human
Surely, cried Madame D'Anville,
gpt
I allow it, said he,
human
But his verses are so smooth,
gpt
Ah!
human
Helas said the Viscount D'A--t, an author of no small celebrity himself;
gpt
I agree with you--we shall never again see a Voltaire or a Rousseau.
human
There is but little justice in those complaints, often as they are made, replied Vincent.
gpt
You may not, it is true, see a Voltaire or a Rousseau, but you will see their equals. Genius can never be exhausted by one individual. In our country, the poets after Chaucer in the fifteenth century complained of the decay of their art--they did not anticipate Shakspeare. In Hayley's time, who ever dreamt of the ascension of Byron? Yet Shakspeare and Byron came like the bridegroom 'in the dead of night;' and you have the same probability of producing--not, indeed, another Rousseau, but a writer to do equal honour to your literature.
human
I think, said Lady--,
gpt
I am not surprised at it, answered Vincent;
human
I think, said Madame D'Anville,