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hemst itQiPHmct frpra , the wicje / vyorj ^ and Jtlie , ^ r e ^ M ra ^ joff Jtfe >? (; Resides , fce Jxad to beppme acquaintedj ^ itti m ^ nKin | d , for wboin his imagination had been so activelyjle ^ ls l ^ ffti g All fa \ $ religion of nature , and all his love of his race , iffgfed nljdpi to v ifcit distant lands . And as soon as he conceived the pt 6 [ ett ,
he < lvd ftot wait long before taking measures to put It iu ^ ^ x ^ cvition . He did not set off , however , jvithout mkturig certain , vows , and observing certain Teligious forms ! , which , ioousidering the material and incredulous tendencies of our
Ofwn public " forms / ' we shall not here describe . Suffice it to say , that be consecrated himself as if to some sacred purpose , and banished from his mind all levity which might be ;*» con sis tent with the solemn vocation he was about to fo ^ o w * > i i ! Novalis lived but a short day ' s journey froni Coblent $ , fwh ^ F ei one day in the summer of 1835 , he einbarked o « to&jd
tie « teaw-boat . The steam-boat was laden yvit-li a c ^ rg ^ o of travelling English . * Our hero , wheo he saw ( he di ^ mtyf gravity , and reserve of these individuals , felt certain that t | hey fitlso ? regarded travelling as a religious observance cljie 19 trie beauties of , universal nature . He was so absorbed in Kis &Vvn reflections that he never examined them nearer , or reb ^ fved jaore than a general impression of the scene . As spoil as tne
bustle of setting off had subsided , he was lost to surr ^ undiing circumstances . But though he appeared almost insensib le to what transpired , his sensations were perhaps more intense than all those of the collective cargo , J ^ et us describe tlwm-as faras wecan iu the good youths own entliusfifistic Words , for we had this story from his lips . ,, if .. ' . As he gaaed first on the vaulted heaven , and tfien pn' if tie
wifiding valley ^ as his eyes were dazxled by the suh-beaais dii « oi « g on the restless waters , as he lay drinking in at pvery pore the thrilling spirit of universal nature , which , mingUng mitii the blood , calmed the wild beating qf his fyeflxt ^ and veiled hi » passions in love , he fait the burning wish rise bright and ! clfear , slike a sun within l > im , to wander throughout tue wiprld , exparading and strengthening human nature . But no such wish , or anything . like it , seemed to be entertained by t ! be cfeirgb ot
-traveUing Kogli 6 h . This he thought extraordinary . < » : > WbUst our hero was revelling on his celestial ( Velings , an Engliahmau on his right hand was feeding ^ bulU ^ pg . Let u » desoribtt < tju £ garvtleinan . He vv ^ s dressed bal f lik e a sailgr and half iitke a jpckey , and looked Ifye au ^ iiture of ^ ' ^ otti . tr A »; FueBichiua ^» t « p ( pe 4 ^ c ; fo ^ s Uie dec k tQj-etjue < ^ tKe , ^^ glisfii | ian iottp ( feedrhi ^ hdx ) g wtwvvhqr ^ ^ ls ^^ Jo ^ h \ & } $ p e ? di ^ ot J ) ke the iM
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t 688 The English on the Mfnk
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/36/
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