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...fair as thing of Grecian mould...
...prevent, in part at least, this trouble, and to give a sufficient knowledge of electives to allow of a wise choice by the students, the best plan seems to be to make use of the columns of the College papers, and by that means bring before the fellows a fair review of the different studies. But in doing so we ask that criticisms shall be just, and that the opportunity shall not be taken to find fault with instructors and electives generally, simply because they are such, or because a student finds pleasure in directing his remarks against a particular...
Covered o'er with fruitage fair...
...though I yield a place to "Manfred," his imitations sink into insignificance. "Sardanapalus" can vie in many points with "Manfred." In the one a remorseful, despairing man speaks; in the other, an Eastern voluptuary. Though Byron excels in both, - and it may be objected that the comparison is not fair, - yet Sardanapalus, his own creation, allows him a latitude of development which Manfred does not. In "Manfred" there is no woman. "Sardanapalus," on the contrary, has one of the fairest types of Byronic poetry. Here his true spirit shows itself; that warm, sunny, voluptuous South, mingled with the fidelity...
...seem to me truer expressions of Byron's ideas than Manfred. There is that peculiar irreverence in both, especially in "Cain," with which he was so often stigmatized. They both abound in fine verses, both show deep thought. "Cain," I believe, develops some peculiar ideas on religion, some very fair reasoning, and curious statements, which, amongst all the grand imagery and marked characters, are apt to somewhat disturb the mind of a cursory reader. The object of these remarks is to suggest that Mr. Taine, in doing Byron's "Manfred" full justice, might have given some of his other dramas...