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more clearly betray the<br />

incongruity between the<br />

more ancient and modern<br />

forms <strong>of</strong> expression. It is<br />

not quite in character<br />

with such a period to imitate<br />

an antique style, in<br />

order to piece out an imperfect<br />

poem in the character<br />

<strong>of</strong> the original, as<br />

Sir Walter Scott has done<br />

in his continuation <strong>of</strong> Sir<br />

Tristram.<br />

"If, however, not even<br />

such faint and indistinct<br />

traces <strong>of</strong> Athenian compilation<br />

are discoverable<br />

in the language <strong>of</strong> the<br />

poems, the total absence<br />

<strong>of</strong> Athenian national feeling<br />

is perhaps no less<br />

worthy <strong>of</strong> observation. In

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