...a strange desigp Against the creed and morals of the land. And trace it in this poem every line : 1 don't pretend that I quite understand My own meaning when I would be very tine; Bnt the fact is that I have nothing plann'd. Unless it was to be a moment merry, A novel word...

...admitted. t Santa Anna, upon reconsidering this passage, would probably exclaim with Lord Byron, " I don't pretend that I quite understand my own meaning when I would be very fine," but such obscurity, however admissible in poetry, is highly embarrassing to the translator of State papers....

...on Lethe fix. V. Some have accused me of a strange design Against the creed and morals of the land, And trace it in this poem every line : I don't pretend that I quite understand My own meaning when 1 would be very fine ; But the fact is that I have nothing plann'd, Unless it was to be a moment merry...

...on Lethe fix. n, Some have accnsed me of a strange design Against the creed and morals of tne land, And trace it in this poem every line; I don't pretend that I qnite nnderstand My own meaning when I wonld be very fine; Bnt the faet is iii.it I have nothing plann'd,...

...Lethe fix. (2) v. Some have accused me of a strange design Against the creed and morals of the land,(3) And trace it in this poem every line : I don't pretend...be a moment merry, A novel word in my vocabulary. 0) [Achilles is said to have been dipped by his mother in the river Styx, to render him invulnerable.]...

...His lordship has himself given,what appears to us a very candid exposition of his motives— —-' the fact is, that I have nothing plann'd, Unless it...be a moment merry, A novel word in my vocabulary.' Indeed, the whole poem has completely the appearance of being produced in those intervals in which...

...asked for an explanation, replied that he did not himself understand the meaning of it. "I cannot say that I quite understand, my own meaning when I would be very fine." Such wastbemode in which the right hon. Gentleman appeared to deal with the principles which he laid...

...strange design Against the creed and morals of the land,3 And trace it in this poem every line : I don 't pretend that I quite understand My own meaning when...be a moment merry, A novel word in my vocabulary. To the kind reader of our sober clime This way of writing will appear exotic ; 1 [Achilles is said...

...Lethe fiX. V. Some have accus'd me of a strange design 5 Against the creed and morals of the land, And trace it in this poem every line : I don't pretend...be a moment merry, A novel word in my vocabulary. VI. . To the kind reader of our sober clime 6 This way of writing will appear exotic ; Polei was sire...

...Indeed, it is very much to be doubted whether Mr. Emerson might not honestly say with Lord Byron, — " I don't pretend that I quite understand My own meaning, when I would be very fine." But, continues his disciple, " he would not, to use his own expressive language, have them civil to him!"...