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Tue LrrERATrnE or THE SEA.-Rufus Choate de-
hvered a lecture few days since, (says the Boston
Gazette on the above subject before the Boston Ly
ceum at the Odeon, which was crowded in every
part, by attentive and delighted auditors. The lee
turc was splendid one-full Of Imagination and poe
try-and ntcrspersed with beautiful images. He
spoke Of the sea fit locality for story ofexciung
nercst-and thought that naval life supplies an abun


dance of the rqh, kind of material for works of imag


nation and taste. He spoke Of the many interesting
associations connected with the sea, its subinity-its
dcpth--its indestruchbiity-its vast expansion-the
beauty Of the waves, which had been POLITICALLY de-
scrIbcd as the laugh of the sea He spoke Of the
MedIteranean-and the mythologcal associations
connected with il by the ancients-and conrasted the
supersttons Of the inhabitants Of the rich and fruitful
shores which border the Mediterranean the birth place
Of TIE Queen of beauty, and their beautiful grottoes
,heIr Tntons, and Mercedes, and Syrens, &c, with
,he more wild and terrific superstitons Of the inhabi


ans OF the dreary coast of Norway and the Orkneys
whose lmaginaons prsdsced only scaly horde OF
e'ganuc mo sters. He spoke Of the towns and cities
ooiusrng on the sea, as containing population al
ways favorable TO intelligence and liberty The lee
'ure was delivered in Mr.. Choate's happiest style.