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’ -- - * ■■ ^ » ■*■■■* ^ ^ k/ I ■ I M- I I ^ ANo. 195, 77je Decline of the Carthaginian Empire. What shall we say of this? Some parts hear the Strongest marks of genius,—hut the yellow sun,—and the lawny trees,—and the hazy air,—and the sea,— puzzle us exceedingly. This work is a great protif of what has been well said, that “ the best gifts abused, become the worst.” Turner, with the power of being a true landscape painter, runs “ ,wild above rule or art,1' and no doubt thinks his madness “ enormous bliss.We must defer the continuation of our remarks till next week, as we have already exceeded the limits we had proposed ourselves. We shall only remark nor that No. 70, JMillon dictating Paradise Lost (q hit Daughter, is the strangest failure in the expression of-a subject we ever met with. Milton is made to look like au old Spaniard listening to a coquettish lass.— No. ISO, Portrait of I homas Moore, Esq. is a very sue-cessful work.( To be continued.)
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Champion
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, May 11, 1817
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