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paffions without agitating them, Mr. F.'s 

 term is happy. 



Dr. Darwin's excellence confifts in de- 

 lighting the eye, the tafte, and the fancy, 

 by the ftrength, diftinclnefs, elegance, and 

 perfect originality of his pictures ; and in 

 delighting the ear by the rich cadence of 

 his numbers ; but the paffions are generally 

 afleep, and feldom are the nerves thrilled 

 by his imagery, impreffive and beauteous 

 as it is, or by his landfcapes, with all their 

 vividnefs. , 



It may, however, be juftly pleaded for 

 his great work, that it's ingenious and novel 

 plan did not involve any claim upon the 

 affections. We are prefented with an 

 highly imaginative and fplendidly defcrip- 

 tive poem, whofe fucceffive pi&ures alter- 

 nately poffefs the fublimity of Michael 

 Angelo, the correclnefs and elegance of 

 Raphael, with the glow of Titian ; whofe 

 landfcapes have, at times, the ftrength of 

 N Salvator, 



