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ever can be compared, in pomt of
elegance and criticifm, to thofe pub-
liilied in Copenhagen, by tlie Mag*
ifaanian College, the continuation of
whicli is expefted with great impatience
by the literary world.
L E T T E B.
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l e t t e r XVII.
To Baron A xe l L ejonhu fwud .
O f the Icelandic Poetry.
Stockholm, Dec. 12, 1 7 7 5 .
T T is with-the utmoil pleafure that
A I prepare to obey your commands,
in communicating to you a iliort account
of the Icelandic poetry ; I only
lament that my knowledge is too limited
on a fubjeft that is furrounclecl
with ib many obfcurities, and will
therefore not permit me to make my
account as perfebl as I could wifli,
and as the importance o f the fubjefl
requires : I regret this inability fo
much the more, as I am to iubmit my
thoughts to the eye o f fo great a
judge ; but i f even my obfervadons
iliould not be very important, I fliall
neverthelefs confole myfelf, as they
will, however, be a proof o f my readi-
iiefs to comply with your wiflies.
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