The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-10-29
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orr. lfiEoF NAPOLEON

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fTranslntd from the French JournaI tho Globe.
tieais. Is clothed with sort ,nvioabilhy
uhah commando respect. even ~ IL. errors aud
i.sGdling There are occasions "hrn IT would
be cfuel. nav alnio stlnpleus ~ apply 10 riro..
onsiu shr sentence II TOO severe crriesui liz .lc-
vntin, hsef to an extraordinary height IL invests
itself WITH the right OF declining, and sltcr la,
,ng comma sded or enthusiasm n tnay, Hs AZ
brt df iusiioe IN return cain our indulgence. Ii
uc had hsrs ostcmrnrafy with The latter dats
OF Corner H.. # sc had 10 speak Of those nutar-
tunstr productions with which hr himself wa
then 80 much pleased. il seems TO us that We nc
shr, shonld nnI oughi to have expressed our IN
Il xunrd opaon, Agesilaus and Atila wound
hav been offered Ia MS. accompanied mud pr.
tcctcd u, the recollroiions ofihe Cid, Pon,pet,
aiul the liaraii. liza sigh had silently escaped
~ We should NJ lenli have reifaued from thu
stan Of dissatisfaction which Ia M Offensive nad
80 oeerpowerlng To the mind NJ an q 4 man
When the Ociogrnafy author Of Tancfed AID
Zaire received ia a crowded theat3e a crown of
srnmph. who thought of censnrins lrene Who
thousht If listening 10 II And II even just ID
moderate criticism Of The piece had appenrcd on
the morning after It's representation II would de. |
srrvealy nave ,eel oons ldercd mean aud ptiiul, !
aud hardly worthy OIL ferron or a Clem"d |
Without going 81 taf back II, ~ our own DAYS, |
the vnncinhe Goethe iHiing foi once IN that pra-
deuce aud hci which nc carries into every ing,
shoud NJ the termination at his Garrett make an
uufuecpsslu. effort. which Ofus wound have the
COURAGE - ~ her cosard,ce 10 expose without
pity, ava, mistake II 80 greht poet ur Ia b cak
~ upor suanqpi.ity by the expression ot rude
and is,l less truth though admirins IN Waiter
Scott TAM idfe genus heb Ne have uitcu ~
iolea we do not 1oAcvcr pretend 10 place hin
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RI olr ~ Who are deserving Of beng approach
I'd even la the intcsi da, ol their existence with
rc,n 81. caatphN tsisrr &c, aud tpss tllls whom
Va .itrriain tht rryarcnilal feelings postcrits
n,ixad ~ With something oftba und tined ailrc
"a aud gratu ic with which great manlhspttes
sch at lis comic hpnrnfies asat" capable ui I'm
dcrs anding INN. Although he has rnn Though
thn most brilliant halt of hlS carer, aud accor.
dug 10 All appearance Is not likely hereafter Ia
sutpass hrnse,f YET hr has not attained thai period
ofhir when To c1iticisc him severely iSto infici
useless pam. aud from the moment thai u ma,
b. advantageous to him lis lcgilimat enessm pro |
we'd Independently NJ tins, the distaucr OF the |
s.ocoun rirt autuorscS those liberties which Ne
should not alew ourselves II we were nearer
in contact with his genius aud the ioter ot lhr
fameus adagc--H Mayor iOpgnqio rcrpeutio, !
here pfccisl, holds good That winch Ne Goa a |
4 lehtatcd eloquent and admired flour win 8 |
W. cai .lal. very properly 10 IA Scplch Baroner
on the ,thcr SIDE otthe Channel bni thiS irtsk !
u.ss has ltsc bounds 81 he who hIk immaiiAz
himself hy tWenIv 1hris pukrr never loses III /
prerogaiiv,E The author OF oamt Ronans Wei, !
aud Woodstock, fevcrd aud lvanhoe, Is tie |
same person, u we must not, Ia ,he"ins MN up |
H. his nakedness, andas were, dissecilne before |
him his pun, last born lnallcousiy compel HIN Ia
blush AZ aunaa n6rmry There IL only one |
case ,hert all DISTINCTIONS Which may peihap. |
b. found minute, bnt winch according 10 our ideas,
belong to the neral part Of crlticlsp, would pe
Como as dangerous as they would be ridiculous, q
~hen uutn ougnt ~ speak IN hard, sSofe ana
memorable terms II Ia when man OF genius
giviag way 10 ignoblf motives ctht from cupidl-
~ OF t'-lncc1y WRITES unprmcipled books, " 10y
So h1g commits actions wh. Ct, paItake OF tlr
same ,ha ,ctef and cithe 10 satisfy ms a,in,oe.
or pay MS j Is, meonsidcrotely, OF Nnn"Rgl al
Or. the'f cis, cuts down great and noble genera
hoas OF men F.; or IN a word, ~ an und,geste
compilation. fdlSihes history In favor of his pic
tudtcVs or what II sill worse, pc,fettN the tnth
for The sake vi peemlary advantage. When
Nolldirc i,r tne purpose OF attacking Christian
~ mutllacd and suppressed passages, heobeyed
leeliug Of haired and though tolne is not ph,
loshphlca. taking It IN "A ceifnin sense, there Is
something IN such u passion, which may be call
al dis Interested, scott IN his Life OF Napoleon
hos no longer in his favour, We will not say the
excuse, but that sort at explanation which Was
NJ oul If place in Pauls letters Upon this Occa.
SON he has beeu instigated BY something more
simpl and more low than hatred--with him 1t
has been ca cuIa,.on, not anger. lie has specu.
dated upon large scale with his renown--and
has merely wished to juegle Europe ou' oil
Observation-Disclosures foi HIM We we've
crievnusly aware of the trick During the last
year when the journals were repeating each
month their pompous advertisements. every one
inquircd whal oIiCiai documents, Whit welllninr'
mc 4 persons, Waiter scot; had Consnltcd, y what
particular COMMUNICATIONS he had u cSsyed A.
stay of eight das in Para, during which Inc pru-
dental author constantly held himself upon the
defensive against taat information which
was offered TO him did not deceive any ofus boil.
Gg9s as he terms us.-Ihc nistory NJ ensth APP
pears. confirming aud surprising all conjecture.
frlyulltt, preciPitancy, ignorance, insmcerty,
fAerrnlains Of AZ old bad feeling. not spark Of
1aeHt alton aud taste that are dcteStable. Tins is
tue sincere aud sad reeapitualon. We feel the
necessity OF justiiyas in eur own as well as our
readers eyes those expressions fprotouod con.
tempt which will keak out more than in
our examination al this pitlful work. So much
she worse after ell ID il for the man of genius
VINO respecting neither the public, the truth, nor
himself, discharges others from the duty of re-
speciing MIN.
Sir Walter Scott perfectly comprehcndcd that
the history OF Napoleon did not commence like
thai of an obscure individual. IN the day of his
birth bat that before introducing him on the
theatre of the world, il was necessary 10 describe
the stage destined to receive him. that eighteenth
century in whose opinions he participated, aud
that revolution whose effects he suspended
But he comp ehended the thing like an author
who wishes to engihen, and not 10 compose, ms
book II is for this reason that be has heapcd
together in his introduction, number of anec
r,tes. y itici ms and details; exposures OF rel-
sious aud political doctrines. ard sarcasms both