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Literary Notices.
And from her lip , while yet her lip had power , Hear vain remorse and late confession fall , — Alas ! e ' en love itself scarce strength supplied To breathe on him a blessing ore she died 1 Now—while the dead on die iced floor grows stark—Now—while the death-lamp ' s hastlier flickering
g Threatens that charnel-house with total chirk . — AYhy bends the murderer , like a plundering thing , Over the murdered 1—he beholds a spark On her dead hand—the glimmer of a ring—The fatal ring her fatal bridegroom gave , On those dread nuptials which had dug her grave .
How oft , how oft , with nnmy a vain caress , That ring she kiss ' ci and wash'd with tears anew ! And when her pining linger , less and less AVith long emaciating anguish grew , She bound it there with a dishevelled tress From her torn ringlets , once of loveliest hue -, And in her robe ' s thick fold hid evermore The treasured hand which that last treasure bore .
That first , last token of her joys and woes l- ' en now the spoiler ' s hand had borne awa }' , But that it scem'd both blood and purpose froze , E ' en with the first cold touch of her cold clay—And the unclosing eyes he dared not close , Look'd into his with such a palsying ray ! Slowly he crept from out that den of sin , Heedless of life without or death within . "
The copiousness of our extracts forbid our encumbering the text with further comments ; nor will it be necessary to review the minor poems , as we believe many of our readers will be tempted to purchase and peruse the volumes themselves . AVe trust the success of Air . Grant ' s maiden effort will induce him to husband ancl mature his powers , and devote them to the careful preparation of a work which shall consolidate his reputation and confirm the
favourable auguries of future eminence , which we have deduced from his present performance . History of the Philosophy of Mind : embracing the Opinions of all Writers on Mental Science , from the earliest period to the present time . By Robert Blakey : author of History of Moral Sciences Essay on Moral Good and Evil ; Essay on Logic , _ j-o . London : Trelawney Saunders
AV . , 6 , Charing Cross . AA'hat a startling title page ? The history of the thoughts , if we may so transpose it , of all the thinking men , in every age and clime , by whom the speculations of intellect have been publicly and scientifically investigated ! AVhat a remarkable performance ? The wisdom of the world in its logical affinities , both ancient and modern , collected , collated , examined , and digested ; and then presented to us , divested of all that is
extraneous or crude , in four comparatively small volumes ! Some time since we wondered at the importance of the fact , when we called the attention of our readers to a work , presented to us through the agency of the same publisher . Johnston ' s Physical Atlas gave us a knowledge
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Literary Notices.
And from her lip , while yet her lip had power , Hear vain remorse and late confession fall , — Alas ! e ' en love itself scarce strength supplied To breathe on him a blessing ore she died 1 Now—while the dead on die iced floor grows stark—Now—while the death-lamp ' s hastlier flickering
g Threatens that charnel-house with total chirk . — AYhy bends the murderer , like a plundering thing , Over the murdered 1—he beholds a spark On her dead hand—the glimmer of a ring—The fatal ring her fatal bridegroom gave , On those dread nuptials which had dug her grave .
How oft , how oft , with nnmy a vain caress , That ring she kiss ' ci and wash'd with tears anew ! And when her pining linger , less and less AVith long emaciating anguish grew , She bound it there with a dishevelled tress From her torn ringlets , once of loveliest hue -, And in her robe ' s thick fold hid evermore The treasured hand which that last treasure bore .
That first , last token of her joys and woes l- ' en now the spoiler ' s hand had borne awa }' , But that it scem'd both blood and purpose froze , E ' en with the first cold touch of her cold clay—And the unclosing eyes he dared not close , Look'd into his with such a palsying ray ! Slowly he crept from out that den of sin , Heedless of life without or death within . "
The copiousness of our extracts forbid our encumbering the text with further comments ; nor will it be necessary to review the minor poems , as we believe many of our readers will be tempted to purchase and peruse the volumes themselves . AVe trust the success of Air . Grant ' s maiden effort will induce him to husband ancl mature his powers , and devote them to the careful preparation of a work which shall consolidate his reputation and confirm the
favourable auguries of future eminence , which we have deduced from his present performance . History of the Philosophy of Mind : embracing the Opinions of all Writers on Mental Science , from the earliest period to the present time . By Robert Blakey : author of History of Moral Sciences Essay on Moral Good and Evil ; Essay on Logic , _ j-o . London : Trelawney Saunders
AV . , 6 , Charing Cross . AA'hat a startling title page ? The history of the thoughts , if we may so transpose it , of all the thinking men , in every age and clime , by whom the speculations of intellect have been publicly and scientifically investigated ! AVhat a remarkable performance ? The wisdom of the world in its logical affinities , both ancient and modern , collected , collated , examined , and digested ; and then presented to us , divested of all that is
extraneous or crude , in four comparatively small volumes ! Some time since we wondered at the importance of the fact , when we called the attention of our readers to a work , presented to us through the agency of the same publisher . Johnston ' s Physical Atlas gave us a knowledge