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...should have gained what voguo they did, than that it was so little and 90 gradual. They have the palo tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade...what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have aUegurv, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood, as to be taken into the...

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...Tale«' should have gained what vogue thoy did, than that it was so little and eo gradual. They hare the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired...shade — the coolness of a meditative habit, which diffuebs itsolf through the feeling and observation of every sketch. Instead of passion, there is sentiment;...

...flowers that have blossomed in too retired a shade — marked by the coolness of a meditative hnbit, nd the host painters have seized, with the same instinct, upon golden tresses. A walk through he observes, there is sentiment ; and even in what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory,...

...Twice-told Tales should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed...habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling and observati&n of every sketch.. Instead of passion there is sentiment ; and, even in what purport to...

...TWICE-TOLD TALES should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed...passion, there is sentiment; and, even in what purport to bo pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh...

...he had to make in the wilderness of unrecognition. ' They [the tales] have the pale tint of flowerg that blossomed in too retired a shade — the coolness...through the feeling and observation of every sketch Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the author's touches have often an effect...

...with the singukr fellcity of the following extract from the preface to one of the volumes of Tmee-Told Tales. The insight and discrimination are only equalled...meditative habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling aud observation of every sketch. Instead of p:ission, there is sentiment ; and even in what purport...

...and speaking of the Twice-told Tales, that were the product of his obscure early manhood, he says, ' They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed...through the feeling and observation of every sketch.' But though mystical in style, he is not obscure or colourless; and in the following exquisite sentence...