks lower down . As a design , we give the preference to * Burlington Quay /
Portraits of Ellen Tree and Miss Taylor in the characters of Olivia and Viola . By Miss M . Gillies . Moore , West street , St Martin ' s lane , We are seldom pleased with any portraits in lithography . The circumstances , both mechanical and chemical , requisite to their execution , seem to render the result always doubtful , and
in most cases , a foggy mediocrity . Miss M . Gillies is known as a talented miniature painter , and we have had great satisfaction in speaking highly of her productions exhibited in the Academy these several years past . We do not consider this print worthy of her hand ; but when compared with all other theatrical portraits
and figures " stuck up" in the print-shops of the metropolis , everybody who has an eye for design and expression must acknowledge that this lithograph , however ineffective ( because too refined ) , is the production of one who has the feeling and taste of a true artist .
The Americans in their Moral , Social , and Political Relations * By Francis J . Grund . 2 vols . Longman and Co * , 1837 , America has , perhaps , been more vituperated than any other nation upon earth . Her form of government , her civil and moral institutions , the habits , manners , and character of her people , have been
held up to every possible derision ; and why ? because she enjoys the blessings or a Republican dynasty . Hence all this outcry . The British public , however , does not countenance such manifest injustice , and one half the testimony of these jaundiced tourists has already been repudiated . Had their evidence been g iven on oath in any Court of Justice , many of them would have incurred
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Critical Notices * 188
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 189, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/63/
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