. The book of ballads . f- certainly highly poetical, and, wltile wi admire their ingenuity, wedo not inijiugu their correctness. But ivith all respect for the author,the Honourable Siiijiu Muff, we think that, in one or two instances, hehas sacrificed jiropriety at the shrine of imagination. We do not alludeto such little incongruities as the waving of a jninaret, or the watchingof a mosque. These may be accounted for ; but who—who, we ask withsome earnestness, ever heard of cheroots growing ready-made among thegrass, or of a young lady keeping an aiipointment in a scarf trimmedwitli mutton c
. The book of ballads . f- certainly highly poetical, and, wltile wi admire their ingenuity, wedo not inijiugu their correctness. But ivith all respect for the author,the Honourable Siiijiu Muff, we think that, in one or two instances, hehas sacrificed jiropriety at the shrine of imagination. We do not alludeto such little incongruities as the waving of a jninaret, or the watchingof a mosque. These may be accounted for ; but who—who, we ask withsome earnestness, ever heard of cheroots growing ready-made among thegrass, or of a young lady keeping an aiipointment in a scarf trimmedwitli mutton cutlets? We say nothing to the bold idea of a dragoman,who snaps Eblis in twain, as a gardener might snap a frosted carrot;but we will not give up our own interpretation of kiebaubs, seeingthat we dined upon them not two months ago at the best chop-house inConstantinople.]. I
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