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« affj : ctioxatk farknt . The above specimen of the maudlin , weak , and morbid nonsensical , is tolerabl y perfect it nmat be confessed , and only to be equalled b y sundry others contained in these pages . Such , for instam ^ e , is the auvertisement of Mr . Harnian * smile . But we must allow the writer to do this in his own words , for they are inimitably to the purpose : —
To ^ Cho ^ e who wwh see the only thiii ^ left on earth , if it is still left , of IvUijjb , his best mid most beautiful remain , —his » tnile , I tvill indicate its possessor , —Mr . Hurmao , of * Throgmortoii Street /' There are abundant instances of similar * bad taste / superfluous weakness , and a disposition to gently foist upon the
public the mixing-up of the ' fairy prattler , the still meek boy of the letters ; and , through the aforesaid , equally to their younger brothers and sisters / with tlie subtle disquisitions and varied speculations of many of the leading characters of the time . But after giving these two volumes a fair consideration , we find in their editor and compiler so much of good , of sterling
humanity , of sincere fixed principle and strong moral courage , that we cannot find it in our heart * to make any further aninmdyeraioais upon bib vexatious trivialities . Nor was it likely that such men as Coleridge and Lamb would have been upon such terms of continuous intimacy and friendship , bad they not found in him the seeds at least , and ixrhapt * the fruits , of many
noble principles and feelings . Let him then , dre *> s a doll , ride a stick , play at taw , discourse on hop-scotch , spin a tee-totum , and eat plain or carraway-coiufit cuke with his children in the nursery , if it seemeth good to him - Though die tribe of brute batcheiors aad childless critics , mny not envy him this means of happ iness , they may at all events leave Iiim quietly in its pursuit , and we hope in bis possession .
This collection contains many interesting letters and other f ragments ~ As to Coleridge ' s Letter to a Young Lady previous to her marriage , we had contemplated making some severe strictures on its wretched conventionalism , morbific pleasautriee , uu « l eUI > ornte duhiesb , Ijut we ahall content ourselves witk merely observing that , excepting one or two sentences ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1836, page 123, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2654/page/59/
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