1825.] 
-his metaphors derived from’ doctors 
-and apothecaries ? - from ‘leather, and 
prunélio, &c. 2. “Were his images ‘from 
carpentry ‘and? the trowel’? - Were his 
assotiations' in’ the’ routine of: courts 
-and' ceremonies? What comparison is 
there between the prodictions of his 
niuse before ‘and after he bad burst 
_away,; or been driven away, from: all 
these “associations ?—before ‘and after 
he had ceased to commune with all the 
objects. and: all the subjects to which 
Pope and his writings were in so con- 
siderable a degree confined ? 
- Nor is the’ question so much What 
subjects can be poctitally treated ?—es- 
pecially if by subject is to be understood 
the mere object which is to give title 
to the poem—though there may be 
something even in this ;—as What is the 
most poetical manner in which it can be 
treated ? Not merely whether the subject 
proposed ‘should be an in-doors or an 
out-of-doors object—a thing of art and 
mechanism, or a scene of nature? but, 
_whether the thoughts, in treating such 
subject: and illustrating it, shall be con- 
fined to the chamber, the shop ? and ma- 
nufactory ? or shall walk abroad among 
the elements and their phenomena, and 
gather illustration, and indulge digres- 
sion among woods and rocks—by_ the 
ocean and the brooks—from the song - 
of birds—the niotions of animals—the  - 
‘feelings, the .vicissitudes, the sorrows, 
the joys, and the emotions of human 
beings >—Whether the heart can best be 
touched with passions or by joint stools)? 
»—whether the splendour of the drawing- 
room, and the glitter of chandeliers, 
can vie in inspiration with the humid 
light of the’ morning, and the glowing 
farewell of the evening sun; the span of 
the aérial'arch, and the boundless spread 
of the eternal’ ocean ? AVONIAN. 
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To ibe Edi or of <i Magazine. 
esi SIB:,., 
"N’ common, I. dare say, with many 
@ others, 1 read with much pleasure 
An Zssay:.en. the Improvement of 
Medical and Surgical Science,” com- 
mencing at p.500.of your July number; 
and.was very glad to. find it, called 
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3 US fora awhile into such associations. 
t, even in those passages, he betrays his 
sity to more Imaginative scenes; and 
te a oa mente of imagery and ‘inci- 
ic sie delineation 6f modern 
gees and manners... w sisd 
Hint relative to English Traditions. 
15 
“Essay T.;” for that being the tase, it 
will, of course, be. followed: up’ by the 
saine-writer. I thank him heartily for 
‘the entertainment he has afforded’ mé, 
-but cannot resist mentioning one fasci= 
nating delusion, in which not only“ the 
illiterate and simple natives of this great 
and enlightened kingdom repose all 
necessary faith’?—but to which some 
may, from his having overlooked: so 
obvious an instance, think the essayist 
himself inclined to give serious cre- 
dence. IT allude to the charming away | 
of warts—a ceremony which is per- 
formed in various ways, and, of course, 
with yarious success: though the faith 
of the tyro is only “tried and purified’” 
by a ceaseless iteration of the complete 
and wonderful efficacy of this or that 
magical .ceremony, or mystic prepara- 
tion: from the neglect or mistake of 
some of which preliminaries, failures, 
-after all, are occasionally to\be accounted 
-for: .as—“ The Black-a-moor’s ‘ tooth 
was, in that instance, pounded First; 
whereas it should have been baked or 
boiled -first; then pounded, and made 
‘up into a precious cataplasm.” Pre- 
-cious, indeed! Or, the ring (the wed- 
.ding-ring) was tarnished; and thus 
“The charm was broke, the spells retire ;. 
And so the warts grow higher still, and 
higher.’ 
But, Sir, I might (as who might not?) 
mention an instance, and not a solitary 
one, in which, to my own knowledge, 
after an “ inly-muttered spell,” the 
horrible excrescence has disappeared in 
the course ofa few days, weeks, or 
‘months. Yet Iam so fully persuaded 
of the depth to which Prospero ‘sunk 
~his wand, that, with perfect satisfaction, 
‘I can refer these events to the myste- 
rious and unknown operation of some 
natural’ or physical cause: or to that 
wonder-working fact to which you, Mr. 
Editor, allude, when you say (in a note), 
“The charm (ive) the belief in - ‘ane i 
sometimes, effect the cure.” 
Perhaps, Sir, I have- dwelt too wee 
on this, by no means, single instance of 
_ superstition, apparently thus far over 
looked by-your facetious’ correspondent. 
In order, therefore, not to incur further 
blame ‘on’ this head, I shall merely ven- 
ture’ to surmise, that probably some of 
your contributors will furnish you with 
. English Traditions and’ Superstitions, 
. which ‘may prove’ nearly us entertaining 
as the Danish.—Your’s, &ev8 oo 
London, July 4, 1825. ie 
