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Review Of New Publications.
We have thus exhibited , as far as we possibly could , the p-eneral outline of the story ; but with respect to the moral tendency , or the grand design of the work , it is proper that the author should speak for himself , and this he has sufficiently done in the concluding chapter of his performance . ' In point of interest with the heart , and effect upon the conduct of the reader , ' says Mr . Pratt , ' it has been our . endeavour to render conspicuous , and impressiveseveral of the most important objects in literaturein morality
, , , aud in domestic life : with example and warnings appropriate to each . ' In one of the personages , the character of a protestant clergyman , and father of a family , of an honourable mind , shaded by human error , and somewhat warped by religious tenacity , has been contrasted with the character and conduct of a man , who has exhibited , in the perpetration , consciousness perseverance , punishment , and repentance of progressive crimes . And as the life and death of the former of these persons give the example of a good
man , in the several moral divisions of a divine , friend , neighbour , citizen , parent , and husband , through every period of a wise and active life ; even till he quits the world , with the above exception ; so does the behaviour of the other hold out the warning of a vicious being , placed in no less prosperous circumstances , even till he is overwhelmed by a sense of his own enormity ; bringing the death-bed of the wicked close under the eye , in contrast to the death-bed of the righteous .
'Ina third character has been ponrtrayed a venerable supporter of virtue , in a catholic clergyman , in all the trying instances of a difficult station , to act as a corrective on that intolerance of sentiment which influenced the opinions of the protestant divine . A fourth endtavonr has been to display , in the domestic history of these young men , brothers , the two great extremes of philosophic energy and poetic softness of character , with the safety of a middle man between both , shewing , however , in the conduct of the two former , the possibility of" preserving all the virtues of the latter , even when the practice of those virtues is exposed by habit , temper , and pdrsnit , to more arduous trials .
' The power of filial piety has also been given , in the delineation of a mind that preserved its modest dignity , amidst the hardest ordeals , to which a child can ever be called upon , in her relative situation , to pass . * The sixth portrait is that of a candid and perfectly unsuspicious character , in all the relations of social and domestic life . ' The seventh discovers the good prod need , to an unfortunate woman from some merciful treatment received from the fortunate of her own sex : for
the want of which many a violated form , but unsullied mind , languishes in the shades of obscurity , or crowds our streets with irreclaimable victims . ' These are interspersed with various examples , and warnings—of faithful domestics in youth and age—of their contrast in some treacherous servantsof pettifoggers in the law—of" honourable men in that profession—of patient meekness , unaffected candour , conjugal faith , and maternal affection , through a life of . trials : and its appropriate warning is given in a violent
disposition , coupling strong powers of mind with beauty of person and loose principles , scorning patience and resisting conscience . ' A fourteenth warning arises from shewing the danger of hazarding thehappiness of a child , in the momentous article of marriage , on any consideration , where the heart sanctions not the etioice of the parent , even though the hand is presented to beauty , elegance , and virtue : since nothing can be more certainthan that more mischief result from one unhappy marri
, may - age , than from an army of men bent on destruction . ' Such are some of the great aims proposed to be accomplished by this work as a whole ; from a due contemplation of which , with the parts , must be collected its energy and colour , its ornament and utility . From the intention ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
We have thus exhibited , as far as we possibly could , the p-eneral outline of the story ; but with respect to the moral tendency , or the grand design of the work , it is proper that the author should speak for himself , and this he has sufficiently done in the concluding chapter of his performance . ' In point of interest with the heart , and effect upon the conduct of the reader , ' says Mr . Pratt , ' it has been our . endeavour to render conspicuous , and impressiveseveral of the most important objects in literaturein morality
, , , aud in domestic life : with example and warnings appropriate to each . ' In one of the personages , the character of a protestant clergyman , and father of a family , of an honourable mind , shaded by human error , and somewhat warped by religious tenacity , has been contrasted with the character and conduct of a man , who has exhibited , in the perpetration , consciousness perseverance , punishment , and repentance of progressive crimes . And as the life and death of the former of these persons give the example of a good
man , in the several moral divisions of a divine , friend , neighbour , citizen , parent , and husband , through every period of a wise and active life ; even till he quits the world , with the above exception ; so does the behaviour of the other hold out the warning of a vicious being , placed in no less prosperous circumstances , even till he is overwhelmed by a sense of his own enormity ; bringing the death-bed of the wicked close under the eye , in contrast to the death-bed of the righteous .
'Ina third character has been ponrtrayed a venerable supporter of virtue , in a catholic clergyman , in all the trying instances of a difficult station , to act as a corrective on that intolerance of sentiment which influenced the opinions of the protestant divine . A fourth endtavonr has been to display , in the domestic history of these young men , brothers , the two great extremes of philosophic energy and poetic softness of character , with the safety of a middle man between both , shewing , however , in the conduct of the two former , the possibility of" preserving all the virtues of the latter , even when the practice of those virtues is exposed by habit , temper , and pdrsnit , to more arduous trials .
' The power of filial piety has also been given , in the delineation of a mind that preserved its modest dignity , amidst the hardest ordeals , to which a child can ever be called upon , in her relative situation , to pass . * The sixth portrait is that of a candid and perfectly unsuspicious character , in all the relations of social and domestic life . ' The seventh discovers the good prod need , to an unfortunate woman from some merciful treatment received from the fortunate of her own sex : for
the want of which many a violated form , but unsullied mind , languishes in the shades of obscurity , or crowds our streets with irreclaimable victims . ' These are interspersed with various examples , and warnings—of faithful domestics in youth and age—of their contrast in some treacherous servantsof pettifoggers in the law—of" honourable men in that profession—of patient meekness , unaffected candour , conjugal faith , and maternal affection , through a life of . trials : and its appropriate warning is given in a violent
disposition , coupling strong powers of mind with beauty of person and loose principles , scorning patience and resisting conscience . ' A fourteenth warning arises from shewing the danger of hazarding thehappiness of a child , in the momentous article of marriage , on any consideration , where the heart sanctions not the etioice of the parent , even though the hand is presented to beauty , elegance , and virtue : since nothing can be more certainthan that more mischief result from one unhappy marri
, may - age , than from an army of men bent on destruction . ' Such are some of the great aims proposed to be accomplished by this work as a whole ; from a due contemplation of which , with the parts , must be collected its energy and colour , its ornament and utility . From the intention ,