The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829 by Various
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regarding it as a mere human composition, which could on any subject
even "approach it in poetry, beauty, pathos, and sublimity." Long may these sentiments abide in him! And as no man, to use his _own_ words, "ever had fiercer enemies or firmer friends"--as no man, to use those of others, was ever more bitter and sarcastic as a political enemy, more affectionate and devoted as a private friend, the more deeply his future writings are impregnated with the spirit of that volume, the more heartfelt, let him be well assured, will be his gratification in that hour when "we shall think of those we love, only to regret that we have not loved more dearly, when we shall remember our enemies only to forgive them." * * * * * RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS. * * * * * REGAL TABLET. (_For the Mirror._) The following Synopsis of English Sovereigns, and their contemporaries, will, it is hoped, be acceptable to the readers of history. JACOBUS. |
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