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CRITICAL NOTICES.
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stantly between J qxtremp . ligl | ts , ci ^ t ; Qtft ^ s ere a sharp knife , and nn exaggemted buj ; n trbrow | ig | ijjdQw . ' This is true , jn fact , but e * jj ^ s ^ e 4 > vith , $ }\ ^ zg ^ r&ipa ^ atgxceeds , we think , the error in question . The fault we cniefly notice is in the colouring df th £ flesh , which is of to < Hbla 0 k a t < me , even in its shadows . With the exception of one dp tw Qf her fejimle portraits , the rest are like old pictures , arid iiot in the
cleanest ^ tate , Itet fault is in the wnn ^ of purity , of cqlpiir , not in the want of fiarinoriy of colour * , nor ia . accur . aie disposition of light and sfede . Her f pfye , ]\ QW § y $ r , \ & in e ^ r ^ ss ^ q , and her portraits are ^ 1 ways intellectual ^ though not ajvv ^ ys ^ beauiitujim The dne \ vhiQh we woiijd esp ^ ciajly notice Z j ^ tfe $ j 3 £ esent exhibition is cjalled the ' Captive Vaug ^ fer of ^ pti ^ ^ o personify the f $ Jlerj st ^ te of the / Hebrew . peor > le a vyitH sall their niiahty memories and associations , was indeed , a darino * uttei » pt and required najt opfy the hand of gen ^ s , but a much larger surface , and a life-sized figiu ^ to convey a / ull impressipp of its grandeur . Moreover , the picture is hung too high . The right conception , however , is still sufficiently apparent . Gloom and sadness , and the solemn night of suffering ^ , hang
heavily in the atmosphere , and overshadow the fine fprru of the mourner in her Captivity . Her facp is as a mirroi ; into which calamity has long lppkecL : and is now great , beyond tears . In the resignation of her attitude anc ^ limbs , and in the passive strength wherewith she holds her iron bonds , we behold a type of the soul vvitfyjn ; while her eye , wandering from the ruined teinaples of Jerws $ l $ «* in the distance , is no \ y uplifted iu
with steady faji ^ h heaven ' s .. mercy , and blight with clearimaged hopes of the , d ^ y of restoration , when the despite city of her forefathers stall rise again with undimiiushed glory . R . H H .
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National Jidtixation . By Osttiorid 'de Beati « 6 if Pvikulx . 1 vol . ¦ . : " ' : ¦ f : ' ' * ¦ " ¦ Sa !^ erd'i $ a &t&y ; im ?!" ^ ' ¦ ; We # pp ly TegM , l , ha A . ^ K * ^^^| J !^ -m h }*\* . -. 'P ^ month ,. ^ y 4 caij ^ , only express bur sense or its . ^ jj 1 ^ 1 ^ ina de-^^^ ty .. Its object is to ( propose , that a . great natiopul . fund snouiif provide education , food , and clothing , for the children
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Jiilj 380 dfiMal ' Wiices .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 380, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/62/
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