. Thackerayana;. r I had encountered the pre-ceding day might be the occasion of all these horrors ; and I havesince, in some medical author, met with a remark to justify theconjecture. The < Mirror.—Vol. III. No. 79. Of Pastoral Poetry. * It may be doubted whether the representation of sentimentsbelonging to the real inhabitants of the country, who are strangersto all refinement, or those entertained by a person of an elegantand cultivated mind, who from choice retires into the countrywith a view of enjoying those pleasures which it affords, is calcu-lated to produce a more interesting pic
. Thackerayana;. r I had encountered the pre-ceding day might be the occasion of all these horrors ; and I havesince, in some medical author, met with a remark to justify theconjecture. The < Mirror.—Vol. III. No. 79. Of Pastoral Poetry. * It may be doubted whether the representation of sentimentsbelonging to the real inhabitants of the country, who are strangersto all refinement, or those entertained by a person of an elegantand cultivated mind, who from choice retires into the countrywith a view of enjoying those pleasures which it affords, is calcu-lated to produce a more interesting picture. If the former is THE mirror: 429 recommended by its naivete and simplicity, it may be expectedthat the latter should have the preference in point of beauty andvariety. The enlargement of the field of pastoral poetry would surelybe of advantage, considering how much the common topics ofthat species of writing are already exhausted. We are becomeweary of the ordinary sentiments of shepherds, which have been. so often repeated, and which have usually nothing but the varietyof expression to recommend them. The greater part of the pro-ductions which have appeared under the name of pastorals are,accordingly, so insipid as to have excited little attention; whichis the more remarkable because the subjects which they treat ofnaturally interest the affections, and are easily painted in suchdelusive colours as tend to soothe the imagination by romanticdreams of happiness. 43o THA CKERA YA NA. The Mirror.—Vol. III. No. 84. * To dispute the right of fashion to enlarge, to vary, or tochange the ideas, both of man and woman kind, were a want ofgood breeding, of which the author of a periodical publication,who throws himself, as it were, from day to day on the protectionof the polite world, cannot be supposed capable. I pay, therefore, little regard to the observations of someantiquated correspondents who pretend to set up what they callthe invariable notions of things against the op
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