Even Holland And Spain Have Been Positively,

Every Generation Enjoys The Use Of A Vast Hoard Bequeathed To It By Antiquity, And Transmits That Hoard, Augmented By Fresh Acquisitions, To Future Ages.

Re: Robert Montgomery's Poems His Writing Bears The Same Relation To Poetry Which A Turkey Carpet Bears To A Picture. There Are Colours In The Turkey Carpet Out Of Which A Picture Might Be Made. There Are Words In Mr. Montgomery's Writing Which, When Disposed In Certain Orders And Combinations,have Made, And Will Make Again, Good Poetry. But, As They Now Stand, They Seem To Be Put Together On Principle In Such A Manner As To Give No Image Of Anything In The Heavens Above, Or In The Earth Beneath, Or In The Waters Under The Earth.

Few Of The Many Wise Apothegms Which Have Been Uttered Have Prevented A Single Foolish Action.

I Would Rather Be Poor In A Cottage Full Of Books Than A King Without The Desire To Read.

Generalization Is Necessary To The Advancement Of Knowledge; But Particularity Is Indispensable To The Creations Of The Imagination.