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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832

By Various

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

In a world captured through essays, poems, and historical insights, an old publication explores the clash between heritage preservation and societal progress.

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2004-04-01
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"The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 534,..." is a period magazine created by multiple, unknown people from the 1800s. It is a literary magazine, filled with different writings like essays, poems, and pictures, all meant to teach and amuse the people reading it. The writings often look at books and poems, talk about what was happening, and look at events that had happened in the past, showing what people cared about at the time. This piece includes writings about Our Lady's Chapel, a poem named "Night-Mare", and thoughts on human behavior, revealing philosophical discussions of the time. The magazine also mentions important people and past events, along with artistic writings, mixing learning with art. The talks about keeping old places, like the chapel, show a fight between moving forward and keeping history alive, while the poems show the feelings of Romantic literature, painting a picture of ideas and culture of the early 1800s.

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