de Quincey's Works (Volume 6); Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men of Letters (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... DR. PARR AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. 1831. PART I. The time is come when, without offence, the truth may be spoken of Dr. Parr. Standing by the side of the grave, men's eyes, as it were, fastened upon the very coma of an excellent person, all literary people under any restraint of honorable feelings--all writers who have trained themselves to habits of liberal sympathy and of generous forbearance--everybody, in short, but the very rash or very juvenile, the intemperate or malignant--put a seal upon their lips. Grief, and the passionate exaggerations of grief, have a title to indulgent consideration, which, in the upper walks of literature, is not often infringed; amongst polished Tories, amongst the coterie of this journal, we may The Works of Samuel Parr, LL.D. with Memoirs of hi Life and Writings, and a Selection from his Correspondence. By John Johntsone, M. D. Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D. With Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. By the Rev. Wil. Ham Field. Parriana; or JVotices of the Rev. Samu, -.l Parr, LL.D By E. H. Barkee, Esq. say--never. On this principle it was that we prescribed to ourselves most willingly a duty of absolute silence at the time of Dr. Parr's death, and through the years immediately succeeding. The sorrow of his numerous friends was then keen and raw. For a warm-hearted man--and Dr. Parr was such--there is an answerable warmth of regret. Errors and indiscretions are forgotten; virtues are brought forward into high relief; talents and accomplishments magnified beyond all proportions of truth. These extravagances are even graceful and becoming under the immediate impulses which prompt them: and for a season' they are, and ought to be, endured. But this season...