\"ratherthannot。\"\"Ratheruglythannot，anduglyinalittlewaythatweneedsayfewwordsabout——thefewerthebetter；\"nay，thisparaphrasecannotachievethehomelyItalianqualitywherebytheprintedandcondemnatorycriticismismadeafamilyaffairthatshallgonofurther。Afterthesoundofit，theEuropeanconcertseemstobecomposedofbrassinstruments。
HowunlikeisthehouseofEnglishlanguageandtheenclosureintowhichatravellerhitherhastoenter!Dowepossessanythingheremoreessentiallyours（thoughweshareitwithoursisterGermany）
thanourparticle\"un\"？Poorarethoselivinglanguagesthathavenotouruseofsorichanegative。TheFrenchequivalentinadjectivesreachesnofurtherthantheadjectiveitself——orhardly；
itdoesnotattaintheparticiple；sothatnoFrenchorItalianpoethasthewords\"unloved\"，\"unforgiven。\"Nonesuch，therefore，hastheopportunityofthegravestandthemostmajesticofallironies。
InourEnglish，thewordsthataredeniedarestillthere——\"loved，\"