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gentleman of handsome fortune . He was an amateur of ship * building , which brought him in connexion with the Marine Society , and possessed great mechanical talent . He also cultivated the fine arts with great zeal , which taste occasioned his long residence on the continent * Vol . 38 consists of critical writings which originally appeared in Geothe ' s periodical work devoted to the fine arts , the Fropylaen , ' published in 1798 ; we can barely select for observation the articles : On Laocoon . This little essay reminds us th ^ t Lessing ' s admirable book , with the same title , on the relation of poetry to the plastic arts , was translated into English some forty or fifty years ago , and fell dead-born from the press : we believe it would be otherwise now .
Der Sammler und die Seinigen , literally , ' The Collector and his . ' An excellent little tract , in which the collector relates how his gallery was farmed by his ancestors . The narrative is made at the same time to indicate the advance of art , from the first course imitation of the real , to the higher refinements of taste and philosophy ; and a sprightly account of the visitors to the gallery completes the exposure of all one-sided ( einseitige ) tastes . The
Germans imitate the Italians in their formation of words , by adding a contemptuous rei , which pretty well answers the place of the Italian accio : and the name of Englcinderei is given to that ultradelicacy and squeamishness which clothes antique statues with fig-leaves . But we can testify personally that there is less of this spurious modesty in the museum of Montague House than in the Vatican .
Fragments on Italy , are gleanings supplemental to the travels . Of these deserve particular attention the beautiful description of St . Rosalia ' s hermitage , on the glorious mountain that overlooks Palermo ; the cursory analysis of a religious ballad in Italian , a dialogue between Jesus and the woman of Samaria ; and various
articles on the elder painters of Italy . In his account of the latest Italian writers , he eulogizes Manzoni , and defends him against an arti c le in our Quarterly Review for December , 1820 , but he qualifies his censure of the Reviewer by one of his usual tolerant apologies : * But we more particularly forgive an Englishman when he is hard and unjust towards foreigners ; for he who reckons Shakespeare among his ancestors , may be easily misled by family pride . ' Whether Goethe was led to the subject by the mere association of ideas , we do not know , but in the same article , he suggests as a fine subject for the drama , which posterity will not neglect , « The Evacuation of Parga ; ' it will hardly be chosen by an
* The recent death of his last surviving daughter at Leghorn , ha * deprived pur countrywomen of the advantage of being represented abroad by ope of the most perfect specimens of the English gentlewoman that it was « ver our good fortune to meet on the Continent . The affectionate memorial which € ) oethe has left of Mr . and Miss Gore , will secure tu their name a duration gratifying i # anticipation to all yrhv had the honour of their acquaintance .
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Goethe ' s Work * . £ 7 &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1833, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2612/page/59/
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