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Comments On Sterne.
COMMENTS ON STERNE .
BY JOHN FERRIAR , M . D .
[ Continued from Page 420 . ] THE Anatomy of Melancholy , though written on a regular plan , is so crowded with quotations , that the reader is apt to irtia * take it for a book of common-places . The opinions of a multitude of Authors are collectedunder every divisionwithout
, , arrangement , and without much nicpty of selection , to undergo a general sentence ; for the bulk of the materials enforces brevity on the writer . In the course of a moderate folio . Burton has contrived to treat a great variety of topics , that seem very loosel y connected with his subject ; and , like Bayle , when he starts a train of quotationshe does not scruple to let the digression outrun the princi
, pal question . Thus , from the doctrines of Religion , to Military Discipline ; from inland Navigation , to the Morality of Dancing-Schools , every thing is discussed and determined . The quaintness of many of his divisions seems to have given Sterne the hint of his ludicrous titles to several Chapters *; and the risible effect resulting from Burton ' s grave endeavours , to prove indisputable facts by wei he has happil htand sometimes
ghty quotations , y caug , well burlesqued . This was the consequence of an opinion , prevalent in the last age , which a late writer has attempted to re-establish respecting History ; that authorities are facts . ° But where the force of the subject opens Burton ' s own vein of Prosewe discover valuable sense and brilliant expression The
, . proof of this will appear in those passages which Sterne has borrowed from him without variation . Burton was likewise a Poeta copy of verses in Latin , and another in English , prefixed to his boo ^ afford no mean proofs of his genius . - \ - The Anatomy of Me ?
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Comments On Sterne.
COMMENTS ON STERNE .
BY JOHN FERRIAR , M . D .
[ Continued from Page 420 . ] THE Anatomy of Melancholy , though written on a regular plan , is so crowded with quotations , that the reader is apt to irtia * take it for a book of common-places . The opinions of a multitude of Authors are collectedunder every divisionwithout
, , arrangement , and without much nicpty of selection , to undergo a general sentence ; for the bulk of the materials enforces brevity on the writer . In the course of a moderate folio . Burton has contrived to treat a great variety of topics , that seem very loosel y connected with his subject ; and , like Bayle , when he starts a train of quotationshe does not scruple to let the digression outrun the princi
, pal question . Thus , from the doctrines of Religion , to Military Discipline ; from inland Navigation , to the Morality of Dancing-Schools , every thing is discussed and determined . The quaintness of many of his divisions seems to have given Sterne the hint of his ludicrous titles to several Chapters *; and the risible effect resulting from Burton ' s grave endeavours , to prove indisputable facts by wei he has happil htand sometimes
ghty quotations , y caug , well burlesqued . This was the consequence of an opinion , prevalent in the last age , which a late writer has attempted to re-establish respecting History ; that authorities are facts . ° But where the force of the subject opens Burton ' s own vein of Prosewe discover valuable sense and brilliant expression The
, . proof of this will appear in those passages which Sterne has borrowed from him without variation . Burton was likewise a Poeta copy of verses in Latin , and another in English , prefixed to his boo ^ afford no mean proofs of his genius . - \ - The Anatomy of Me ?