nterested inform, and with a profound hatred of the unusual: a public from whichEdgar Poe, Beddoes, and Francis Saltus (to name but three) suffered—howpoignantly! Let us cling by all means to our George Meredith, our HenryJames—our Miss Rhoda Broughton, if you will ; but then let us try, if…
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-203-192.webp)
