The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-09

each member Of the "Club" for his COnsid.
Grafton; not prGSuming 10 ask him to be
governed by them II they do not meet his
full approval, much keSs 10 bind the HClub"
to their obiegYapcet DiHpdlg radically |
% do with tho gentleman, iSit not the best
10 b. frank ,withghimg for others rs well us |
myself do dot agFPe with him. Would not
our silence have been liable to have been
misCOnstrUGd to mean Indifference, or, what
would be worse, apprObatiOnY Something |
after POlonius fashion with Hamlet that |
ID to say-agree, or at least not dissent from |
positions which We believe TO be erroneous. |
POlOnius' cunning suavity Is charming, /
quote:
IGAMLRT-"DO you seq yOndSrGlou That's almost
III the ShGpo Of canOlim
POLOSIVs-'g ,yy& SaS RRa1'rSna us like a GANG
MANLET-aM slhiHEs II |. lttpn weasel" n |
iIAHEET-'t0 liz a V6aiOg, 49, ~ 3 y
pOLONlus-"Very like whale"
From what have observed and have
heard Of tho gCntleman's character | be.
lievu he would disclaim that we should be
otherwise than frank with him, II even u
single member Of thu, Club does not share
hisylows Knowing him 10 he looked on
as IN authority by many IN tho "Club, " and
ChGerfuly admitting his usefulness to tho
same, ! have pGnneii my illusions IN moth
ing but good humOr with him, aud ] may
ald much esteem, ] do not think that he
has refuted u single position taken by ~.
@. A." Or myself, BY supporting himself
with authority at all applicable to the IucS.
tiOnslp point True, he has quoted author.
tiles, but IL they prove anything, It Is Of
such u character that docs not sustain him
In my one peculiarly which he contends
for but II | wished to use either or both
Of them moro nj length they would sustain
the positions taken BY myself las they In.
ferentially have done In an earlier part OF
this paper.
would beg to say that We both meet on
common ground when he pertinently asks
"Why Shakespeare sh6plGberead different.
ly from Milton, Dryden, md pOpe"R ] en-
Eirely agree with him IN this lnterrOgatory,
We must, however, read according 10 the
Nsages Of the past md those which lrC con.
coded by the most celebrated Authorities
Of the present day. ,l'Ope has been pro.
IOnnCcd the most flowing uMd musical Of
either Of them, and have heard the user.
tiOn, more 10 than even Spenser, without
the hMGmbCr" will conform to the latters
occasional change Of prOnunCiatiQnY but
II this is conceded rCtirClrOm making the
claim IN favor Of Pope. DrydGn,--a great.
Cr poet than POpc-n to DR.. Samuel
johnson, but not no smooth u versifGr, re-
Qnircs more conformity To che rules cited
by -. q. AZ and myself. Milton requires
lea than either Dryden, SpGnser or Pope,
as he Is credited with having written the
\ most correct poem IN the language Shakes
peNrG requires more change, OF pfUInncia.
ton ut our hands than GllOf then Comldh.
ed, but he has h6 Hnglt inS'dnce In his
works that requires more ingenuity NJ our
hands than SpensGr, Us TO the change OF
accent, Or RECOMMENDATIONS but lie makes
Roadway In intellectual stature against all
the above worthless SererdHy, ind venture
to say cOlleHiueiyI As IlaElitt leliCitOusy
once said In paper on Shakespeare, "lle
was all that others had been, or are; and
was himJe!f bGSilssl One Qln hardly pick
up any author, either MIDDLETON anCi6nt the
latter MS fur bAck as couple Of centuries;
but he will find beauties bGspangled nll over
their pages, the germs Of which have had
their origin In the worlds great Poet
Without wishing to make this article I'm.
necessarily long | would ask, where did by.
ron get one Of the most beautiful lines VI
one Of his most beautiful p6Ssagcsi re.
ply from Shakespeare. BytoIi hds IL b
n. "ln cold distractions apalhyw
Shakespeare Inns II,
TollU In cold obstruction and to rot
had intended to shy elsewhere that there
are passages In many authors TO which no
rules will apply, nor arc they intended to
be subjected TO any scanning Of Ihe line.
Two will suffice for the present. P0peS
celebrated Alexandrine, which crdtrlS slow.
ly, IN the last half Of the verse, and Is
intended to BIO initiative Of the object lie.
scribed, "a follows
"And Ikea wounded snake, dns' ia allow, length
and Millions celebrated line which suggests
INSTRUCTION.
Rocks caves lakes, iens, hogs dOns, and shades Of
death i'-l0Ok II, FAR. LOsT.
| will now draw this paper to close by
A saying that oAlember's' articles have given
me great deal Of plCasure-their hlgheS
excellence cOnqeiyc, however, TO lie thell
mechanical BlfuShifc. Their ,col1ehislpnt
are far from hAtihg saHsftG fie aA 10 thsii
correctness. but BolingbrOke beautifully
says that truth Ia Cduccd by "OppOSing ar
VInGnt 10 rgument--preciSely Gs sparks o.
Are nre obtained by the conformation o
flint with stCell" t."''
With sentiments Of the highest esteem
fol, my opponent In phFlieGIaf, md thl
Club collectively ! conceive " proper TO
! me to terminate this disCliAsiOii IA far as
am personally concerned. have endeayOt
ell 10 avoid doing "MemGCf' any injustice
and h0pt ! have treated him with the Cour
tcsy his abilities demand, but 1T the Sah
time nm disposed TO yield nothing, lnercl!
, to dlssent;-simply because dissent Is no
! rCfuation. Having, rs I lhifk, eonfr6nte,
! Hscylla' or uMcmber,p and suffered 'atilehS
+ no damage, will how try to avoid any III
Jury from tiChRFyblis.p hli. r." In yesteI
Q div mornings issue wishes to know whGf
= he can find authority f6t lhe Assertion tha
NaCaulay pronounced tho "Pllgrim's Pr
: Efess" ah epic poem N have not all Of MI
rauiay's wfiihgs IN my possession and car
hive seen II somewhere. This gHesto
3 does not, however, depend on Macaula
T alone. An Epic IL an heroic narrative o
. poem. refer The gentleman to his srhOC
9 Dictionary. llnhyan's book y emPhatica
g y u Christian heroic natfatyAy this ypfoye
y Il to be an Epic. Now we viii sec whetllC
. OF not itls a poem, What constitutes
9 pocm9 Poetry Is not always confined |
Q verse. Frohdc, the great historian, pit
b nounrGs the nDook Of Job'to be one Of III
Z finest poems III The language. tfthia be 3,
. "A Job IA not rhythmic, or vetslRed, u
{ fair 10 call Buhyan's book replete wit
i poetical ideas "A L is-dksoa poem, althoug
not rylhmic OF ybtFhed, n bones Eitlti
4 the definition 81 Epic Ats6ttlihs 10 III
\ meaning Of the world and II IL poem
= Froude Il right III pronOuncing Job 10 be
9 poem,--ns The ideas In II arc beauli full
poetical. !. L. W.
MoXcuRE y. CONWAY Il a rematkabl
! man, but yhFh hej tells la, through III
4 Cincinnati Commercial that the Princes