. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Mr Bowles. resemblnnce, I cannot help forging for him an effigy in my mindseye,—a Fancy Portrait. A few examples of contemporaries I havesketched down, but my collection is far from complete. How have I longed to glimpse, in fancy, the Great Unknown !—the Roc of Literature !—but he keeps his head, like Ben Lomond,enveloped in a cloud. How have I sighed for a beau ideal of theauthor of Christabel and the Ancient Mnrinere !^but I have beenmocked with a dozen images confusing each other, and indistinct as. The Author of Broad Grins. water is
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Mr Bowles. resemblnnce, I cannot help forging for him an effigy in my mindseye,—a Fancy Portrait. A few examples of contemporaries I havesketched down, but my collection is far from complete. How have I longed to glimpse, in fancy, the Great Unknown !—the Roc of Literature !—but he keeps his head, like Ben Lomond,enveloped in a cloud. How have I sighed for a beau ideal of theauthor of Christabel and the Ancient Mnrinere !^but I have beenmocked with a dozen images confusing each other, and indistinct as. The Author of Broad Grins. water is in water. My only clear revelation was a pair of Hessianboots highly polished, or what the ingenious Mr Warren woulddenominate his Aids to Reflection ! I was more certain of the figure, at least, of Dr Kitchener,though I had a misgiving about iiis features, which made me have FANCY PORTKAirS. 179 recourse to a substitute for his head. Moores profile struck me overa bottle after dinner, and the countenance of Mr Bowles occurred tome, as in a mirror,—by a tea-table su<4gestion ; Colmans at the sanieservice;—and Mr Cralibe entered my minds eye with the supp the Bard of Hone—the Laureate of promise and expectation,—occurred to me at no meal-time. We all know how Hope feeds herown. 1 had a lively image of the celebrated Denon in a midnight dream,.and made out the tull length of the juvenile Graham from a hint ofMr Hiltons. At a luture season, I hope to complete my gallery of Fancy Por-traits.
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