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    have little difficulty in classifying her somewhere amco ^ g numerous snecies of oi ^ tic natures wW cannot distmgnjisn between aspiration .. and-inspiration , between , desire and These Memoirsi will be very fascinating to joung ; minds ;[ and although , the th * 6 ad of biogiwk ^^ ^ aa a book , it ; haaif&ujts innraijnerabife , ! yetthe picttrrte ( ' ofIAxbericanMfaenk and its (" proper" ) Aspasia , tke ^ p icture ; of ; a grestieasrambitioni worfchig ^ in a soul tod leefele for tm / burdet ) l ; and- theTnariyitiiougihtful , beriuttftd passages scattered up and down , will make it tHe inp&t aeceptaj > l ^ bosak ifehat has . < fcme 1 fc : #£ ^ y «^ ^' , Weshatt ?^ used from time ;^ J ^ e i ^ p ^ uxg yf ' ey . ei * , columnsij" j me ^ wwe ftl ^ e r ^« def will l&e tq *^ ^ ^ . ¦ , $ ¦ ¦ { v . ¦ !( : i / 1 :-.,,:-. j ; ,,. ;¦ ¦ -. >*¦> . a * ' fi ^ bi , ; . ' . , ; . ? . . r'Jff ; .- ; - { j ^ t ) t-iU v- tGlfaiMniEinI ? . . «> fs ' q . -.. i- < : r--: ~ ' > vf . ¦ ?<> - wjv X .: <•> ¦'¦ ¦*{

    "Qfthepebptel saw ^ -i ^ Mr 0 . ( sarae tp > s ^; W % , ^ t oQnpe ^ andfM app ^ intejlanTevenrogV t » Tbe > p « wejdk £ Mh * ir house . ^ t ^ t time ^ ^ tl ^^ ia ^^^ lP ^^ hW ^ W —full of wit . $ * &pj «^ carried away with " the rich . flow of His discourse ; and the hearty , noble earnestness of his personal being brought"bSck ~^ Ee cliann -which once Was upon his writing , before I wearied ofjiit . 1 . Il AdtnicedShia Scotch , his way of singing his great foil sentences , so , that ^^^ He let me tixlk , ^ i 6 w ail d th ' eif , efibugn to wee my lungs' and change my position ^ so that I did not get tired . That evening , he talked of the present state of things in EngBnd )• ^ Sngrligbt *^ ti ^ itty ^ eteheB of thWmeriof i * t ^ 'da ^ , ^ n 1 rtt ^ ana ^ lh € Sr 8 , and some ; sweetyihomely . stories ^ deltoidsoftbingrt thUhad kno ^ m ; i > ffihe Scdfeh peasantry .- , Qf-y ^ Uf Mie ^ pitjfcejwithi , heartyCkindness j ianft ? he tqMj jwitlb beautiful feeling ; a itfffy lof , -some / pooi ; farmer , or . ( artis ; vn vio , the-jcottttryi iwho Q& ;§ uAdfcy

    lays aside t ! he cark and care of that dirty English world , and sits rread ^ ' $ he Essays , and / locking ^ pon ^ ther ^ a . ,,, fr ,: , , / y , > ,-, uoW ¦> : .-r . -7 f -c ^ Uir ] iri ^ yx ^ U " . 1 left . ^^ . ^^^ iK ^ ' ^^ i ^ ti ^ $ o , go , . out . yeryoften ( to ^ h ^ bows ^ , ; Iassur . e you # 6 re-, $ ^ er ^^ ffe J $ was eliough to kill one WitbJaughing . , X , on my side , cpir tributed a story to his fiiridof anectfofefbn ! t ^ s subject , an | % waS-fyily ; j ap ^ etoiatedV " da ^ i&frwttoti ' a thousand of you for ^ hatj- WWiM ashamed : < &'Wgfi : w 1 ie ¥ ne"ij ? ^ usedfi&ufc goes > onto ^ corVliSl'huiBah ftfsMbnV > y : i ' : < . 7 : / - 'it ;^^ o ; i ? Mj « y ^ . ^^<' -i . ' T : v-vi * t i ? o '' 'l ^ Bebpndvttoej Mk ^ flippant sbrftbfaMan ^ w ^ of (^ th ^ a ^^ k for which'he niust'be as unfitras irreHgibn and sparkling shallowneaa can , ina ^ e | bijipQ , ; r 3 utihcFj i ^ i } . -stories admirably , ! and wa * * Uowedn 8 P » i&

    times J w in ^ in ^? nibre ^ ri ^ j ji ^ pjf ir ; an , < l , , ;^ ugJx much , $ ap ? & hirilliantothan ! < & )> l&Q $ ?* $ & evening ^ {^^^ ~ "For a c 6 ^ p&' of hours 'he ^^ W as iMiia ^^ aiw ^^ etryiVa ^ the wnble nai ^ nWue was one elob ^ ht proclaitiatibh ' df t ^ in verse beoause ^^ e schoblniasteri h » ft feugWi Ipi Wf £ ' i ^ h ^ & ' gt ^ ty do , fco , arid had thud , triifortunattjy ; Beea Mrn ^ Mfrd ' nPlnS ' tru ' e pat ^' fer a . man . ;']\ Baths had , m Hke -matatferj b ^^^ good sense , forase ithat it would have < been better to write « traight-on its * prosfe" ; and such nonBQnse , wbioh , though amusing enough , at . first ^ . he : ran to ; death after wa ^ whan eTSthaok

    a while . j ^ hf tfiMs ^^ Hajitsjingt . pai ^ isal heridom tOrBonDte-irefraiq aa m the ^ e ^ fctiL Revojutipn oltye fieajffiieen . . In . this instancej ^ t . w ^ S PMww h and Laura , Ibhe . last ., wprd pronounjce ^ . , witih- his ineftab , le Barcaam of drawl . Although , bb JBai 4 , this . over ^ Mty . , ^ me 8 , ; I could not eye ^ ' [ p . laughing when Laura would cornel Carlyle running his ; chin , out ,. iiyhenjhb . ; spojke lt ^ . an ' dfhis eye ' glancing ill ! they looked ljke the eyes and beak of a bird ., prey Pook ; 3 Laura ! Xtiicky Fdr her ^ hiit h ^ r poet had already got her" i&fely canonized beyond fthe rtafch bf thi ^ T 6 iifeIaaro ^ kh vulture . ' ; ' ;¦¦ '' ''' ' ; Vi ; " ^ ' - " ' " ' ^''¦ T - - " The wdrst' . of hearitig Oarlyle ^ s ^ that ^ dudahnotiriteriihijptfchinii . I undersiiahd the habit and power of haranguing have ihoreased yeryniubh upon him ; so that you are a perfectprisoner when' he has once got hold df' ^ o uv j . T 6 interrupt him is for inomeufche

    a physical impoSBibilityi If you get a chanoe to remon ^ brate a , raises his voice and bears you downi True , ihe'doeH ybu ] noi injildtice ,: andi . with his admirablq penetration , « eea the ) disclain ^ er jn yqu rimind , 'SO't ha ^ you at © not Wiorally delinquefit , j ,, bi $ , j ' j ^ fa n , ot y l ^ asa nt > t q b ^ wnab ^ e jtp jafitGr . , it v | Tha jlafcter & * £# '§?> mW gh ho ™ veti ite pai 4 us f r t ^ is ^ by a fBe ^ . ; 9 f ( ft ke < joW . m hrt finest Btyle of ra > hpg and ?; afl ? ery , , bTTOOdern ( l French 7 itei ^ tuf ^ , not , one of t ^ em , perhaps , perfectly just , but all' drawn with the finestVboldest ' strokes , and . from his point of vi < Jwy m'adteiiyi •'; ; AU we ' re depreoiatjfng , except' that of BerarigeK j Of him he spoke with perfeot justice , because with h ^ earty sympathy : : ^ "I had af terwards some tttlK'with Mrs .

    i " Aftenthis > they / Went > tb . stay at / Xidrd Ashbtirton ' d ; . arid Iibnly saw them-oiibe , more , when they came to pass an evening with us . UniiuQhUyy ' Mazwni was with j us , whose society , w ^ n he waa faerft alon e , j I ,, < 6 njoye 4 , more . ^ hnn , any . ; , . ffl is a bea uteous and pwr , e music ; also j ^ ha , isr /* , de ^ r . frwndjof ^ Mrs , 0 ^ bfu ^ hia . heing ; there gj ^ ve tl » b copversatfon . a '| tu . rn ' | tQ fprbgreas ' . anq ldeflil : Bubjects ,. , aHd ; Oi .. was , fluent to invectives on / all bur '„ ' * ros ^ -waier . imbe ^ lities . ' W | e all , feltdia ^ nt fromhhn ; and'fifazzini , afteir spmb vain efforts to , remonstrate ,, became very sad . Mrs . 0 . said to me , ' 'These are biitopinionk to Cstrlylo : but to Maz !? iiii , Whohas ! given his-all ; and helped to Ibrrrig hif 'friends'to Mb Bdtift 6 M > id " pursuit of such Bubjoots , it 4 s a matter bfllfe and deiitlii ' " ' ' ¦ v r , , ); m ; . r ¦

    " All Carlyle ' a talk ; tha't ervehirig , Wats nl defeiiCe'of metd forcb ^ -Sutteeas' the test of right ; if people wpu ^ d not bet » av « well , putioollaWB rouiid their' pecks j find a hero ; and let tWm . be his slaves , , &c . It was very , Tetanic , - and anti-oelestial . I w ish the' lotst evening ha , d been mbria mblodioufl . Howey-eny I ibid Onrlylo , fowwell with feelings qf the warmest friendship and o ^ mirfttfoo ,- W * cwnP 4 foel otherwise , to a great , and , noble . nature , whether it harmonize with Wr own or not . I never appreciated the wor ^ he , has , done fbr I ^ b ^ go , tUl X s » , w JSnglaihd . } could riot . You must stand , in the shadow of that mountain of shams , to know How hava it ifl to cast ' light ivofosaiV , '• " ' :, , ' . ' , ' , " Honour to Oarlyle ! ITo ' ch ) " Althbu ^ li , in , t ^ ib' wlno with whibHwo driAk this health , I , for one , must mingle the despised ' rosoiWater . '"" " ' ' '

    ' ; , '• PABL ^ B AGAIN . ,,,. .: ' , ; . .. , ' ; ,, "i ?« i * w » , DtOi 184 = 6 . —Accustomed to the , infinito wit and exuberant richness Of hie writings , , h \ a talk is eibilji , an amazoment and a , splendour stywrcoly to be «« 3 od with steady ? yes . H ^ dpes not converse , pnjy harapguos . , 1 b ip ( t ^ o usual niisfortune of such marked m ^ n-p liappily » oit one invariable or inovitabip—that they cannot allow other minda room to breathe , and show' thenjaelves in iheir atmosphere , and thus miss the refreshment fcnd ihstrubtibn which the groliites ' t novor ooiwo to wed from th « experience of tho humblest . ' Curlylo allow * no ono

    woiSdionly , l » UghatryQu if you did ' -ibut you like him heartily , and like to see hini-therPftWerfuiism ^ th , the . Siegfried , melting all the old iron in his furnace till it glows jto / a , sun , ^ et [ rjed » . »» 4 hnrn ? yoUjif yoUjSenselessly . go too near . He seems ^; . jjae , squj $ ig-: ^ sisplated , ;( Wne , ly ., as '; . ' the , desert ^ yet ; never was a man more fitted to prize a maW c ^ uli ^ - ^ e , feholf bhe to ; m them , but only in the nisi ' -He ^ miigf ' ' raAher ^ thah talk ' s . ' " He pdurs upon you a kind of satirical , n ^ oTca ^' . criti ^ { j , nd generally catching up , near ; tnW'Begn 4 ningj >' sb ^ a 0 i stli ^ ftr epiiKet ; VhibH sbi ^ ves as a reft-ain when his song is iflHi , bV ' with ' whicfi' / at wlth ^ aknlttliig-ne ^ e ^ ,-he catches up the stitches , if he ha& ' chanbedi tioW ^ id thterij tb let fall * rd ^ . For the higher kinds of poetry he la

    a chance , bu . t bears down all opposition , not billy by his wit and onset of words , resistlesa in their sharpness as so many bayonets , but by actual physical superiority—raishig-his voice , and rushing on his opponent with a torrent of sound . This is not in the least from unwillingness to allow freedom to others ; qn the contrary ,. no man woWd more enjoy a manly resistance to his thought , putlt is Ifte ' impulse of ^ own impulse , as the na ^ t ' liisprdyj alibi ' which" klidws not hbw to stbp in the chase . Carlyle , indeed , isarrbgantattd ' bVerbearhag j ^^ bt ft'in his arrogance there is no littleness , no self-1 ^ eV « It is'the ' herbic '' arrogance of some old Scandinavian conqueror ; it is his ttaturej'fand Jthfe ftmtamable impulse that ^ has giVe ? r him power to crush the dragons ;) . vTou ' , da : nbtl 6 ve 'him ,.. pethaps , nor revere —and perhaps , also , he

    httsnq setisef / andhis talk ^ on that subject delightfully and gorgeously absurd , fie sometimes s tops ia minute ito laugh at it himself , then begins anew with fresh vigour ; for all the ' spirits he is driving beforo him seem to him as Fata Morganas , juglyji » 8 skf >? :. 5 n , iaot , ifhe , can but make them turn about ; but he laughs that they see , ni' to others such . dainty Ariels . His . talk , like his books , is full of " pictures ; his critical strokes maiteriy . Allow for his point of view , and his survey is admirable . He is a large subject . I cannot speak more or wiselier of himinqwyiior needs Jit ; his wofks ^ are' true , to blame and praise him—the Siegfried of England—^ great and powerful , if not inyulnerable , and of a might ratherr t () . de § tr . oyTevil , than legislate for good . " r - ^ ' - -: ¦ ¦ -. -Side , by side with' these twosketches let us nang up this

    r , ] . . - rOKTBAIT OF GEOBGE SAXD . " € ^ jl £ f spol £ e , Madahie S . opened the door , aiid stood looking at me an instant . < $ iir $ e 8 l irM . i ' 'l i n&iref shall forget her look at that moment . The doorway niade a fi&'nid ^ for he ¥ figure—shbis large , but well-formed . Sh 4 was dressed lt £ ' i a robe M daTkv ^ nble ' t silk ; with a black mantle on her shottldere , her beautifu hair idressed Mth the greatest taste , her whole appearance and attitude , in its simple and 4 ady-like dignity , presented an almost ludicrous contrast-. to- the vulgar . Caricature idea of George Sand . . Her face is a very little like the . portraits , but much fin&r ; the , upper part of the forehead and eyes are beautiful , the lower stroijgv and masculine , expressive of a hardy temperament and strong passions , but . ljot in the least coarse ; the cprnptexion bliye , and the air of the whole head sAaWah ( as . indeed , she was born at Madrid , and is only on one side of French

    blood ) ^ All these" details I saw at a glaiice- but what fixed my attention was the exp'Hssibn pf . tfoo 4 iie » s > nbble ' tiess , and'bbwer , that pervaded the whole—the truly fcufnim ' hlarT and naturb that shone in the eyes : As our eyes met , she said , "Ccit ' rbttat / and held but her hand . I took it , and went into her little study . We sat ddwn a moment , then I said , t Jl me fait debien devout voir , ' and I am sure I Baia" it with my whole heart , for ? it made me very happy to see such a woman , so large and bo developed a character , and everything that w good in it bo really gdod . I loved , Bhall always love her . : m ¦ ecrit lettre charnianteThis

    > '¦ * i She ^ look ^ d away , and saiid ^ 'Ah / vous m >! avez une . ' was all the preliminary of our talk , which then went on as if we had always known one another . She told me , before I went away , that she was going that Very day to write to me ; that when the servant announced me , she did not recoffnise the name , bui after a minute it struck her that it might be La dame 'Amencaitie , as the foreigners Very commonly call me , for they find my name hard to remember . She was Very much pressed for time , as she was then preliaririir copy for the printer ; and having just returned , there were many applications to see her , but she wanted me to stay then , saying , ' It js better to throw things aside , and seize the present moment . ' I stayed a good part of the day , and was very glad afterwards , for I did not see her again uninterrupted . Another dav I was there , and saw her in her circle . Her daughter and another lady were present anda numbex of gentlemen . Her position there was of an intellectual woman and ff « od friend- ^ tbe same as my own in the circle of my _ acquamtance as be marnedit

    distinguiph ^ d from my , int * mates Her daughter is just about to . Js saillherais nOjcongeniality between her and her mother ; but for her son she Beemsto have" much love , and he lbves and admires her extremely . I understand he has a good and free ' charabter , without conspicuous talent . " Her way of talking'is just like her writing—lively , picturesque , with an unilertbhe 6 fde&p feeling , and the same happiness in striking the naU on the head every how and then with a blow . . ' - ^ We did not tal k at all of personal or private matters . I saw , as one sees in her writings , the want of an independent , interior life , but I did not feel it as a fault , therms . so-much in her of her kind . I . heartily enjoyed the sense of so rich , so , proHno , « o , ai-dent a genius ., 1 liked the woman in her , too , very much ; ** " Fortt *** cannot ' in th 0 r r 0 Om and & \ have to : spend ,, express' my thoughts as I w-ld ; bu as near as I can and otners ««»«« »¦ * '

    exbress the sum toial , it is this . S—— wno aamre ., »«» tJEe a fancy Sureof her , and , represent' her as a Helena fin the Seven Chords bf Sib LyUTall whbse mistakes are t& > fault of iho present state of society But ? o me ^ L th seems to be this : she has that purity m her soul for ^ she knows Well how ^ o love - l-J-JJ" ^^ £ & ^ £ & && 4 W ? manpermantn % f if ^ cpuld have found one contemporary with her who Sidta * £ * t aWd qommand her throughout her range ; but there was hardly a ppss ib H y of tbat for eucha person . Thus she b « a naturally changed the objects KerM Also , there may have been , Bomething of the m i >« r , iurovii ^ , f . , f j t an ( 1 Btonn , and the free raptures ¦ i ^ ttToh - r ^ Ci ^ SSpSS ^ the foUowor ' B of Cy bole the ' great Ses ^ tho grwt motheir ; But she w ^ snoyer coarse , never gross , and I am sure gwjuBHB , nic ' t , » iin 8 not failed to draw Home rich drops from every kind , of WineCZ" ™ t » he -has do » e with an intimacy , sho P likes to bre ' ak it off SSr WYtl . is has , happened often bot ^ with men and wpmen . Many ^ lumrife upon hor are tiweablo to tlm qauao . " i ^ i . m / r < J ™ n ™ f , Bomotimee iii lior intrOftpeotions saw pretty clearly tho

    limit of her own poworB , may be gathered from this passage : — " « < riow can I over write with ttiis impatience of detail ? I . shall never bo an artist rnavo rio patient loVb 6 f exe 6 utU ; I am delighted with my akotcli but Tltry to Sh it , I am chilled . Never was there a great ftoulptor who did not ldvb to chip t" « niftrblo . '

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1922/page/19/