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T H E
t
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.
O F T H E MOST E M I N E N T
ENGLISH POETS;
W I T H
C R I T I C A L OBSERVATIONS
ON THEIR
W O R K S .
1 By S A M U E L J O H N S O N .
L O N D O N :
? X I W T L B F O X C. B A T U V R S T , J. B V C I L A N D , W . I T R A H A N 1 J . X I V I N Z -
T O N A N D SOEfS, T . D A V I E S , T - P A Y N B , L . D A V I S , W . O W E N , B . W H I T E ,
S. C R O W D E X , T . C A S L O N , T . L O N G M A N , B. L A W , C. D l L L Y ,
J. D O D S L L Y , J . W I L K I L , ' J . ROB SO^, J. J O H N S O N , T . L O W N D L S ,
O.ROBINSON, T-CADELL, J.NICHOLS,E.NEWBERYI
T. L V A N S , P . E L M S L Y , J. R I D L E Y , R. B A L D W I N , G . NICOL,
L E l G H A N D S O T H E B Y , J. B E W , N. C O N A N T , W. N l C O L L ,
J. M v n x n u , S. H A V E S , W. F O X , A N D J. P O W E X ,
M DCC LXXXII
iii]
I C O N T E N T S
T H I R D VOLUME.
ATTHEW PRIOR is one of t h o ~
have burn out. from an obfcure
. th&
r>riginat t o great eminence. H e was borri
July 2 I , , I 664, according to iome, at Win-
burne in Dorretihire, of I know not what.
parents; others fay that he was the ibn of a
Joiner of 1,ondon: he was perhaps willing
enough to leave his birth unfettled, in hope,
like ~~n:?&l?ote, that the h i ~ o r i a nif his
. . . find hLp fome i'lluitrious alli-
aEtions'rnight
..
n c e tic.
I .
' . , I.
.6 . - . . He
The difficultp o f fettting Prior's birth-pke is great. '1n
. the regiRer o f his College he is called,- at his admitlion by
'the Prcfidmt,' Mdttbnu Prior of Winbarn id M~AI&Z ; by
:hintelf next day, Mattbr;w Prior of Do./;tP{re, i n which
county, not. in Middlefex, Winborn, or ~imOorne. as it
dands in the F'ilfarc, is fouid. When he Rood candidate for
fiis'feilo~lhi~;five years afterwards; he was regibered again
by himfelf as of Middk/cx. The lafi rrtord ought to ha
B2 ' preferred,
He is fuppofed to have fallen, by his fa.
thgr's death, into the hands of his uncle, a
*vintner near Charing-crofs, who knt hi*
for fome time to Dr. Buiby at Wt3fiminifer;
but, not ifitendfng to give him any education
beyond .that of the fccbool, took hip^, when
he was well advaficed iri literature, to hia
own houfe; where the earl of Dodet, celea
brat& for patroiqe of genius, h& hisn kq
chance, as Burrlet relates, reading Horace,
.
..
:at HeCambridgehisinn 1682,
,
; .
The City Moz@ atld Country Moge prdcurc:
ed its author8 more folid advantages than the
pleafure bf.fietting Dryden;, for they were
both fpiedily p r e f ~ d . l4lontagui )indeed
obtained the firfi notice, with fome degree of
difcontent;. as it feems, in .Prior, who-gkbaz
bly knew that his o w n part of the pbrfmml
ance was the beit. He had not, however, -,
. ..
,-
$ . ..... .. . . . . ,
.
, ,
. ... C I !
$ten &ih&:deksd8*th
. great ai[tfnltion: , ,,
. , , . . I
$ ' , * I
A;;
. . one, day furveying tbe apart-,
-.he .w3s
men.ts at ~erfaijles,being hewn the Vi&oriq
~f ,fe;5~is,:p<ytedby ;Le Brun, and afire4,
B 4. \vT~etbqr
I
w ~ the WLSw af Eaglaod's- M a c s bad
My C& :aea~@fons;?hi mlra~mtcdny
M&er'~ adifjdm; faid he, my 46 6 0 J m ewrp
-6 bir -bo& T k @&urea of
Le 8- )w usnot only ia thernWves i&dqtlp
&qtitio~g but were, enplaimed by inlcrip
tiom fa arr~gaat, that Boileau wd RGnu
t?qught it n e c a f f q t~ make 44s? euwe,
fimp#. a -7 .- ' .
f&e. . . .
.. .
. . .. .
Among the advantages to. M e &om
L.,
th
future.xeaeg of Will~amS reign, he mentionr
.!i'oiict;&$f, .. Jt&hZ
. . . h
. i&. and among them
L Whahu
Whet& the . ~iirnilhude of thofe .'p&ig;~
'
6 . -0 S then lately
buove
.>
p,ublifhed,
.
.. . .
. 1
. .- ..-.- . .
,
... ..
,
ment
-'
cE t h d e . lords who had ,pe&adt$i-thp
. .
king h ihe partition-tr=aty, , a treaty ift whict)
he h~d1ihirniel~'been~ininiit'erially &mploi&l; -'
. . .. . . ..,
. I
., . - .
. .
. .
H e pAb~ified foori afie'rwards a vol*me'of
- ..,.'with
Foems, .
the encfiqiaflic charader of h a
deceafc4
I deceafed patron the duke of Dorfet : i t b-4
wit6 the -College Exercie, and ended with
the Nut-brown d.
. . . , : '
. .
he battle of Ramillies - feon afterwards
(in 1706) excited [hid 'tq aAothh efforc of
poetry. this a k f i o n h e Kad 'few&''?i
lefs formidable rivals; ?n'& it whld be not
,ear7 to name anp other com$iifit,ion produbeh
by that event which is . now
. remembered.
.
.." .
, .
,,
. .
- . .7
.
piniRer6. were:
. .iddent. * ~ a r l and
. Ie ~ hi;,.
frienrl;~
friends 'begin to hopb thu they' might, bp
Mving the Whigi fiom court and fim
power, gratify at oncc.'thn qween and the
people. There was now a call for writers,
who might convey intelligence of pa$ abufes,
. a ~ dihew the waee of public money, t h
unrealonabk - Costdzd3 of tbe AIlip~,the nvar
af g d 5 me tytanny of minions, apd
@e,-r ,p a ld a q p of approaching ruin.
-I
. - - ' :
For this purpofe a paper called the Exa-
m i p e ww
~ pt?riodicBlly pubBhd; 'written; as
it ksppened, by my wit of W party, a d
&iqpgtheg as b faid by Mrs. Mahley. fionao
c$wnd-tlph i f t ; plod one, ip ridicule of
FmB's,verfss -6oddphin pppdrr the lufe of
Bie place, wae writtea Prior, ahd a d w e
i d by AddXon, ' w b appaks to have kmwg
$he artthdr rrirtdaer by m & € t u e or ina&h
gaee.
i
VOL.111. C if
if he had ever come before a legal judicat~re,
he mould have contradiQed or e x p k i n d
away.. The <o*h was adminitiered b,y Bofr
who at lJt yas
\
1
P R I O R . 59
. Whether this 'was wifely done-or no, I
'' leave .to my fricnda to determine." l
'
"
than to his owa haufe. Here," iays he,
Boleswen playid the moralilt, and Co-
'' ninplby the ehrifiian, hut both very auk-
'' wardly." The meffenger, ih whofe cuf-
tadp k *as to be placed, was then called,
and very decently aded by Cmingiby, if bir
c dbari and bolts? T h e qiefr
bouJe ~ a ~ j c u r by
fe~gerenfwered, with afianiihrnent; qc
which Coniqgiby very angrily faid, Sir9 yeu
w ~f..~bRcrg it ir for the $4)~ of
~ . P J ? Ftb;l
dh W i o n:jfha ~c~pe,yeu@aZI m i r r for it.
26 , P R I O R .
f i ~ d among
, other requiiifes, in the opinion of
Bofiagbroke, by his influence upon the French
ninifier, and by %ill in quefiions of commerce
above other mkn.
.
Tradition reprerents him as willing to de-
-
fiend fro& the-&i&tf': bf the poet and tlie
'
repair."
. .
.. ' PRIOR,
P R I O R . 2!J
celled: hi='
. - . in vehfication,
, . : . - -.-- but - h c , y ~ . ,l .i k i
Horace, inventore minor ; he had not 'Butler'% .-.- -L ..
exuberance of matter and variety of illuitra-
tion. The fpapglgs. of wit which he cpqldaf-
ford, h e . h i * h6iy to lpb;liih;'but he faa*teq ,
* . . .. . * .
wd6 8
P # # . 3s
khb b willing to think taat he has been I r
bouring in train ? We had'idded into it much
knowM$p and much thmght ;had d e n p
Wed itto elegancq aften dignified it with
$lendourb and fomedmea hGghtened it to fub-
e t y : he perceived in it m q cdlencies,
a d did not difcaver thd it wanted that with;
mt which dl others are of fmall avail, thd
of engaging attextion and during
tdridsv
s the &A
T e d i d ~ f is fatal' of all h i t s ;
ne@gtnces or ekrom are fingle and heal, but
'kdiautin'eib.p e ~ a d e sthe whole ; other faultis
m =hCd*d; andr fb~goten~ but. the power of
~diadfiefs.piqhpte8itklf. He that is wcaky
ClPe M-kou,is more weary the liiond ; as
b d e & f w t d into -ion,. contrary to theii!
'retibeq;paf. more arnd rrione flowly through
every Eia~effiveimmiai of {pace:
.D3 Sacri-
Sacrifiqus contra; mihi non convivia -&rcR
* Ducere, jejunans hac edo lucc nihil.
- ,
Z intellea
:inteIlii&. can hhder f a h , but .not pioduce
excellence. Prior is never low, nor very
often fublime. It is faid by Longinus of
:E~ripiSes,that lie ffries himfelf fimetihes
into grandear by violexice 'of effort, b th'e
lion kindles his -fury bp Mielhiheb of his o+&
taiI. Whatevek Prior obtains 'atiove medL
bcrity iiehs t h i iffbrt d itmggle Bnd of toil.
'He has many vi&o'ious but few happy link ;
he his everything 6) bbrchafe, and nothink
.by gift; hk had no &$it8 v$taiidrrr bf th'e
.Miiikj no infufiohd of Lhtlkent or felicities
&=cy..
PRIOR.
. To the clofe rock the frighted raven flies, .
Soon as the rifing eagle cuts the air: .
T h e fiaggy wolf unfeen and trembling lies,
When the heal-fe roar proclaims the lion neat..
Ill-itarr'd did we our forts and lines forfake,
T o dare our Rritifh foes to open fight :
Our conqueft-we by ftratagem ihould make : ,'
CON-
C O N G R E V E ,
CONGREVE.
ILLIAM CONGREVE ddcerlded
W from; P familJ i n StafFordih'ie, of
great antiquity that it claims a place among
the. few
. that extend their line beyond the
Norman Conqueit; and was the ion of Wd-
fiam Congreve, fecond ibn of Richard Con-
greve of Congreve a i d Stratton. H e Gfied,
once at leait, the re~denceofhis ancefiors; and,
I believe, more places than one are itill ihewn,
in groves and gardens, where he is related to
have written his Old Batcbelor.~
, .
-
er& o w u t t k d , , are fullenly iiqprted,
Boileau, who &fired to. be thou&t.a rigorous
and-Read2 mralia, having dd.a pet5 lie tc,
Lewis.XLV. cantinued it afterwards by falfi
dates ; thinking himfelf obliged in &ondurt
lays his admirer, to maintain what, when he
5;id h, .was ih well iec.eived. .. .. . I _
... .,-
i !L as .i ~ ~ ~know,
a l . iome yeaxr, before. . it.
@ was atled. When I wrote it, I had little
thoughts of the itage; but did it, to imufe
" 'mpfelf, in a flow recovery from a. tit of
, ficknefs. Afterwards 'through' my indif-
" cretion it was feen, and in ibme little time
" f0016." . - - .
is very pleaiant.
. .
. With
. this play was opened the New The-
atre, under the direaion' of Betterton the
tragedian; where he exhibited twb
'
R'a&n
- . wo&red why it had fi*.l'ongfifered
ipeligion ad licehtioufqd ts be openly
taught. . at the
. . publick
... chqrge.
l
1
The
56 CONGREVE.
he caufe of Congreve was not tenable:
whatever gloffes he might ufe for the defence
or palliation of fingle paffages, the general
tenour and tendency of his plays muit always
be condemned. It is acknowledged, with
univerfal conviaion, that the perufal of his
works will mak,e no man better; and that
their ultimate effeQ is to reprefent pleafure in
alliance with vice, and to relax thoik obli-
gations by which life ought to be regulated.
Angel.
COMGREVE. '57
Angel. Have a care-F you nmmber, tbc
J m n - Sanpjn o f your name @Zrd an blk
bouj over bir bead at ZaJ.
Non
I
t
- abtufa ades geRamus peCtor? P s n i ,
N e c tarn averfus equos TyriP foljungic ab urbe,
, . -
'
ittfe @ i k s.n*her elevation of fafit%
ta& of kiiguage, .nor . itill in verfifkad~n! ;
L L ~ M O I I ..
. . . ..
It bore. tk
. accent of a.hwnan voice, . . .
A L M E X ~ A . .,.
, .
The
T h e roclts are cleft, and new-defcending rills
Furrow the brows of all th' impending hills.
T h e water-gods to floods their rivulets turn,
'And each, with itreaming eyes, fupplies his
wanting urn.
The Fauns forfake the woods, the Nymphs the
grove,
And round the plain in fad diitraAions rove :
In prickly brakes their tender limbs they tear,
And leave on thorns their locks of golden hair.
With their fharp nails, themfelves the Satyrs
wound,
An'd tug their ihaggy beard; and bite with grief
the ground.
La Pan himfelf, beneath a blatled oak,
D e j d e d lies, his pipe in pieces broke.
See Pales weeping too, in wild defpair,
And to the piercing winds her bofom bare.
And fee yon fading myrtle, where appears
T h e Queen of Love, all bath'd in flowing tears 3
See howihe wrings her hands, and beatsher breait, i
And tears her ufelefs girdle from her waifi : I
F 3 BLACK-
BLACKMORE.
B L A C K M ORH.
SIRthofe
RICHARD BLACKMORE is one of
men whofe writings have attraRed
,much notice, but of whofe life and manners
very little has been communicated, and whofe
lot it has been to be much oftener mentioned
by enemies than by friends.
Whether
Whether he reAed fatisfied with this direc-
tlon, or fought for better, he commenced
phyfician, and obtained high eminence and
extenfive practice. H e became Fellow of
the College of Phficians April 12, 1687, be;
ing one of +he thirty which, by the new
charter of kmg James, were added to the
former Fellows. His refidence was in Cheap-
fide, and his friends were chiefly in the city.
In the early part of Blackmore's time, a citi-
zen was a term of reproach; and his place
of abode was another topick to which his
adverfaries had recourie, in the penury of
fcandal.
That
BLACKMORE. 77
. .
. That Prince Artbur fbund many readers,
is iertain; for in two years it had three edi-
tions; a very uncommon infiance of favour-,
able reception, at a time when literary curif
cfity was yet confined to particular claffeep of
the nation. Such iucccfs naturally raifed ani-
mofity; and 'bennip attacked it bp a -formal
triticifm, more tedious and d&fting than
the work which he condemns. . T o ihis'cen-
fure may be oppofed the apprebation of Locke
ind.the admiration of ~ b l ? n e u x ,which are
found in their printed Letters. Mblineux is
particularly delighted witli the fong of Mo-
pm, which is therefore fubjoined to this nar-
rative
. .
It is remarked bg Pope, that what raijrr
tbe hero oJlen,Jinks the man. Of Blackmora
it may be faid, that as the poet Bnks, . t h e
.man rifes; the animadveriiorls of Deunis, in-,
,iolent and contemptuous as they were, railed
i Gm' no bplacable reikntmint: he and
his critiek were -afterwards friends ; and in'
'
. - ... He
7s BLACKMORE. -
He feems to have been more delighted
with praire than pained by ceniure, and, in-
Gead o f zflackening, quickened his career.
Having in two years produced ten books of
Prince Artbur, in two years more (1697)
he fent into the world King Artbur in twelve.
T h e pravocation was now doubled, and the
refentment of wits and criticks may be f u p
pofed to have increafed in proportion. He
faund, however, advantages more than equi-
valent to all their outrages; .he .was this year
made one of the phyficians in. ordinary to
king William, and advanced by him to. the
honour of knighthood, with. a prefent of a
gold chain and a medal.
I
. ,
@clJar
whit .wo call genitl~ refulta from this
happy complexion in the fire - .
l
l
f o r a & of the @on that enjoys it, and
1 @C is pdature's gift, but diverfified by various
he
lovers of muGcal devotion have a]-
ways wiihed for a more happy metrical ver-
fion than they have yet obtained of the book
of Pfalms; this wiih the piety of Blackmore
led him to gratify, and he produced ( I 72 I )
a n e w VerJion of the Pfalms o f David,jtted t o
the tune$ scjd in C b u d e s ; which, being re-
commended by the archbifhops and many
bifhops, obtained a licenfe for its admiffon
into public worihip; but no admidion has it
yet obtained, nor has it any dght to come
where Brady and ate have got poffefioa
Blackniore's name mufi be added to thofe of
many others, who, by the fame attempt, have
obtained only the praife --ofmeaning well.
I
I
He depended with gteat fecuritp on his
bwn powers, and perhap was for that reaibn
lefs diligent in pending books. His literature
was, I think, but fmall. What he knew of
antiquity, I fufpeQ him to have gathered .
fiom modern compilers : but though he could
not baafi of much critical knowledge, his
mind was Rored with general principles, and
he left minute rerearches to thok whom he
confidered as little minds.
1 H 3 BnCe6,
to2 BLACK-MORE.
gnces, or had ever elevated his views to that
ideal perfeQion which every genius born td
excel is condemned always to purfue, and
never overtake. In the firft fugeitions of
his imagination he acquiefced; he thought
*ern good, and did not feek fm better.
r
Its two confiituent parts are ratiocination
dnd defcription. To reaion in ~ e t f e is
, allow&
ed to be difficult; but Blackmore not only
reafons in verfe, but very often reafons po-
@cdly; and finds the art of' uniting orna-
ment with firength, and eafe with clofeneh,
bs is a Bill which Pope might have con,
deicended to learn from him, when he need-
sd it io much in his Moral Effays,
He
h
BLACKMORE. 195
He fpreld the airy Ocean without mores,
W h e r e birds are wafted with their fearher'd oars.
Then fung the bard how the light vapours rife
From rhe warm earth, and cloud the fmiling kies.
H e rung how fome, chill'd in their airy flight,
Fall fcatter'd down in pearly dew by night.
How fome,rais'd higher, fit in fecrct Beams
On the refleEted points of bounding beams;
Till, chill'd with cold, they bade th' etherid plain,
Then on the thirity earth dcfcend in rain.
How fome, whofe parts a flight contexture ihow,
Sink hovering through the air, in fleecy fnow.
How part is ipun in iilken threads, and clings
Entangled in the grafs in glewy firings.
How others itamp to itones, with rulhing found
Fall from their cryQal quarries to the ground. .
H o w fome are laid in trains, that kindled Ay
In harmlefs fires by night, about the iky.
How fome in winds Mow with i~npetuousforce,
And carry ruin where they bend their courfc:
While fome confpire to form a gentle breeze,
T o fan the air, and play among the trees.
How fome, enrag'd, grow turbulent and loud,
Pent in the bowels of a frowning cloud;
That cracks, as if the axis of the world
Was broke, and heavepps bright towers were
downwards hurl'd.
He fung how earth's wide ball, at Jovepscommand,
Did in the midR on airy columns fland.
And how the foul of plants, in prifon held, .
And bound with fluggiih fetters, lies conccalpd,
Till
Till with the Sptirig's warm beams, dmofi relea4
From the dull weight, with which it lay oppreft,
Its vigour fpreadsj and makes the teeming earth
Heave up, and labour with the fprouting Girth 3
The; atlive fpirit freedurn feehs in vain;
It only works and twins a itronger chain.
Urging its prifon's fides to break way,
It makes that wider, where 'tis forc'd to itay:
Till,.having form'd its livifig houfe, it rears
Its head, a& in a tender plant appears.
Hence fprings the oak, the beauty of the grove;
W hofe itately trunk fierceitbrms can fcarcely movG
Hencc grows the cedar, hence the {welling iiine
Does'round the elmi its purple cluflers twine. I
Hence painted flowers the fmiling gardens blefi,
Both with their fragrant fcent and gaudy drefs. 1
Hence the white lily in full beauty grows, I
l
Hence the blue violet, and bluihing rofe.
I
H e fung how fun-beams brood upon the earth,
And in the glebe hatch fuch a numerous birth ; .
Whieh way the genial wafmth in Summer fiorms
l
Turns putrid vapours to a bed of 'drorms ;
How rain, transform'd by this prolifick power,
Falls from the clouds an animated ihower.
H e fung the embryo's growth within the womb,
'And how the parts their. various hapes affume.'
. ... ..
.
i
Of his petty poems fome are very trifling;
'without any thing to be praifed either in thb'
thought or exprellion, H e i s 'unlucXy in
l
his competitions; he tells the fame idle tale
bpith Congreve, and does not tell i t io well,
He tranflates from Ovid the fame epifile
as Pope; but I: am afraid not whh equa!
happinds.
Tb examine his performances one b'y m e
would be tedious. His tranflation from Ho-
mer into blank vqrfe will find few readeri
while another can be had in rhyme. The.
piece addreKed to Laqbarde is no difagreeabk
@ecimen of epifiolary poetry; and his ode tq
'
the lord Gower was pronounced by Pope the
n u t &e in the Englilh language to Dryden's
Cecilia. Fenton may be juitly fiyled an ex-.
d e n t vgrflfp-er aqd a good poet.
GAY.,
QHN 'GAY,defcended froni an old fi?
3 mily that had been long in poffeffioi of
"
the manour of Goldworthy in Devonihi*
was born in 1688, at ar near BamRaple,
where he. m educatsd by Mr. Luck, who
taught the f c h d 0s that town with good re-
putation, and, a little before be retired fibm
it, publfied a uolvme of Latip and Engli&
yedcs. Under fuch a &its hc wat3 likely
to form a tafte fwpoetry. Being born with-
out prgfpett sf hereditary riches, he was h t
to Loadan in his youtb, and placed apprentick
with a filk~mercer,.
?eje&&
himlelf.
and
hd'fplendoui, and cotild not beif tb (QRM&
his own fortune. H e was then impoihlned
to fell as much as would purchaie an hundred
a year for life, which, fays Fenton, will m a k
jou/..c . f a ;(can~hi?tatid rfiouIderr of muttori
every day. This counfel was 'rejetled ; the
~ r o f i tand pririciial were 10% and Gay funk
under the calamity fo low that his life became
in danger.
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Next pear the Wnce and PnnceP: heamr
King and Qeen, and Gay was to be great
hnd happyl. but: upn..thb-:fettlerncni of the
houfehdd he f&nd .hin?ieif appointid-
deman to the pri&efi L~uid.:: 'Bp.rhis
offer he thought himi'elf infulie4, :And fent' a
meffage to the Qeen, that he was too old
for the plaue, There: ike to .&am! - bten
many.niaohinations emplayed. e r w a r d s iii
his favaur ; and :diligent. sourt. was paid.
Mrs. Hodard, afterwads countgfs of Suffolk;
who 'was:niuch b e b e d by the ,K.iag. k d
Qeen;, to engage her interafi fir his.promrF
tion ; :bit Glicitations, v t l s , .an&-fhtteties
were thrown away; .the,.lady heard them;
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bNt. ,nhihi;to-kiow.,the,.original md @ b g ~ f %
j:.bveinkrted
: thPI A t i o n which Speme.has
giMen in.P*'s. &ch.&:. : . .
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i his objeaihn 'however,; or &me other
rather political than' mor'il; obtained fuch
prevalence, that when Gay produced a fe-
K 3 , cond
.cond.
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$ part under the,. .name
. .. of FO~J; it -W#
rahibited
P. .. . by the Lord Chapbexjaje; and h.9
. .. ... t o &compenfe big yepg#fe . g
wq 'forced
Eubfcription, which iq faid to haye, &yr!-ig
1ib&any;
, . befiowed,
. . . that what he ,called op;
p ~ ~ f i qpnd ...e d. in. profit.. . ~ h ~iJ$licatioq
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- - much,
..- .. fivoured, th;)! thptgh {he fir&
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But that the d i f c o w t,w
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:'fit
$ , . . . . , i t ail feized
kiolt$ . . . ,him, ?nd..hurried
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Mm to the gravei :as -sPrb\!thno\.-reported,
with. .mgre prccjpitagce :he : &d .e m
known. H e died on the fburth of ikcern-
ber 1732, and was buried iq Wgfimlnfier
Abbey. The letter %h.brought i s acoouit
-
l ' qf his death to Swifi-was laid $p for ibw
days unopened,. beeauk .when.he.pkeived i( .
be was imprcR with ttK: p~conwption of
Erne misfortune, - . .I.
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a'd fla$uZ of :gidrzg - oJcnce /o . .tbr -.gnatl
which kutiun :howevert ~Tays.Pope; ,was d
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The Fun is one of thofe mythological fittione
which antiquity delivers ready to the hand;
bul which, .like other things that lie open to
cvery one's ufe, are of little value. The at-
tention naturally retires from a new tale of
Vepus, Diana, aiid Minerva.
a .
15.8 G- A Y,
liwfs;'. the v~rrifktttion. is Emooth; and th6
&&&p, tttough now-and-then a little con-
iLined by the rneafure Qr the rhyme, is ge4
nerally happy.
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T o T~izriamay be allowed all that k claims3
it is ipritely, various, and pledant, The
fubjea i s of that kind which .Gay was by
Datqre qualifie4 .t9.adorn ; yet 'fame of his
.decorations may he.jumy ,wp&txi-away, AQ
boneit blackiinith might have dme -for Patty
what, i s gerformed by Vu1-n. The appur-
rnce of Claacina is .nauCeovs and luuperfluous ;
a ihoeboy could have. been produced by thq
iaiua1 coh;lbirati.on of mere lnortals. Horace's
rule is b r ~ k e nin both caCs; there is no dig,'
nur.vindice nodw, no, diiliculty that required
any f~perR'~t~d.interpofition, A patten may '
GRAN-
GRANVILLE.
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GEORGE GRANVILLB, or- as
0Fothe~s af-
write GreanvilZir, or Gt-<nl~liZZe~
tmards lard LandMoivn of Biddeford in the
county of Devon, M is known t h e hjo
name and rank rnighi give reafon to expea.
H e . was born about I 667,. the ibn of Ber?
nard-~Genville,who was entkfied by 'Monk
with the mofi private tranfaaions of the
Reitoration, and the grandf2n of Sir Bevil
~reeniille,who died in the King's caure, at
th; battle of Landfdowne.
. G ~ A N V I L L E . :=45
the violence with which the King's religion
Was infinuated or obtruded. He endeavour-
ed to be true at once to the King and t o the
:Church,
miflion, Sir,
'' Your moit durifuI i'ioon,'
pleafutes h t thofe of f
i
ein his powe.1'1 He
was, as the biographers obferve, the younger
Ibn of a youfiger brother ;a denomination by
which our anceltors proverbially exprded the
lcnyeit Aate of penury and dependance. He
is faid, however, to have preferved hirnfdf a t
this time from difgrace and diaculties b j
economy, which he forgar or ncgleaed i n
life mare advanced, and in better fortune.
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About this time he became enamoured ,of
$he countefs of Newburgh, whom he has
celebrated with ib .much ardour by the name
of.Mira. ,He wrote vdee to her before he
was three and twenty, and may be forgiven
if he regarded the face more than the mind.
Poets are fometimes in too much hafie to praife.
1n'the time of his retirement it is probable
that he compofed his dmnatick pieces, the
Sbe-Gallants (a€ted I 696), which he revifed,
and called Once a h e r and a1wny.r a Lover;
f i e . Jew of Venice, altered fiom Shakfpeare's
Merchant of Venice ( r 701 ) ; Herotck Love, a
tragedy ( I 698) ;5% Britfl~Enchanters ( I 706)~
a dramatick poem; and Peleu~and fbetir, a
maipue, written to accompany B e Jew of
Venice.
His
156 GRANVILLE.
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His verfes to Mira, which are moR fie-
quently mentioned, have little in them of i
either art or nature, of the fentiments of a
lover, or the language of a poet: . there may
be found, now-and-then, a happier effort;
but they are commonly feeble and unaffeeing,
or forced and extravagant.
was Congreve.
of High-churchmen.
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i f their founder.
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H e was made reQor of ~ b a ~ t oand
n &an- l
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Nothing worfe than this appearing in his
papers, and no evidence arifing againit him,
he was {et at liberty.
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Of his bthet poems it is fufIiciin;'to fiythat
they deferve per&[& though they aie nbt alwaiq
exi&tIppoliilied,b gnd 'the . rhyme's aie !oxni-.
times very ill fortedi and though. his faults
<eem:+b& ths omiffionsd i d l ~ d f stbaptha
.~. e.$ i ~. i n c. -e of
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TICKELL,
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T I C K E L L .
1 H O M A S TICKELL, the fon of the
reverend Richard Tickell, was born in
1686 at Bridekirk in Cumberland; and ia
I April 1701 became a member of Qeen's
College in Oxford; in 1708 he was made
Mailer of Arts, and two years afierwards
1 was chofen Fellow; for which, as he did not
comply with the fiatutes by taking orders, he
obtained a difpenfation from the Crown. He
held his Fellowibip till I 726, and then vacated
it, by marrying, in that year, at Dublin.
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Md was now iotimately united to Mr. Adid
diCon, who., when he went into Jreland a@
fecretary to the 1drd Sunderland, to& him thi-
ther, and em.playedhim'in publick bufine&; and
when ( I 7 I 7) afterwards he rofe to ,b,e iecre-
t a g of Aatk, made him under-fieretarpi
Their ffierrdfiip, feems to have cop~inhed
without &batewent; for when AddiLbn died,
, h e . lefi him the charge of publiflning hi$
works, ,yith,a iblemn recommendation to the.,
patronage oE Craggs,
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HAMMOND.
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Mr. H A M M 0N D, though he be well
OFremembered as a man eiteerned and ca-
reffed by the elegant and great, I was at firit
able to obtain no other memorials than fuch
as are fupplied by a book called Cdber's Lives
of tbe Poefsg of which I take this opportunity
t o tefiify that it was not written, nor, I believe,
ever i'een, by either of the Gibbers;. but was
the work of Roberr Shiels, a native of Scot-
land, a man of very .acute underitanding,
though with little lcholaitick education, who,
not long after the publication of his work,
died in London of a confumption. His lifg
was virtuous, and his end was pious. Theo-
philus Cibber, then a priibner for debt, ,im-
parted, as I was'.told, his name for ten guineas.
T h e mnnufcppt of Shiels is 11ow in my pof-
feffion.
N 4 I have
I have fince found that Mr. Shieln, thodgh
he was no negligent enquirer, has been willed
by falfe accounts ; for he relates that James
Hammond, the author of the following Ele-
gies, was the b n of a Turkey merchant, and
had fome ~fficeat the prince of Wales's court,
till love of a lady, whdfe name was D&-
wood, for a time diibrdered his underitand-
in& H e was unextinguifhably amorous, and
his mifirefa inexorably cruel.
But
But of the prefacer, whoever he'was, it hay
be reafonably iufpeaed that he- n&er read
the poems; for he profeffes to value ihem for
a'very high ipecies of excellence, and recom-
mends them as the genuine e~ufions01 the
mind, which exprefs a real paGon in the land
guage of nature. But the truth is, thefe
elegies have neither pafion, nature, nor man-
hers. Where theie is fiaion, there is no pai-
fion ; he that defkribes hirnfelf as a ihepherd;
and his Neaera or DeIia as a ihkpherdeis, and
talks -of goats and lambs, feels no paflion.
He that courts his rniftrefg with Roman irna-.
gery defemr to lore her ; for fie. may with
good reafon fufpea his finterity. Hahrnond
has fkw feentiinents drawn from nature, and
few images from modern life. H e produces
nothing but frigid pedantry. It would be
ha;dzio find in all his produQions three' ftanzas
that: dekrve to be remembered
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0Fab)e.Mr..M3OMERVIL
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E's life I am. -nota
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SAVAGE
S A V A G E .
T has -been obferved i n all ages; that the
advantage8 of nature or of f6nllne have
caitribuied very little to the promotioxi of
happinefs; and that thofe wh'om the f p ~ n d o u r
of their rank, or thk extent of their capacity,
have placed upon the fummits of human life,
have not ofien given any jufi occafion to envy
iii thofe 'who look up to them fi& a lower
itation': ,whethit it be thai apparknt iiipetlb
-
ority incites great defigns, and great defigns
aie naturaliy liable, to fatal rniicarriiges; o t
that the geneial lbt of mankind is mifery, and
tfie misfortunes of thofe-'wkofe eminence '
Diffentient. .
BecauCe we conceive that this is'the firR bill of that nature
&at hath paffed, where there, was not a divorce firQ obtained
in the Spiritual Cburt; which we look upon as an iH precq
dent, and may be of dangir&s confequence in the future.
. HALIFAX. R o c n m ~ e n . ':
S A V A G E . *of
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mother, whom, as ihe was now fet free front
her huiband, he probably irndgified likely t6
treat with great tenderneis the child that had
contributed to ib pleafing. an event. It is
1 not indeed eafy to difcover what motives
could be found to over-balance that fiatural
a f f a i o n of a parent, or what intereit could
be promoted by negleft or cruelty; The -
dread of 'ihame or of poverty, by which
'fome wretches have been incited to a b a d o n
or to' murder their children,. cannot be fup-
pofed to have affeQed a woman who had
proclaimed her crimes and iblicited reproach,
l and on whom the clemency of the legiflature
had undeie.peedIy beitowed a fortune, which
would have, been very little dimininled by
I the expences which the care of her child
c ~ u l dhave brought upon her. It was there-
fore not likely that fie would be wicked
without temptation, that ihe would look upon
her fin from his birth with a kind of relent-
merit and abhorrence; and, infiead of h p -
porting, aflifiing, and defending him, de-
light to fee him firuggling with mifery, or
that f i e would take every opportu~lityof ag-
gravating his miafortunes, and obfirueting
.his refouces, and with an ir~placnble and
refilers
202 S A V A G E . ,
reitlefs cruelty continue her perfecution fiolq
the fir# hour of his Sic to the lafi.
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It is very reafonable to conjeaure, that
his application was equal to his abilities, be;
caufe his improvement was more than pro&
portioned to the opportunities which he en;
joyed; nor can if bc doubted, that if hi$
earlieit Frodu&ions had bten prefervtrd, like
thofe of happier fiudents, we might in fome
have found iigorous illies of that fprightly
humour, which diftinSuifhes The Aatbor t o
be let, and in others Arong touches of that
ardent imagination which painted the folemn
fcenes of The Wunderet-. ...- .
While
While he was thus cultivating his genius,
his father the Earl Rivers wak Eeized with a
diiternper, which i~ 9 fhort time put an end
to his life. H e had frequently inquired after
his fon, and had always been amufed with
fallacious and evafive anfwers ; but, being
pow in his own opinion on his death-bed,
he thought it his duty to provide for him
among his other natural children, and there:
fore demanded
. , a pofitive account of him,
prith an importunity not to, be diverted or
denied. His mother, who could no longer
refufe an a n h e r , determined at leait to give
fuch 3s aould cut him off for ever from that
pappinefs which competence affords, and
therefore declared that he was dead; which
is perhaps the 'firf infiance of a lye invented
by a mother to deprive her f i n of a rovi-
fion which was defigned him by a n o t h g anh
which fhe could not expelt heyfelf, though
be ihould lole it.
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hho,
I 'having &ore interefi, made lame sight
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alterations, and brought it upon the itage, u'n-
der the title. o f t WOMAN'SA a r m l n , but
qllowed the unhappy author no p% of the
profit. . . .
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Not difmura~edhowever a his repulfe, he
,wrote twq years afterwards LOVFI N A V 4 i b
another comedy, borrowed likewife from the
U.
,N ~ did.
P the kiqdrrefs of Sir Richad end iq
THq
~ ~ ~ t ~j ~i vl o~u n ~ . ~i propofed
! ta have e h
pliiJaqdh i p f-iettlled fcheme of life, apd
$0 ' have contraed: a ,kind of allisnce with
him, by marrying bihn to a natural- daughter,
- ep w h m he &endadd to beltow s thodand
pounds. But though he was always lavi&
9f future bounties, he eondu&ed his &airs iq
r W D ~ @ , he was very fcldom able
ts
S A, A-. o v- a
to -h*his;pmmifes, or .execiuta his d n in+
tentim,;, and,. as be wab -Jiev& able,to raiiis
die Lm)::Hhich he had or&& the &wriagu
was delii~d;. the Wan tide hs.W;ai&fEq
cioully informed, that Mr..Savage had +&C,
culed him; by which he was io.rnuch e x a f p
fated, :that he :.+if.b%kathev. &ch
~116w'aniie
hi hab;$ai&'hih,...lld.nqsr idkitkindo ad- .
miued hw us U..&:. , '. :. .: '
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a ~ c o ~ d i;rimagin,itlon
. might i&eS&~
incitt him' to mentibn. too ludicroufl~... Ai
little knowledge
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o f the 'edo+~iti i, fiflubiait t@
difcover that fuch weakdhfs is very cqplgo*,
and hat-thete ate few who do not birr=ti#n&&
in. t%r .~a;~t.bnjefi
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the heat ok7.n&fit& di$itdent..'~ppal:df
thtir
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wife be acquitted .of EeveGty, for who them
that can patiently bear contempt from o m
whom he ha$ relieved and fupported, whofe
eitablifhment he h a laboured, and vyhofe in?
~c2:c#4q promoted i!
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, He -as now qg+ie abandoned to for-.
-tune, - without any athcr friend than Mr,
Wilks; a man, who, whatever were his abi-
lities or &ill as an aaor, deferves at leait to
- . . , for his virtues*,
bq remembered . . . w w are not
. .
As it is a lofs' to karikiid when any good &on is for-
gotten;. l hall inf& a n d g . i d b & of Mr. ged*
roiity,. vuy little knoym. W. Smith, a gentlem~edycated
at Di61in, being hindkid by an impidimGntin his pronun-
- hation frdm+ngaging in &rders,'forwhich his friends 'diiigncd
him,left. Gs mm counuy, and came to Lopdon in qpee of
tmploym,ent, but found his felicitations fruitlefi, and his
iecehties every day more preffing. In this diiefi he wrote
a tragedy,, and offered it to the players, by -w%m it was rc-
jetted. .Thw ~ m bin s I# bopc? d?G?td, 4 .he h 4 as
~ f b eprofpeft
r than of the-mqftdeplorable poverty. Fut Mr.
Vtrilkj' i I i ~ " ~ hh&
t ' peaforplance, though not ,perfelt, at'leihl
iusrtky:d:fome rewktd, and therefore ,o&red him a bentht.
Thi f a ~ q he r impropd with fo pluch giligence, that the
houfe afforded him a coddyable. fupl, with which ha went
to ~eydkn;";pp'iied him?elf to the &dy of phyfic; and
e o t e d h& dafiin 'with h mu+ 'diligence and -fscrrbs, .thnt,.
when Dr, Bqcrhaave was $fired by thg C e n a to recommend
proper perfohs to introduce into 'Ru0ia the 'pr&ce and ftudy
i f phyfic, Dr. Smith was one of .&ofe-'whom he fele&ed.
He.had a cqnfiderable penfion Oultd'h him at hii a ~ i v a l ?
p dwas one of +e chief phyyillqs at the R U ~ & court.
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d e n to be found in the world, a ~ perhaps
d
kij&en. in his prafeffioa than in others, To
be humane, generous, and candid, .is a very
high degree of merit in any cafe; but th&
qualities deferve itill greater praXe, when
they are found in.that.conditipn, which makes
dmoit every other man;. fot y h w e r re&,
contemptuoue, irdolent,. petulant; f a , a d
b d * . .
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As Mr. wilk was me of <bore to whom
calamity feldom complained without relief, he
naturally'touk an unfmtunnte wit intg it
S?a
Sea t d i t ; asd, . having be&
dihp$omted ia
her exp&tions, tefirfitd t o pj&bit: pirh*~!
aorhing :%Ubutthc#nfpe& of fuddm
prordpted her to-prode. . '
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&?&fiV-d.NI:r.%%M,h e was confaqutmly
dnidiit#iWffplut&#r &frhc t h r m t ~: ;and in
a fhort time the amdcments of the hge'tmk
fuch poffefion of his mind, that he never
The Lt~q
which he chore for tbe l~&&~
?as that af Sir Thoixw Overbury, a f t o q wt$i
adapted to the h g e 3 though pwhaps mt fav
enough removed - from the prefkn~age, to &a
tnit properly the fiaions neceffary ta COW
plete the plan : for the d h d , which naturall~
loves truth, is always m& ~ffcndedwi* the
violation of thofe truths bf which we a*
moit certais ;a d we ef cm& conc$qe t b k ,
ti&s 94 eert+in, which apprqcb nc-fi t ~ ,
our OWQ timer
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. . dertaking,
dertaking; which, to an ingenuous mind, d&
In a very high degree vexatious and difguA2
ing; forl having little mtereA or repatationj
he was' obiiged to. fubmit himfelf whblly td
the players, and admit, with whatever relus
tance, the emendatio& of Mr. Cibber, which
he always codsdered L the' clifgrace of hib
performancC;
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ten .- gtlineas, there i6 nothhg- . -r&mzrkaMe.
The fieface contaim a very &rid eticomim
on the - blooming- rxcelkncik 6f l& .,
Theo-
philur Gibber, ~ h . i c h.&:. satage.c~uldnot
In the latter plii 'of..lds Pfe $& ee' .&ieds ~
iboGt to readrwi&o~~ifiat:8hing .&s fliy out ~
af their haklg. . .fhe ef M. f l i A ~
did -not .en.d on this oc~aficin;-foitrft~rwards~
&hen Mr. S~vryFe'b.nkceWi. rietmb.e& he
'encouraged a fuMcri-ption aW & 1md
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.r ,
!
. Ik3
. .
S A V A G E . . 23$
&cm; i-nq with whom one of them had
been feen in bed. They fwore in. geneial,
that Merchant gave tbe provocation,, which
*.
l
l . There was. ibme differeqce in their depofi-
I tiona; one did not fee Savage give the wound,
another law it gives when Sinclair held.. his
. .
point towards the ground; and the woman of ,
. ,, This
. defqn~,.which took up more thaq ;in
hour, was heard by the multitude that throng-
ed the 'court with the moit attentive and re-
fpe€tful . . . . . , thole
. Qence; . , though; he
. , who- . .. gught
pot .be.. -acrju,itted,
. tp_ _.., . owned that applaufe
I !:
.couldinot
. he. rqfded him;, and thofe who
.before
. . , pitied-hjg misfortunes, now reverewed
. - .
hjs Mities. ;:,- '
. .. -
- . -. -..-
,- . ..
a . #
.
. I
, . a .
- .. ,
. -.*
. .
-..,-. 2
I . .
wad his. abdience betp his judges,. he.hqd
.1+~3oubt,ed) y, .been . acquitted;, but . M?. _Ragg,
't r
- ~ i ~ i t f e r n eo nf th,e jj r j , you &e to con:
-
bder that Mr:f&age .is'a.very . .
great man, a
much geater min than you or I, gentlemen
of the jury ; that he wears very fine clothes;
much finer clothes than you or I, gentle-
' men of the jury; that he has abundance
h d honey inshispocket, much more money
.b than youor I, *gentl&e.n of the.jury ; bur,
gentlemeh of the jury, is it not a very hard
' cde,' gentlemen of the jury, that Mr. Savage
~ . . h u l therefore
d kill you or. me, -,gentlemen
.'V&.thejury?'. . . . ,
.r .
Mr. Savage, hearing his defence thus mifre-
preiknted, and the men who were to decide
his fate incited againit him by invidious com-
parifons, reiolutely afferted, that his caufe was
not candidly explained, and began to recapi-
d a t e what he had before faid with regard to
his condition, and-the necefity of endeavour-
ing to efcape fhe expences of irkprifonment ;
'but the judge h a v i ~ gordered him to be filent,
and repeated his .orders without effe&, corn- .
5 rnanded
'
deavour
S A V A G E %*
deavom fat this fi&itiotts a G & to a p t i v t
him of hi, lift,
But when the @em #as fdicited for his
pardon, and informed of tht fmere treatment
which he had futked from his judge, &e an-
itoered, that, however dnjufiifiable might be
the nr;mner of his trial, or whatever extenua-
tion the adioa for which he was condemned
. might admit, fhe could not think that man a
proper ~ b j & of the King's mercy, who had
been capable of etltering his mother's houk
in the night, with an intent to murdcr.hcr.
1
I
h e , and all the Cnares of calumny, to take
away the life of her own Con, of a Con who
never injured bet, who was never fupported
by her expeace, nor obitrut3ed any proCpeR
of pleaiure or advantage; why ihe ihould
endeavour to d e h o y him by a lye-a lye
which could not gain credit, but mufi vanifh
of 'itfelf at the firlt moment of examination,
and of which only this can be faid to make
it probible, that it may be obfeived froin her
condu&, that the mofi execrable crimes
are fomehmes committed without apparent
kmptation.
R 2 It
It is by no means neceffary to aggravate
the enormity of this woman's condue, by
pIacing it in oppofition to that of the Coun-
tefs of Hertford; no one can fail to obferve
how much more ainiable it is to relieve, than
to opprefs, and refcue innocence from de-
hruaion, than to d c h o y without an injury.
-
favoured him: and Page hirnfe~afhrwards
confeffed, that he had treated.him with un-
'
This
S A V A G E . 25s
This interval of profperity furnilhe& him
with opportunities of enlarging his knowledge
of human nature, b y contemplatiqj life from .
its higheft gradations to its loweit ; and, had
b e &erwards applied to dramatic poetry, he
would perhaps not have-had many fuperiors;
for as he never fuffered any fcene to pafs be-
fore hie eye$ without notice, he had treafured
in his mind all the different combinations of
palons, and the innumerable mixtures of
vice and virtue, which diitinguiih one cha-
ra&er from another; and, as his conception
-was itrong, his expreiIions were clear, he
caiily .reqeived impreffions from objeas, and
very forcibly tranfmitted them to others,
. . . -edu-
bler, giving an account of his birth, his
cation, his difpofitiol; and morals, .habits .of
life, and.maxims of condua. In the idtrq-
(luaion are related many bcrct hiifories of
ed by an appearance of virtue, or by
falfe evidences of guilt, fuch errors will not
be frequent; and it will be allowed, that the
name of an author wouId never have been
made contemptible, had no man ever faid
what
what'ke did not think, or mifled otlim birt
krheri h&was h i d l f deceiqedr .
..-. . .
.fupport it.
l
On this, and on many other occafion~,he
was ready. to lament the milery of liiriag at 1
: .:!?W
S P That
260 S A . V A G E.
' Thnt n'n calamity, by'thought refidd,
lnfpiriu and adorns the thinking mind.
tioa,
That he fold fo yaluable a performance for
fo f i q d a price, was not to be imputed e i t h e ~
to necefity, by which the learned and inge-
nious are ofien obliged to fubmit to very h d
'conditions; or to avarice, by which the book:
.felle~sare frequently incited to opprds tlpt
'genius by which they are iupported ; But ta
that intemperate defire of pleafure, and ha-
bitujd Qavery to. his pafions, . . . which involved
him i n many perplexities. He. haGen?d at
that time to be engaged i n t h..e. iurfuii of
iome
, . .
., trifling gratificationi and, being P;ith-
out money for the prkent. 4cafion, fold his
$ern so the' ,, . .. .bidder,
fi'rfi .. and perhapi. .for
. , . . t6e
firRhice that. was . . propofed; and wauld
been
,,
, . ,offered
. . - . hi?.
. ., .
hands.
a . . .
Durmg his continuance with the . L o d
Tyrconnel, he wrotC' %he brriumpb of Heal&
a d Mirtb, on,. the recovery of Lady Tyr-
.connel from a langgifhing illneii. This per-
. forrnqnce is reniarkable, not . only for the
,
4 For
*Sor&is, p q & tobk 411 ~oppwtutlidcs
.uf~convdmgS d ~ l t r i ywith -Jl& mIro
. :roere -mofi .uop@aorts .sttbat t h e e r
power or their influence; he wat- ,tQleir
loofer moments, and examined their domef-
-tic behauiour, thrrt :ac& d a i i l a na-
bture -had &h,iand dhid-dre~)mmm-
m
--
mo* ~~vedetp f*f hh iiffe -hrul CO-
' .., ihcreak, isad &tt .inqditig~pl& *, -M
1 tdways heqmdtmad lhc a 4 g o ~ wdaj, s ,&
:aa -abMnte; M a m :ftwn .dpre@ -,or,&
-sae!&c -am. Wis Bs i-t -S
(quick, a d h e ibrm h a &in mtxy
p d i ,. A d m r q :&,. !bosabi@:that
* ' d & d ,attmtkm; ;he .:W= @ d :&y
&h, wdthora~np:;cetre& W,.d
,t&&foxe tat . S i r e .m + t d & e :his I&&-
,
wti~na' .
.aegligence or encroachments.
- .... .-.
,
l
But
g84 S A V A G E
But thwgh he did not loiie the opportul
nity which fucccfs gave him; of fetting a
high rate on his abilities, but paid due&fe-
rence to the fuffrages of mankind when they
were given in his favour, he did not -fuger
his eiteem of himfelf to depend upoh others,
found any thing facred in r h voice of
the people when they were inclined ro een-
fure him ; he then readily hewed the folly
d erclpe€ting that the publick fiould judge
right, obferved how flow1y poetical merit had
often forced its way into the world; he can,
te~eQ himcelf with the appIanfe of men d
judgement, and was fbmewhat difpofed to
exclude all t h d e fiom the charaaer of men
6fjudgement who did not applaud him,
N a Mother's care
Shielded. my infant inn.0ceni.e'with prayer :
No Father's guardian-hand-my youth maintain'd;
. .
~ a l l ' dforth my virtues, or from vice reltrain'd.
Mr. URBAN,
ec I n your Magazine for February p'm
" publiihed thq lafi Volunteer Lau~eat,writ-
ten m a very ml$ncholy occafion, t h e
" death of the royal patsonefs of arts a n d
. , 6' literature in general, a d of the author of
fitable employment.
8 l
'
He therefore affumed the title of Volunteer
.Laurcat, not -without fome reprehenfions from
.l
:Cibber, who informed him, that the title of l
fide,
298 S A V A G E .
fide, and inEormed himfelf d the chief tbs
picks af the dipute, than he taok all opporL
*ties of arming and propagating his
yrrincigles, without much regard to his own
intereft, or any other vifible deiign than
that of drawing upon himfelf the attention
of mankinrt,
8
. .. . I Philip
3a2 S A 'Ct A - G g.
Philip Yorke, who then prefided- that ,
court, diiiniffed the information with enca- 1
, ,
affords another
. -
inhnce of his pro-
ficiency
S- A V . - A G E, 311 .
ficiency in the important and extenfive itudy
of human life; and the tendernefs with
which he recounts them, another p r o d of
hi humanity and benevolence.
4 had ,
had not written without naticc, OS without
reward.
regard.
. . . . ,
. . -. .
.I
- He
, lodged as much by' accident as he
dined, and paged the night- iome$imes .in
mean .houfes, which are fet open at night to
ahy cafuft' wanderas, fornetiws . i n . cellars
among the riot. and filth of tht mpanefl arid
m& profligate of the rabble;. a& fometimes,
when' he had not money to . f u p p ~ . e v e nthe
expences of thefe kkeeptacles,. walked about
the itreets till he .pras weary,, and :lay - down
in the ium~neru p . = bulk, o r in,?& winter,
with his arociates . in poverty, among the
aihes of a gldshoufe. . . .. . . .
- 2 . . .
In this manner were' paged th&. days and
thofe nights which nature had enabled him
to have employed in -elevated fpeculatians,
uf'eful fiudies, or pleafing converlation. On
a bulk, in a cellar, or in a glds-houk among
thieves and beggars, was to be found . the
'
. As
, . many more.can dilcover, that a man
is richer than that he is wifer than themfelves,
i'uperiority of underitanding is not fo re,adily
'acknowledged as.that of fortune; nor is that
haughtinefs, which the coni'cioui'nefs of great ' i
. I
.
.. . , . - -
. .
...
wit&
. S A V A G E . 327
with any friend who. readily. fell-in with his
ichemes,
. I . he was a ~ u l t i n gthe print, forming
S
np ifranger
. . . to the remotefi corners. B U , ~
&herever he came, his 'addreis 'iecured him
friends, whom his neceGties foon alienated;
... .
fo t .h. . t he kad ,..
. a more numerous ac-
qu?i+nce than any man ever before at-
tained,
. , .... there being f i e l y any *erron
. . erni-
..
into
' .
another.'
'
l
Thus difipated was hig life, and thus car
I fual his fubfifience; yet did not the diitratlion '
of hie.views hinder him frdm refleetion, nor
the unFertainty
. . of his condition deprefs his
gaiety. When he had wandered about with-
but any fortbnate adventure by which.h;'was
3ed into a tavern, he ibmetimes retired into
l
*he fields, and wis able to &mildyhis mind in
, fiudy, or Pmufe it with' pleaGng imaginations ;
and feldom appeared to be melancholy, but
when fome fudden misfortune 'had juit falleh
ppo? him and even, then in
1 .
a few moments
- he
, I
S A V A G E . ' 3ig
he would difentangl& himGlf from his per-
plexity, adopt the fubje& of converfition,
and apply his mind wholly to ;ehe objeag that
others prefefited to it.
> . . . . .. - ..
1 . , .
.
I .
. .
. .
This life, unhappy as it may be already
. . yet imbittered, in 1738, with
imagined, .was
new' calamities. $he death of the @em de-
prived him of all the profpeas of preferment
with which- he. fo long entertained his imagi-
'
, l ' , . . Ovsbyyy,
Thorna, . a .. . in- which he prdemed a
fpw liws . . , of hi? f o y q p play, b q a.tot+
.tta3tion
J .I, . . of tbe plan, added pew incidents,
and introduced new chwq&ters;.#I I '. .
$0' that it
was a new tragedy, not a revival of the
..
former.
. ,. . .
..
. &+y pf bis friends
.. -ktameg him fq not
making cboic; of another fib&&; but, in
$&cation c$ hidelf, he pffiytcd, thin i t
W* not $7 to fin$ 9 better ; and that-he
... . it his intereR to ~illguiih
thayght the F-
of the firit tragedy, which he could
onli do by writing,one let6 defeai~eupqn the
fame fiory ; by which he fhould entirely de-
f e a ~the grtifice.of tbc bqoldel!~:?, who, after
ihs death of any author of reputatian, are
jijurais indu.firioas
,. to iwell.his 'korks, by upi-
jipg his wori pr~duaitiongwith his beb. I!
was
.I
I abgut
. . ., tp acquire,
. - . . V O ~ Qbi equivalent to
. .
I all
S A V A G E . S . 33 7
all that he kd loR by the death- of his pa-
tr0neIsr
fix. a&ting
. . , w&te
, _ . . , . . to . . / on- $er .d$*
, , _ , i 04
her birthaay r+eq;t yea?, h e g a m a . prod of
~9 folidity of his juflgerpent, aqd the pswer d
9 4:-&h.
.. Gfficltll: taiS; he ~ ~ f 9 r m i~
Thig e
manner, that his poem may befjufily ranked
among the $eft pieces,. that . -the death of
. has produced. Ey transferring the
rnentioq of her d~?tht,o her b i ~ h ~ d q yh ,i has
formed 4 h3~p.ycorn&4ati.on of topics, pphich.
any other man would have thought ,it yery
Pifficult
...
. .
to come&. in one yi,ew, but svhich he
I
has
. .
33 S A V A G E.'
has united in fuch a manner, that the relation
between them appears natural ; and it may
be juitly faid, that what no other man would
have thought on, it now appears fcarcely
. . -
pc-.
fiMe for any man to mifs.
. * B y Mr. Fapc. . +
., " a relrr-'
S A V A G E . 341
a relation would not harden his heart
" againit him."
3 " m
342 S A V A G E ,
C' to call the greati" but when you addre6
them in mine," no iervility is i d c i e n t l p
humble. He then with great propriety ex-
plained the ill coifi~queqceswhich might be
expetted 'from h c h a letter, which his rela-
tions would print in their own defence, and
which: would for ever be produced as a full
anfwer to all that he ihiuld alledge againR
thern; for he always intended to publifh a
minute account of the treatment which he,
had received. It is to be remembered, to
the honour of the gentleman by w h ~ mthis
letter was drawn up, that he yielded to Mr.
Savage's reafons, and agreed
.. that it ought ta
be fuppreffed.
~ h propofal
& he rejeaed with thk utmoR
contempt. H e was by no means convinced
that the judgment of thofe, to whom he was
required to fubmit, was hperior t6 his oen.
He was now determined, a s he eeprehd it,
to be ~o longer kept in leading-itrings,"
and had no elevated .idea of " his bounty,
whq propofed to penfion him qut of the
profits. of his own labours,"
. . His
,.
S A V A G E . 847
I His refentment of this ,treatment, which,
in his own opinion at leait, he had not.d,e-
ferved, was fuch, that he broke off all .cor- . .
Aa4 This
This pamphlet was never written ; for ha
in a very fhort time recovered his ufual tran-
quillity, and chearfull~ applied himiklf to
more inoffenfive itudies. He indekd Readily
declared, that he was promikd a yearly al-
lowance of fifty pounds, and never received
half the rum; but he feemed to refign him-
felf to that as well as to other misfortunesl
and lore the remembrance of. it_ in. his
. , mule-
ments and ernployments;
.YOL.111. Bb 'and
: and .the next mornik he-died. -fie W& bu-
. :*sd: Jp the & m h - y a d of ;&. .. h e r ,
- expence of the keeper. . . , +;
,
I
-
MS ~ & & # ~ r i * . n ~ ~ : d d & ~him;';
l e & he .was.
ir?ekt.;tb .2Tdfj?*bjt~;-$)id'xgardf&l of-the.
rdbfl! &iRi 6t?tA~rknte%!-H&ha& the:* of
iiEIarj'h@i~rbP.&s &W& ikMi'ongl ~ridr~&:
- w & i r $ ~ h ~ ~ d f t ~ - e v e ~ i ~ . i c e! n ~
- r . c.,
I -
,.>ix,':, -
..<
8. - J :.b;,
; L*; :-:- ' - -
, . 'I.# g ,. . l
. .
y impuied'the ~~~~
~ o ' & { ~ - ' ~ ~isl iibt be
of his knowledge, compared with the.'-&al~
time which he fpent in vifible eildeavours to
mpuim-;h:r : ~ H ' kfnirigM, iir ? o u m - - ..p n m- r - -.-
f a t i m d ~ k hiamtReadb$rdt
~t~~ a t r e o n =?g
aHcw q p l y ;m; E ' kQuwg ad; Ia t p i a --W
ap~eake'.ofi~hytghdefs; ga&tyj :l& .go
i d e . i - t b ~ . w a,s;Aa.rteB,
.. rfio! hint.tw:c?ylp,
h!improved. -;He h G - t$erefori made, .in,
q~fftx-hwfi:the1 fame.pr@i~ficjepcg. as-in ot&er. :,
@u&F~j.gndit is .remarkabk.that-khq
... -.- .,.. . . &itT: ,- A.
. ., , . . often,
wh&hSpe&aps.as
. . obtci.lres-
. ,a3 em,b'7$@e<
. -. -..--..
3
p . " (
..
' - .. . - - . . . - r l
I I '
: '?h'
.
d
B ~ Z His
His judgemefit.. w36 ~minendyexaQ both
' with regvd:to e t i n 8 4 and m men. n e
knowledge of life - was indeed his chief at-
tainment; and it i s % without fope fatic-
f a a o i , that 1 Can produce the fu@aQe of
Satrage in fqvour of h ~ m a nnatyre, of which
he never qppeared to entertain h c h o d i ~ u s
ideas as fome, who perhaps ha$ neither his
judgement nor experience, have publiihed,
either in oflentation of their fagacity, vindi-
cation of their crimes, or gratification
.( of t w r
malice.
of humanity,;
. . .> but, wkI3,-,$e ' 8 $r'Qk$d
t C a Q P !
(and
. . very fmall oflencep . v ~ ~ p .
{ylident tp
pov&e .dip), he $vou,Id . pr;fec~&
. l$ .. -.
revw . -.
with the u~pnoit(acrimony,~l
.. .. -. & 1 ~ ;, ,~. . ? 5hadn. .
fub&ded. ,, ' ..-.
.
: , - , !. - :. .. r ....
..
.
. L.l
i'.
-
. .-..- #
.
B
-*
. ..--, . ... .
, . r
*
. m
-
a
. -->.d., .t
7
to-infla e n rndnkied
~ in any other chara&er, !
iF one piecewhich he had fefolved to fuppreis !
b;eex6eptd,-he has very little to fear from'
the ftriaeit metal or 1-eligiotrs cenfure. Anb
though he rnaymt be altogether fecure again*
the objeaions of the critic, it mufi howevef
be acknowledged, that his works are the pro-
mlt50ns of' a: genhs truly po&ical ; 'and, I
what many wri~er6who have beea more la-L I
1
vifhly applauded camot .boaik, that they have:
original air, which has no ref&rnblanceof
Ay foregoing writer ; that the verfification
and f e n t h e a s have- a cafi peculiar to.-rhe&
i --.\ .
{elves, .
klves, which no man can imitate with'fdc~
sefs, becaufe what was nature in Savage,.
would in another be affeaation. It mufi be'
confeffed, that his defcriptions are firiking,
'
his images animated, his fietions juffly ima-
gined, . arid hls allegories artfufly purfued ;
that his diQion is elevated, though ibmetimes
forced, and his numbers Sonorous and majbf-
tic, though frequently fluggifh and encum-
bered. Of his fiyle, the general fault'i* harf?w
nefs, and its general excellence is dignity; of
his lentiments, xhe prevailing beauty is iubli-
mity, and uniformity the prevailhg defea '
, .
For h$ life, & for his writings, none, who
candidly confider his fortune, will think &i
apoiogy either neceffary or difficult. If he
was not always fufficiently inftI%€ted in 'his
iubjeb, his. knowledge was at lea^ greatei
than could. have been attained by others in
the fame itate. If his works were fometimk
unfiniihed, accuracy cannot reafonably be ex-
a&id from a-man op$reffeed with want, whicli
he has no of ieHiving but by's fpeedy
publication. c The infdence afid refentment of
which he i s accufed were. not eafily to' be'
avoided by
. .. a great mind, irritated by -perpe-
,.,.-. a . tual
tua b$xdlhips,- an4 conItraine+ hbutly to re-
turn the fpurns of contempt, and ~ p e f tbe
s
i&lwce of prorperity; and vanity may furely
in him, to who# life afi
readily be. pardo~ed.
'- faded no other e&fms than barren praifes,
of deferving them,
and thl: confcio~fn~C_s
. . ...
F<n(emp&le. A. .. . . .
. .. ' S “ SWIFT<
W I F T .
ANcolle&ed,
Account of Dr. Swift has been already
with great diligence and acute-
nefs, by Dr. Hawkefworth, according. to a
fcheme which I laid before him in the inti-
macy of our friendfhig. I cannot therefore
be expeaed to fay much of a life, concerning
which I ha4 long iince communicated, my
fhoughts to a man capable of dignifying his
parratibn with ib much elegance of language
. . fentiqent,
and force of r
- A -
. . ...- ,
,
. , . . ' . ... ) , '
. . .-. . .
In, his academical Audies Fie %is:'eTt'liiir3nd
hlligk hipi,y;-- 'If 4h~fi':df."
l appoint
'&ev' reader's ei$$?i%tidn;.that, .&'hen at the
t;me, fie- .&i:JLdLtke.. B;Ygildr&p of
Arts, he was found 67 the' dirihi&i-$t&
confpicuoufly deficient for regular admiifion,
hd ob;t~'ma&his' d'egr& ,at Edt by&&&$- 1
-7.'; !h't&m ded:in \hat uniiififf to &no# ~
.
hatt oc f merit: . . . ,
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S' W '.I F T. .7383
of'ihis &&hie it niay be ~iClf.f+$ofea
.that he was much afharned, and h& h$ its
propei &eQ in reformation. He re:
'iolved :from that time to Rudy eight houis
a-day, inid cbndnued his induRry fof fiveil
y e w , wirh what. improvement is f d c i e n t l y
known. This part OF - his 'fiery well 'deferveb
to be remembered ; it may afford ufeful-ad-
monition. and, powerful encouiagkiint to
many men, whofe abilities have beeh mad=
for a time .ufelefs by their pafions plea-
rures, and who, having 2oR one p&:df lifk
i n idlenefs, are tempted -to throw seat
the
remainder in defpair. .
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of a fhilling. ., .
c c $ When
392 S W I F T .
When this wild'work firit raifed the attcn-
tion of the publick, Sacheverell, meeting
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'cIf Chrifiianity were once aboliihed, how
could the free-thinkers, the firong reafon-
ers, and the men of profound learning, be
.C
'L able to find another fubje& fo calculated,
in all points, whereon to difplay their abi-
'L lities? What wonderhi produQions of wit
. .. . be deprived of from thofe, whofie
" ihdqld me
. .
'' genius,
* &is, by continual praeice, hath beeq
wholly t u n e d . upon raillery and inreaiveg
Cc againfi religion, and would therefore never:
be able to ihine, or diitinguifh thedehes,
upon any other iubjett? We Bre daily
'L complaining of the great decline of wit,
anlcilg us, and would tike away the great-
cc eit, perhaps the only, topick w e:have M,
* v h o would ever have fufp&ed Afgill for
a wit, or Toland for a phibfopber,' if the
4' .ineshquff ibfe flock of Chriitianity had not
been at hand to provide them with mate-
cc rials ? What other lubjdl, through all art
sc or nature, could have produced Tindal for
U a pofound author, or furnifhed him yith
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enemies.
Swift
a . ,
Swift contrived an interview, from whiclj
they both departed dikontented: he procured
a fmnd, which only convinced him that the
feud was irreconcilable; he , t d d them his
opinion, that all was I o k This denunciatian
was contradiaed by Oxford, but Wingbroke
whifpered that he was right.
I
in a h t e of exile. Lt feems that his firit re-
courfe was to piety. The thoughts of death
rufhed upon him, at this time, with fuch in-
. importunity, that they took poffeffion
~effant
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I
of his mind when he firfi waked for man7
years together.
Cc
" I have good realon to believe, that they
both were greatly ihocked and rtikired
1
(though it may be diffaently) upon thif l
" occafion. The Dean made a tour to the
, ~ o b t hof Ireland, for about two months, l
at this time, to diiftpate his thoughts, and
" give
S . W I F-T. 415
give place to obloquy. And Stella retired
(upon the earneft invitation of the owner)
to the houfe of ,a cheerful, geeemus, good-
natured, friend of the Dean's, whom fie
fL alib much loved and honoured. There my
irlformer often iaw her ; and, I have rea-
km to believe, ufed his utmofi endeavours
to relieve, fupport, .and amufe her, in this
fad fituation.
The
416 S W I F T .
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T h e great acquifition of efieern and influ-
ence was made by the Drapier'i Lerter~in
1724. One Wood of Wolverhampton in
Sraffordfhire, a man enterprifing and rapa-
cious, had, as is faid, by a prefent to the Du-
cher's of Munfler, obtained a patent empow-
ering him to coin one hundred and eighty
thoufand ponrrds of half-pence and farthings
for the kingdom of Ireland, in which there
was a very inconvenient and embarrafing
fcarcity of copper coin ; fo that it was poifi-
ble to run in debt upon the credit of a piece
of money. The cook or keeper of an ale-
houfe could not refufe to fupply a man that
bad fiher in his hand, and the buy& would
not leave his money without change.
, .
Swift was known from this time by the a p
pellation of The.Dean. H e was honoured
by the populace, as the champion, patron,
;nd inflruQor of Ireland; and gained fuch.
power as, confidered both in its extent and
duration, fcarcely any man has ever enjoy-
ed without greater wealth or higher ftation.
. He
S W I F T . 419
H e was from this important year the oracle
bf the traders, and the idol of the rabble, and
by confequence was feared and courted by all
to whom the kindnefs of the traders or the
populace was neceffaiy. The Drupier was a
iign ; the Drapier was a ' health ; and which
way foever the eye or the ear was turned,
fome tokens were found of the nation's gra-
titude to the Drapier.
Ee 3 I know
az2 S W I F T .
I know not whether ihe had not, in her
turn, ibme reaibn for complaint. A Letter
, was fent her, not fo much entreating as re-
quiring her patronage of Mrs. Barber, an in-
genious Iriihwoman, who was then begging
fubfcriptions for her Poems. T o this Letter
was rubfcribed the name of Swift,and it ias
all the appearances of his diaion and ienti-
ments ; but it was not written in his hand,
and had ibme little improprieties. When he
was charged with this Letter, he laid hold of
the inaccuracies, and urged the improbability
of the accufation ; but never denied' it : he
ihuffles between cowardice and veracity, and
talks big when he fays nothing.
S W I F T . 425
but how ihall it be gratified? Swift was a
lover ; his tefiimony may be fufppeLted. De-
lany and the Irifh faw with Swift's eyes, and
therefore add little confirmation. That ihe
was virtuous, beautiful, and elegant, in a
very high degree, fuch admiration fiom iirch
a lover makes it very probable ; but ihe
had not much literature, foi- f i e could not
4
fpell her own language; and of her wit, ib
loudly vaunted, the fmart fayings which
Swift has colletied afford na +lendid fpe-.
cimen,
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jL1n.I
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S W I F T . 437
honour of the Clergy; of the Diffenters he
did not wiih to infringe the toleration, but
&e oppoCed their encroachments.
afford a fpecimen.
$pence.
" How
4-43 S W I F T ,
HOW came you to leave all the great Lords,
that you are fo fond d,to come hither ta
fee a poor Dean ?'--Becaufe; we would ra-
6' ther lee you than any of them.--' Ay, any
'6 one that did not know fo W-ell as I do,
CC might believe you, But iince you are
come, I muit get fome f p p e r for you, ?
fuppofe.' No, DoQor, we have fupped
already-' Supped already ? that's impoi-
tc fible! why, 'tis not eight o'clock yet.?
That's very itrange: but, if you had not
itpprd, I mufi have got Comething for-
" you.--let me fee, what ihould I have
" had? A couple of lobfiers; ay, that would
7 and
and another. This traafgrefion of regularity
was by himfelf and his admirers termed great-
nefs of ibul. But a great mind dif'dains ta
hold any thing by courtefy, and therefore
never ufurps what a lawful claimant may take
away. H e that encroaches on another's dig-
nity, puts himfelf in his power ; he is either
repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured
by clemency and condeicenfion.
To conclude-no
' man ever deferved
" better of any country than Swift did of
*'his. A P;eady, yerfevering, inflexible
'L friend ; a yife, a watchful, and a faithful
l
It was faid, in a Preface to one of the Iriih
editions, that Swift had never been known to 1
I
take a Gngle thought from any writer, an-
cient or modern, This is not literally true ; l
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but perhaps no writer can eafily be found that l
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has borrowed fo little,' or that in all his ex- !
cellencies and all his d e f e b has ib well I,
Gg2 BROOME.
B R O O M E .
, W I L L I A M B R O - O M E was bornin
chefhire,' as is faid, of very mean
'&,rents, Of the place o! his . birth, or the
:firit part .of his life, I have not been able to
. . .
gain any intellrgence, H? ;was educated upon
-the foundation -at Eton, and was captain of
b e fihool' p yhole year, without any va-
cancy, by which he might, have obiained a
icholarfiip at king's College. Being by this
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bition.
fourth,
fourth and twentieth by Fenton; the iixth,
the eleventh, and the eighteenth by himklf;
though Pope, in an advertifement prefixed
afterwards to a new volume of his vorks,
claimed only twelve. A natural curiofity
after the real condua of ld great an under-
taking, incite4 me once to enquire of Dr,
Warburton, who told me, in his warm lan-
guage, that he thought the relation given in
the note. p. h; but that he was not able to
afceqain the ieyeral ihares. The intelligence
which Dr. Warburton could not afford me,
I abtained from Mr. Langton,. to whom Mr*
,
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k is evident, that, according to Pope's
own eltimate, Broome was unkindiy treated,
If four books could merit three hundred
7 pounds,
B R O O M E . 459
+rids, eight and all the notes, equivalent at
leait -to four, had certainly s right to more
than fix.
E N D OF T H E THIRD VOLUME. .