men than Solomons have taken a different plan; and it becomes every man
in his vocation to cry out against such; and expose their errors as best he
may。
Labouring under such ideas; Mr。 Isaac Solomons; junior; produced the
romance of Mrs。 Cat; and confesses himself completely happy to have
brought it to a conclusion。 His poem may be dullay; and probably is。 The
great Blackmore; the great Dennis; the great Sprat; the great Pomfret; not
to mention great men of our own timehave they not also been dull; and
had pretty reputations too? Be it granted Solomons IS dull; but don't attack
his morality; he humbly submits that; in his poem; no man shall mistake
virtue for vice; no man shall allow a single sentiment of pity or admiration
to enter his bosom for any character of the piece: it being; from beginning
to end; a scene of unmixed rascality performed by persons who never
deviate into good feeling。 And although he doth not pretend to equal the
great modern authors; whom he hath mentioned; in wit or descriptive
power; yet; in the point of moral; he meekly believes that he has been their
superior; feeling the greatest disgust for the characters he describes; and
using his humble endeavour to cause the public also to hate them。
Horsemonger Lane: January 1840。
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