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    charm , we understand it better . It was tliat very classical taste , that complete acquaintance -with , the spirit : of tb « indents , which caused his disappointment . The Rome of bis- imagination , the Rome of the scholar and the poet , he found overwhelmed beneath the traces of the subsequent phases of existence which had swept over her ; the very ruins of that " eldest Rome" whick , as he says * be earned revenue © , wece encumbered by a later desolation ; the church had riseu ab 0 * eitb »/ 4 emple ; the statues of the gods wereworabipjpod—notperhwas with , less abject superstition than that of yore but under the names of fne Christian saints wKo had" laboured at tneir overthrow . This confdsftm of ' epoclfp and of associations strtrtjk pairiflilfy cm an intellect who « e » great ! le « dibg ctisroefceritfiieS f we sftoalclsay , were classical atmpHoity a » d 4 t » te ; Wwesm-6 pe ^ ng ; ^ ihB ~ ffenerui impff&maa produced by iom »^ brfoiSeawsnyi ofdfea indwridual j ^ eades ttiwi bonders that keen-taste and delicBte ^ peroeptioir bowed in delighted adoratioa ~ We neecLonly notice the , description of the Coliseum : — " From tbifl * impostor to trne fear ,-we were conducted to that ruin which no weather

    as perfect an oblivion of self as tha jnrxwt heroic sufferer for jjrinciDle The fiumlhr wM-I , in mmmw ^^ ' s mentof-tte specwos allows ottfttagB aao ^ htfl-ejuwuce .. wore all thes « mbli » c *^ M » X aI * i ne seHS < a ** 7 ** No $ " ¦ ?*? dottb ^ . * o scruples shook hinu Of-I ^ W * whii ^ VoWAmws-frwi Bywp * tW with the feeling of & itSfi ^ sSHBF tws wuit nnhwfcatiug powersi * w his mien , of 1 w > dhboiiaa / % i 5 wM&SS !> SL a&otiona of the most « UMiti « B nature- Nor m he diverte < Ufrom V »« ift . bi ^ sfl ^ Kfife . fancy ; if hu * neither exalted . his BOhject by imagination , nor illustrated ^^ b ^ wfit ^^' - * oftew « ihrdettite by prto ^ he wv ^ rnade ftthe ^ ls ^ fSmm a « Sg aMSfeS of eittier . H *» wentddto } tb « are ** , * stripped of alt inctiinhnracft , to wilt * au ntiimwtaA studious onlv and always , of victory . His oresenee of mind-wan nakm « rni » ft , ; . i « M » » r

    , external distraction , nor ^ KrcapHcfty = « f calling up all energies on an emergency out'toe cenkimred ;*« ii «« i » n of ^ ttae * eqwllyjto tbe dutyo&F iMieh mwnwit . thtre a ** W « peaiMv » even of ftrt ^ sin « er ^ y « w ^ aeaVwiio « a thouahta do naticf % u « acly mn lM 0 Mv « r M ^ te « fa » . I moment ' s purpose ; whose wits do not sometimes wander on to some other part of thVcasa i th * mbat they mr » 4 mitaMt ^ dttcueaiagv who do w » fc ^ u » tte ^ tb' % b «« Htotttre * ff «* t , ordiufr with sotnv appr » b « bsioa ^ fuiu » peirit , whilo they , « hottM ? coaBitt ^ iQo ^ tfcteB » g ^ wotd'iRr sentence . This momentary desertion « f tb > exact purpose never occurred , to , . JfolletU h * fitted thftthangHtfftiti j )! aw , thB > word to tWe thought , anil IKrwetl the artfoa otJv to tata cafc ^ iuel ^ a ^ italw ^ wittiwilb : « a ««» t SpBakbr . , ' $ i ^ £ feinif& ; . « iii ratltfteitlwajft '' leasnesa thaa the . art of « dvocacy- ~ its-aeoond nAture ^ jpstlyapfieciat ^ bj ^ thoafcJov wJioi * interests it was devoted : but not fully understood even by the specUtor of its exertiool dytegwritb * theki ««« wfevw * i ^ it ^ wiW'engaged ; asd 1 Mvu % < im > * veStiga * , «* 9 » ite < Itt 'ifllrtk ' success . ' . ..., - ¦• .

    can frffict ; -iw'Biinshine gwriFyr nomoonfight Yetii ** rtoore romatrffe—> that huge oral which we hadt « niM » d « lin paMfSf ^ the ^ folisnuay whlckMMtst rtmmaaraUieapectatkm , 4 » owevwr exalted .- ErintihaTemade- 'the outlines of its- form familiar ; but no print , no picture * ^ vtr gave an adeqpfcte notion of the colossal powe ^ the ^ reality ^ e « fs ^ OT 6 r ^ he miffd , whlchifbr Seiir 8 t 4 ii » j estltenif * kttft = 4 t . The rtnttfwhicb-diioWMi ite Jlg ^ ufiUNs ^ ilrcwaltetat tike eyfB , tMtistthe pereextiMa , ofrits ~ nifcgnitad « r jj )« tsomaoh . bj * m&deri » & the-tbickaesaof the walls palpab . le ~ . as by . counteracting the etTod which-else the beauty of Us oval shape wwald prodi 6 rt « nff dfeiiflteiiifig'lt 8 = etptmvnb tfot . © if theotner latBd ^ ttfrsttawof that very btanty , whleh is entirely preserved to ^ wwod ; . though tfeus bTOk »* to tb » -eje , e « h »« <* the idea ofsiae , by « ngg&ting . tin wonder , that a thing so beauttfol shoutd be also eo » tapentfons . Thevttces ififeht , rooted in its higher rerion « w « v * ifritsopenhrgs ortoweHttto itofe slgrf aiw » Mti < tftyi tn * rftandaisl : tn * v ; in « xoui ( e » f ^ ptocttrioa ^ iHtksifim ^^ heitdit ; the arahet ^ aBd f (« aa tain « fb ««< ie-iVno l ^ in 4 h « iiM » ely «^ . # atther aidin . markioc - > f aapremacy ; an ! tke entire result of these combined fellclfies ^ w th * e percwfttloa of a-Worfcirf Humsfi haticBbeyftadtne « ehilectwal imagin » tloaiof otrr MfcrtlrittoeqTiat * tid of tb © F « ntfe « on : ' — iih ttte

    «• Tttrott ^ i & wide i « sme « i « qwr « v ( Ao ^ ged boheti ?« ad - w imnpfctt * moma « nd-strewn ^ 'wifcJii'Teg « t « bk *« efu 8 « wectinjiglcd to-theJBaotheoiL ; . which , of all tlie btuldin ^ i t saw ia Rome , was to mo most replete with interest that cannot die . TU majestic portico and mor ti nw }«* fc domeowry tb « miod » 1 ?« I « w » yib % yond 4 ! i » kBp « rWorr ^ ofwlnwo ^ « f whichttl ^ sruiptaiA ^ tb ^ empw * -t 6 wet ; t nofclWf-iiH ^ plntOJth ^ wpaUW j batm age whicli was ^ iiiuatrated by its-forms and emboasea with ^ the figures ot . its history ; "But tffeifc-is a ^ iari ir KtoitJu ^ ui'tM its ? roVmiMyottttieven thiadiiMW ^ lifee ^^ tb&vashes ^ F A ^ puteBt ao ^ d holiest of painbert—of BaphaeL cnt > down ia tto flower of / hia

    Itfe—the preseace bf wlici , after many gerieratioha , was atte&t&d by tbe expoamtrorttns b ^ m ati J hand wl * fthhatt ! Wrought'immortwl wo « de » s , tdi ^ o <^ ftna »*^ ^^ daistl , / £ h « infmaui » -of-o ilier pawtenshuve clustered ^ beut ^ fais glwine ,. wbere-, tb « sense of beauty ^ tHe fiaest perrameF of mortaUlire—willteireathedwlifle Borne shall stand . Am ids t th 1 iip ( il > k gmtttess , oppression , and perrertea fffitli , w »« eh tb > dosd tas&m a * in ^ Bonieitofand «^ dB sajteiitho » ewfbioh : th % iMawiof of its greatest master , were the sereuest and the most welcome . ** Bat , to bear out our previous remarks , ire Will also cite the last-words upon Borne : .

    " My . first Mid last glimpse of Rome tras about ^ to Close ? « w Mef , that th » attempt to fix amyTit » pTCMsioHttlt ? fa » l « lt £ wnm « 4 n wonl » Beanw ^ rCBumptn oos i * nd 4 yet I 4 id not . dwirevfo molongfitr , Mg { opBdonce&tionathad b » ea « opfusad xather tb « a retdiaed by the anmy-of great oijeet ^ wbicfi h f 4 passed before me in rapidsuccession , and 'the tfaiiirprissoclfttfoMStH ^ « flg |« tedi Ofthe ^ Roine of'my »« ho « lb ^ vre ^ rwe # —th «^ n »^ hi « r offcbiif ^ It ^ we tt | t > ught « ---I had aoa «» li < a «««» -n * taioriavl amoeg . ytbm ^ 'HsmM of . imferial ^ ufais ^ uid ncpal splendoeuxs ; and in all "that -I feebly attempted to grasp , one set of associauonsao « ush « danotter ,-oTinm ^ M so-s trangelrwi ^ xnstit bar » vbWB » swortblBri . ^ Th »> twofid « asiof-Bo > me im ^ feirU w » d - Rome-JBipaltl Af . the 5 oi ^ fl neia bu

    ot ruins ana tne city ot cnurcnes ana palaces , trequeuc conuwc ip inyunouguw ; . that I could net follow Lord Byron , in his impersonation or lhiB EftmaTCMy as tto ' Niolw of Nations , ' nor regard » ' MSB- forming o «« fnig | h ^ whole ^ If I may frankly confess the « &tent ot . my « &wo » Uiinu « 'to visk 4 t , rl m « t admit tbat r-to my recollection , Borne aeems a » enormous nn * wum<—filled with the most wonderful works ,, of human hands—¦ exhibiting marvellous veetfgwof hsnnm power , and « mbnwm « atenmtf profound historical interest ;; bat the v « rltta » m » mojia » glkia awwy in a swecesaTonof geirgeoua temple ^ oharohes ^ and flall « ries . Ta > 'leave it-. w « a to escape from a region of enchantment into the fresh air of Humanity and nature : ued , humiliating as the troth may bo , t'quitted It for ever without aftirtv !"

    We hav ^ iMPrond chartnhig descriptions jtt marked for extract . ; but w « sacrifice them in ;< jrdw to present , to oarreaders a » mucli as possible € > f th « conxplete aaad interesting , analysis of the character and success of Sir W . Follett which follows the observation of his autograph , to which we hare Alluded , above : — " Tb me . tile true secret of his yeeallar ' strength appeared'to lie-in the possession of two f ow « ri wlrieh ? rarelt oo'osisi in the same mind— extraordinary subtlety of perception and as reinarkabl » sitapucity | o 4 ' execntion . In -the first ; of these , faculties—in th » intuitive power of common sense which is the finest essence of experience whereby it attains 'to something of prophetic « ttahV" —toe excelled all his oontemponuries except Lord Ablnger , with whom it -was more liable to be swayed by prejudice or modified by tu * ter as it was adorned with liappier grac « 8 . The perfection of this faculty was remarlcably exemplified in the fleeting visits he often "paid tatne trials of causes which he-had'teft to tne-conduct of'hitt juniors ; a of

    iewwords ^ iOttwUnywajsl&uce , sufficed ^ to convey < o . ius'mind the exact position complicated affairs , and enabled him . to decide what should be done or avoided ; and where tha interference « f any other advocate would httve been dangerous , he often rendered good j » rvieiB and>—which was more extraordinary—never did harm . So his uncivalled aptitude for legal reasoning enabled him t « deal with authorities 4 ia ho dealt with facts : if unprepared for an argument he could find its links in the chaos of an index , and make an imposing « how of learning out of a page of Harrison ; and with the aid of the interruptions of the bench j whichv h * could u » dexterously provoke as parry , could find the right ulue and conduct a luminous train of reasoning to a triumphant close . Hia most elaborate arguments , though not comparable hi essence with those of hia clilef opponent , Lord "Campbell— -which in com * - prefrensive outline , exact logio . felicitous illustration , and harmonious structure , excelled all others I have heard—wore delivered in tones bo nicely adapted to the minds anil ears of the judges , with an earnestness so winninp nnd a confidence / so contagious , thut they made a Judgment on Mb side not only a necessity hot a pleasure .

    " The othor faculty , to which in combiualion with his subtlety of understanding the excellence of bis advooacr may bo attributed , is one more rarely posscssod , —and scarcely ever in Buch association—the entire singlBncss of a mind equally present In every part of a causo . If tha promotion of the interest of tlie olient were an advocate ' s highest duty , it Would be unotiier namufor the cxivctest virtno ; nnd inasmuch as that interest is not , like the objects of moral zeal , fixed in character , but liable to frequent change , the fuculty of directing this whole power of tho understanding to each shifting aspect of the cause in its minutest shade wings , without tho guidance ot an inflexible law , is far more wonderful , if far less noble , than a singleness of devotion to right . It htm a . n integrity of its own winch boars some affinity to ( hat honesty which Baillie Nichol Jarvie attributes to his Highland kinsman . Such honesty—that is thn eutiro devotion of all the faculties to tho object for whioh it was retained , without the lapse of a moment's vanity or indolence , with unlimited vision and unceasing activity—was Follett ' s beyond all other advocates of our time . To the presentment of truth , or sophism , a * tho causo might require , he gavo hia entire mind with

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    KAKETTE AND HER LOVERS . / * ' - Ncuuttocnd tft « r Z ^»« r » ^^ i ^ y . TiaitoUawmie riAtttlK > r of " The Sol »« ol . foc > ii > tlKt »; " ^ aaja ,-Llfe ar 9 Death of SlTas Barnstatke / &c ., &c . - ^ nitb .-lllcler and "Co . i * NAN « ra *« adb ^ lH > ¥ er «^ i * i ^^ Mr ., Gw ^ uie ^ s ^ unue ^ nav ^ v ^ butJ ^^ tyle ^^ u e ^ ery oad ^^ arom and . amongst the . myriads , of ^ novels which JH ffl&tua ^ Mi&r w » tlii : ^ fi » t ^ i . » f iMtmg l » .. and Tieroes and heroines equally unnatural and common-place— -O ^ t is to say , common to the unnatural !*^ pc)—w « -greet a pretty truthful story uthus , pleasantly told , with considerable satisfaction . Its ejapch is that of tHe Bevolution and the Empire , rattier a welt-worn tKeme ^ littt policed and Bplij-.

    ticians are keptin ttie back-groTind , and the costume and machiaery of tHe fidtonr arse all we ~ l ») rrow from these ^ sthriing ; rtixaem . ^ ja ^ etle ^ ft ^ sifflllget b «* utyirj Iftyrramdy v hH » two lovers ; Antoiae ^ h ^ droin ^ - g ^ cl * ' ^ tbe incarnation of ireIfi&nesy ;~ Ar ^ e , modi » V tol > e- " iuQiable , " generous , Tand < devoted . OCvC ^ HU ^ J ^ i ^ ohoi ^^ toine ^; woman ^ would Jtppear ^ to be > draawn tff , ^ alfisk , nianrJj ^^ ft ^ tMttiff ifft ^ ttteip ^ nirst'lbrself-devotion : a woman is never so £ a { ip ^^ a ^^ bu ^^ r ^ M ! [ living nov-elist ^ ias remarked , as- ^ en sBe ^ "iBi | awifiiMbg ^ OT jel s ^^^^ tai ^ Cii ^^ rol ^ t , ! So-ihW : 6 u ^ p / . ^^^ ^ l ^ | ^^^ toine ,. a "bstErothed . pair . . " . ' ' ¦ :,,,,. '' . . - y ' ,. ' ^' ^ "J ^ ^ St Z I Xhestprv : ia a very simple ^ ona * SheAowe « ihin ^^ t 1 ^ liw % faole lwri ^ soaL .

    and strftiigtti ; ndrke hrfes ^ horv-a . httle . Gn the eve of tlieHMBBrriage , # 1 * [ rtfroluticrti BwiErtSp ^ ottir the quiet village ; tie good cure is murdexed oa ibe , ialtar ste ]* S—prieetsVworshi p , religion , are " abolished . " Thetwo young n i | a tare drawn in , tW consor ^ ptlon > Antoine wialiea ^ anette ? ' to--J ocuir ^ ib ^^ ' |^ j (» vUconta ^ io ^ Vbefoi ? &iliis : departure , but sh « , as fair and pious an Alice as jever ** quittait 3 il « n « 5 r « Tmandie , " refuses , and they part * tfu ^ ing in ^ Hc ^ tttf ^ : From that parting , the death-struggle of poor Nanette ' s lorei ^ gih ^ ttpn ^ { and painful one . Her faithless lover soon learns to rejoice in hii ffeeabin , plonges ^ into all the dissipatiom incident ta « hU new- lif ^ tic } MH ^ highaiitKid higherdniheserrice , becomes harder and colder ^ a « el ^ mo !» e ^ iiri #

    mbreVdebased , andliy the time he hoaiwon Kis epaulette ^ TiaB jjo coniptet ^ y WQuna the love ; and roused the -pride of his betHrotlied , that * He releases Him from 'his engagement . It took no less a time •'• to ; open ^ lwBr eyes , eyes c ^ oae sealed by love-and'trust ; and in tWer * ' weary awakening ^* coniista ib *^ tQi % r yei y sweetly told ; Then , -when she is free and comfbrilcss her foynxer , loye Arsene pleads his long and faithful attachment , an attachment : sue hafle ^ nit by suffering to understand and value - They are married * and the ; tale ilk ^ jOb suffered to lack dramatic completeness , for tne . wretched Antome , % ft ^ bjwutg known wealth and position , mils bv the weight of a base , picture , from tone degradation , to a lower still , and dies a miserable unk . no < wnvOUtQaat ^ iu . tha barn where he has : teceivedia . fiheUer ftoia . his former betrothed bride and

    her fausl > and . The Btory- has tafcett longer in telling than we intended . We will not maim tlie interest of a scene or dialogue by partial extracts ; btit wdll conclude with a graphic little sketch of the costume of an " exquisite" under the Republic . " He wore a short bright green cloth frook-cont , with siderpoefcets . Th" Upeis of tbi& garment measured neaarly three feet from point to point ; sticking out beyond MiiciuaVthm little arms . His waistcoat was white aod flowered . ; turned back like the coat , though -with , smaller lapels . Beneath this waiateoat was another of glaringtsolomrs . A large gOW brooch ; in shape like a crescent and in size like a five-franc piece , deoked the breast of his shirt The citizen's black hair wnavery long and wild ;

    " Floating free as mountain breezes . ' It hung down to his Bhoulders , hiding a great part of his visago , the lower part'of whteh , was eoliraed by an immense cravat with a large bow ^ whioh cravat was _ p , ulled U {* K > Mucius ' a nether lip . Tlve collar of lib coat mounted to his earn , and then fell over amln to hia shoulders ; bo that what with hair , neckcloth , collar , and a cocked hat deoked with ateicolourod cockade , and perched over hb hobo , very little was to bo seen of his countenance , except hia huge unhol y oyeu , vacantly staring . Even ono of those was . hidden from tune to time bra caricature-looking quizzing-glass , through which Muclusattempted'fco Stttre W 30 | J | le down On his spare logs nppourod a . pair of primrose breeches , and specklfld 8 ttk-9 tOWdng «; a large kuot of ribandu hung from encli knee hall-way down the leg . Baddn-vfaad disap- > peared bath from feet aaid kneps ; wherefore Daridolfe ' a long quartered and very pointed shoes wero fastened by strings : Ho woro his cout-culfa turned up , and carrifld . ji . vory short , thick stick , covered with knotty roughnesses : a species of bludgecfld . 44 This was tho costume brought in by the ' putiiots , ' to supersede the courtly , aristocratic dross of tli « ' ai-dtvants .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 6, 1854, page 427, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2037/page/19/