Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-03-24
For the Burlington Free Prcssl
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SAMUEL TAYLOR CoIERDGE-Logcian, Metaphys-
''a,,' Da'u -Da"'
ine arrival Vi us,''gulshed persons from abroad IS
WIN, '" o' '"io"'o'eu Us among the most important
"''cles o' current news Even the announcement OF
Il" UNUSUAL "'Po''a'o oi SILKS or teas, does not ia to
e"ce SOME amount Of interest and speculation But
e arrival WHICH mas suggested these paragraphs, and
Ie 'o,.so'ns ,''e' Is such Us II one rose from the
LOU anu "hen' oeiore' mas uie tdc OIL commerce
upon 'e SHORES Oh 'his sea port metropolis such
al invoice Inc Library OF Charles LAM! The
sigh OF such wonder was, however in store for us
INV Wv NC Ut pa''eu ana wexford :, Astor House
o''o w III nuhoeI u am tod have been too busy
COUNT ueip oi 'fie identical volumes wlerewlh
Lamp was wont to enrich the scanty hours, rescued
from his India House employers and the " Sabbahess
satan Many OF them are replee with annotations
IN the familiar hand writing OF the venerable Colerdge,
tripping their value Others have been made OF cas-
seal ana immortal memory, by having their names
e'nmal"ed III the forever fragrant Essays OF Ella.
luth 'reader' who cherlshest the genius of Ella to
'''' 'oA''' Essay OF the SERIES and read with me.
As we look IN VAN among these venerable survivors
ior DANIEL Tor Od Burton, Tor Sir Thomas Browne
lzaak Walton has been caught by other anglers
Iohn buncle ut would SEEM has not regained his
lost fufydice ior here he stands as in that little
BACK study at Bloomsbury (Stare, reader, if thou hast
eyes!| "idower volume, with eyes closed and
hourns ms ravished mate More fortunate have
peeh inc Letters OF mat prlncey woman, the thrice
nope margaret Newcastle here stands the illus
tlous ioho' ana those abstruser cogltations OF the
.'c'",e 'ief "uhuefhes III Inc country OF frvol-
iy ana r'ehch'eh are safely ended they stand here
'eScue" l'a'h iiea'eh!) rom forgetlulness
anu S'i'c III "sa'' ia'us we may also notice
III sioc anu s"lei'i ihul'nyhood That
VI o'''er slI"aNru Ill one OF Lambs letters
,.' W. 10 '"' '""s o''e" "'ee' EQUINE III his col
iec'ioh'
Many other interesting suggestions and associations
are called up by marks and membranes upon
dry of these old volumes. There are Ioyd's poems-
with manifold manuscript liberties . ,,l g., ,t
Ar,bo-.s b,,J rrh.xa !. ca,..:1 my W Wv
"". i"'i' Nuie'iose hetior5e, as iirst
published with quaint prologue by Charles Lamb
IL Is pound with other sundres and superscribcd upon
the cover IN heavy INK stroke Remainder OF Chrs!s
Hospital. For Charles Lloyd. Please return when
done with c. L." One massey anil ,,,i,,,,.J ,
ia ;n,ic,,ed y;,l;r 10 bo l,, ,.i,L :, NJ. -,
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prook cottage, with etceteras of detailed direction
i evidently the result of one of those loernps Mt
bookstore.
But it isnot Lamb only, or chiefly, ,ns above ntma-
ted that these interesting relics serve to bring back
into memory A mighter hand has rested upon
these pages. Throughout many of them are visible
tho ,orchos or ~, ,,a,,I;, - ',
-, ''' P'"'' VI No'ei'usr /" no 'ef!
cetNy hahd' yet eiulgent as the Clustering finger
traces oil mat tabled aIchcmlst, whose touch created
n. W. ''''S, ''o'a''e Oh '''e9e Is Vounle
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: 81 :, Po"S' Co''',u"c never pos
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. ,0 ,r ~ '"' OooNS Il" in'ho moderate coiec-
,r.. '.' anu ie'csl'"s
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or vh;o, ,,,a,, b.. ~ =" "s a" "S'"''c
n.,....; - 49, '., w. .uo"."s ep's'"h upon
Doie ifs' poehi' emitted The Flcd =
BE proud as Spaniards leap for loy, We F1easl
In Natures minm realm yere now t,randees
SklpJacks' no more, nor, civilcr skip Johns
i Three honored Fleas, greet you all as DoSs,