New-York tribune., 1872-01-16

pcare FaistafT great supporter OF dsp.p@nsvS @ a
he well can ho. He has big belly niH0s1 NJ, 0n8cd mn
boatod face shaking leg he spends s me- ronnd behind
The aTraS he only wakes TO curse le bIag, ana siU %
He Is big swindler as nGEJ, Mp % bneSst mS was by
Ey theft" And what is worse. ne IL an Old man. -
c0urer, and well bred Mnst ne no, & " im him At
pulsivef 10y means; YOU cannot nGIp ns ~ t Fellow
bottom like his brother Pannrge ne Is he pf no
other wish than TO laugh and he amused When lnsu,
no hawls out louder than his attackers anu pa! & he
n,res them no rudce FOR IT, The next minute he Is &
down with them III tavern drinking theI m exposes
fbpm SO frankly that we are Obliged to t.Weu'
hun them. lie seems 10 say 10 ,snT the wine
roodt take TO my heels when hard hi,,s d do fools
Isn't fighting nusancel get mo ueoVi ueVinuav i'm your
ont Of her SS %S9ef sS Il natural want to be Tfn N
thought oT- Dost thou hear Hal tTa et should poor
the stede G do in lie DAYS of ainyi Thou sees9 esTe
have more flesh thaF FFalstnG is SO frankly Immoral;
thar he ceases to be So & oonsFTa' t,a nloce and
certain point; oa na'uvSh What he desires, without
nO n onsh Of being Just or unjust Inp IN al reerng
me % oeCenptions to all the rich people % 9r g int
ToeG starved and halfnakod bat does not trouble
% sIt az aRb they'll find linen enough on e'e,y ys did
The prince who has seen them pass Pt mt Fal
never zee d cndngh TO toss food for powder nom mortal
pit well as better tns bs tD Dunfans spirit IL ever
there was man who could talk Hos from him as from
oaths curses jo6atlons "t loss he deyises shmt
n gu oR1T eTy diculty Lies sprout our 0l an rici and
lOt every VIZ 80 another Ike mushrooms "a" Gina.
crease, beget one ,S He lies still more from ms n ia
non and nature than from nhh he strains his ctIons
evident ne has fought alone against twO tbon elcvcn
o s@y II is fonr Presently we have seven tOu @
,n fnureen He is stopped IN uhe, OF ~ wv" W. a..
hn falling Of whole army. Nhen uIl'b ot ls boaSt
DC @ W. s temper aud is the first TO aush at MS %
hot Ios9 9aIlontl LII lads boys, hearts OF gOd Nha,;
Iii we he merry shall We nave pay H!
lie does e. % c T,eii take him for king, or an actor
This 6ig pot bellied fellow, coward Jcste'
favorites Tie Is That his manners
are mos of pure nature, aud shibcspcues mind Is
COngcuial with ms oNlI
We must not withhold from our readers the con-
clusop of this powerful though questionable, sketch
What 4 soull what extent of action and what sover
eighty OF an unique faculty what diverse creations, ana
what persistence OF the same impress ineIo tncf q"
are reunited and all marked by the same sign Noiu oI
w anu leaHni & ~ t6o faculties contrary 10 those
Of The poct dominated by the corporeal type which ms
p 3 ~ tbc Vehement seDsbity which he finds In
himself GO hrou groups, and You will only discover
I'm them divers forms and divers states OF the same
norSr Here the flock of brutes, dotalds and gossps
made mn of mechanical imagination; further on, the
company OF men of wit animated by gay ana Ioonsh
n,a1inaton: the the charming swarm of women whom
their delicate imagination raises high ana their sen
IiIis Soriened Nv unbtjded missions nsnred hy the
artists animation in the center Of the mOurnful train
of grand characters whose excited brain is fci WIN
saS or criminal visions and whom am inner destiny
e. r iinj,ffT madness or death Ascend stage
aud contemplate the whole scene; lht hBglcgdte 1V's
the mark as the details me Grams
uroi gate and feIOCOus manners, the Whoic rsaIl2 ~
if4 inst as il is when il r. unrestraineu ny uttVIuh
common sense reason and duty Comedy, led through
of pictures, gets lost Ia the nheI thu
shS S Hat No. %aGto1y dcnted romantic
an opeIa without music, concerto ~ WelanChoy ana
tender sentiments which bears the mind into the super
natural world, aud brings before our eyes Oh II rary
wings the genius which has created IT, LooF now po yo9
Eot see the poet behind the crowd OF MS ere"uSnS
They have hSradCd rs np nsPpr0afa adI Iney mpeu naye
pure UUT Imagination. touched more wildly and BY
slighter things than ours Hence his style, blooming
with eXuherant images loaded with exaggerated meta
phors, whose strangeness s hike incoherence, whose
wealth Is superabundant the work of mind which al
the least Indictment produces TOO much ana IC%P 3Io
far. Hence HE implied psychoogy ana ms terr3e m the
penetration, which instantane3usy perceiNlng all the
effects OF situation, and all the details 9i cnacteI
concentrates them in every response ana gives ms hgue
a relief and coloriDg which create luson' hehce Oul
emotion and tenderness We say 10 hlW as Desdenoha
TO Othco; u thee for the battles -eges fortunes
thou hast passed and for the usesstm slOBe tnht S
youth suffered"
Less open 10 objection, are NJ. Taines structures
on Milton, whom he introduces as "a mighty and
superb mind prepared by logic ;and enthusiasm for
eloquence and the epic STYLE the heir Of pOetlcal
age the precursor Of an austere age, holding bis
place between the epoch of unbiased dreamlaDd and
the epoch Of practical action, like his own Adam,
who entering hostile earth, heard behind him, in
the closed Eden, the dying strains of Heaven
sefcOmmand, whose rapture takes them by hts whom a
eicklp sensbity drives forever to the extreme OF s0r-
row OF C bose Danietude condemns then
TO paint the insanity and T beIc re
his msrks His mind was lucid, his imagination
limited lie was incapable Of disturbed emotion or Of
transformation. conceived the loftiest OF idea
beauties. he conceived only one He was not borr
for the drama, but for the ode, He does create
souls but constructs arguments and experiences emo
tlons Emotions and arguments men all the forces ant
unique sentiment, that Of the subime and the broaC
river Of lyric poetry streams from him. impetuous will
even flow, splendid as q cloth OF gold.
This dominant sense constituted the greatness and tn
lie found refuge i'll himself and the ideal city Which h
had built In his soul endured, npTegnabie 10 oil as
esults. 1t too beautiful, this inner city, for him 4
wish 70 leave II; Il was too solid to be destroyed HI
believed In the sublime with tue whole force OF bis ma
the cultivated reason strengthened by ts tests the sug
gestlons oi the primitive instinct. With this double
always feeding himself with demonstrations is capable
o. oehevlng willing perseyerDg in belief and win h
that toeie and piabe being whom we call poet; ne re
bracng cause, and OF continuing attached 10 IT, what
ever may happen, spite OF all, to the end No seduction
no emotion no accident no change alters the stabiit,
Of his conviction the lucdlty of his knowledge or
the first day, the last day. during the whole time he
The logical ygor of his brain sustains the manly gOr
s IN ebe Of as noble close logic
added to constancy Man holds his opinions only az
igous, heroic. karelys such mixture ssoS but
Il was clearly seen In Milton.
The personal character of Milton suggests one o
the acute psychological generalizatious with whcl
NJ Taine loves to enforce his critical decisions.
! Two special powers lead manknd-impulsc and idea
the one influencing sensitive, uuettered poetca eoris
capable OF transformations like lShakcspea tho othe
governing active, combative heroic souls Capable @
immutability like Milton. Tie first are sympathet
and ehusvc the second cOncentrative and rseryed
Ihe 1rst give themselves up the others withhold them
selves These, by reliance and sOcabity with an arts
tic instinct ana sudden initiative comprehension In
voluntarily take the tone and disposition the men and
thlngs which surround them, and Immediate cnunter
nn.c ls cnCctcd hCiM iMeen 1hc nunr and