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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 edition. Excerpt: ... 'or perceive, evfen the end of his nose, for they appear to have rec'eWed every kind of knowledge-by inspiration, and fortunately for England they diffuse it gratuitously--Opinion, just, prejudiced, perverted, or erroneous, has hitherto 'deferred me from venturing upon the Archipeldgo of Criticism, notwithstanding I acknowledge having been fanciful enough to believe, that" those who have pretended to great profundity, know about as little of many things as myself; who am at all times ready to confess iny' insufficiency in most, and almost comparative infancy in all. ""T! entreat it may not be conceived I mean the least reflection upon the real talent, integrity, 6r gentlemanhood, of any nation whatever. In this country, God be praised, are thousands of men of intelligence, many of the best taste; noblemen and private gentlemen having in their chambers perfection daily before '( n, ...: i +.Massena of the Duke of Wellington. "Pour ec, Monsieur Wellington. II est bien bon a battrc, mais il ne vois pas plus loin que le Bout de son Nez." their eyes; and the judgment of the selection in this city is at least upon a par with that of any other. The possibility of preserving and displaying the great genius of Italy has long been on the wane; the natural disposition of all nations for the peaceful avocations of life had been suspended, France had filled itself with the spoils of the former, and England, already possessing abundance, has had the advantage, by its opulence and locality, of becoming the repository of most things rare. In all the foreign countries I have been in, are discoverable as much good sense, more general intelligence, / believe, as much hospitality and good breeding, with as capacious an understanding in matters of polite and...