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ceased to be either insolent or warlike . Among them there was the solemnity of the hymn and the lightsometiess of the dance ; and as the sound varied , so varied the visible scene , and those bright genii bent the knee , or moved in joyous measure , while she whom they encircled , smilingly doffed her diademed and laurelled casque ,
threw it upon the ground , placed on her brows a simple wreath of oak and olive , and the trident in her hand became a cornucopia . Again the chorus of the strain rung sweetly and loudly in mine ear ; so loudly that I awoke , yet still the sound went on , with chords and modulations so rich and fanciful and full of harmony , that I was bewildered to find it did not proceed frpm the genii of my dream , and said , amazedly , ' What are you playing ? ' The
answer was : * O such a beautiful and imaginative composition ; Marielli ' s Fantasia on Rule Britannia : she has developed all the poetry of the song in such a musical commentary as only genius and science together can produce . Look at this introduction , or rather , listen to that , and to the variations which follow / € I have /
said I , I have heard them all , unconsciously ; they have been acting on my associations as I slept ; the music interprets my dream to myself , and my dream may interpret the music to others . It is a truthful criticism , as far as it goes ; but wide awake should the critic be , who would do full justice to the expressiveness , science , grace , and fancy of Marielli ' s compositions . '
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Rule Britannia * 453
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ON THE MINISTERIAL PLAN FOR THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY .
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The state of transition from extreme political darkness , to the rush of light caused by the bursting of political truths amongst the mass of the community , —which is the peculiar characteristic of the age in which we live , —has been hastened of late in its operations , with a compound progression , much more remarkable
than the ordinary celerity with which exploded errors are driven into obscurity . To this cause must be attributed the state of dazzled excitement , in which the public mind finds itself bewildered . The truths are known , the conclusions are arrived at as general principles , but the knowledge how to carry them into practice for the benefit of the community is as yet imperfect . The wants of the public have not been foreseen by those capable
of influencing ihe public , and consequently no provision has been made to supply them . No far-reaching intellects have been in the places of public trust , no god-like Turgot hns yet held the directive power , over a people well disposed to tread in the right path , whenever it shall be pointed out to them by those whom they believe devoted to their welfare , and whose reason and enthusiasm walk hand in hand . The men at present in the possession of power , are utterly unfitted for it . Even though they be not
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1833, page 453, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2618/page/13/
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