Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
W I L L IA M H A Z LIT T
IH
E D ITED
WI RO D U C T I O N A N D N O T E S
PR O F E S SO R O I V E R S IT Y
I
"
F o od, wa rm t/z , s lee
p , an d a b oo /E: t/z es e a re a ll
”
I at p resm t ask . H A Z LI T I’ ‘
G I N N A N D C O M PA N Y
B O ST O N 0
N EW YO R K C H I C A GO LO N D O N
C O PYR I G HT ,
1 9 13 , B Y WI LL D AVID H O WE
I
A L L R G H T S R E S E R VE D
Gi l) : g tbcnau m B u ss
I
G N N A N D C O M PA N Y 0
PR O
P R I ET O R S BO S T O N U S A
. . .
To
R P H. . .
Be st o f ll b t
c o a o ra o rs
P R E FA C E
favorite e ss ay let him tak e consolation from the fact that the
,
present editor has again and again been compelled to omit some
essay without which at first he thought the volume would be al
toge ther incom plete T hough re strict e d the selection will it is
.
, ,
men and o ne of the most s timulating critics one who could write ,
a reason for the faith that was i n me when necessary and when ,
”
in my power .
century .
has kindly read the en tire proof F or their court e sy at all times
.
I thank the autho rities of the Boston P ublic L ibrary the H arvard
,
University L ibrary the Bodl e ian the Bri tish Museum and the
, ,
W . D . H .
CO NT ENTS
P AG E
I N T R O D U C TI O N
1 . B I O G R AP H I C A L S K ET C H ix
11 As CR I T I C O F T H E D R A M A
.
1 1 1 As C R I T IC O F P A I N T I N G
. I dvu
I V As C R I T I C O F B O O K S A N D
. M EN xfi x
V As PER S O N A L E S S AY I ST
. . hv
V I H A Z LI T T S S T YL E
.
’
lvn
V I I T H E M A N H A Z L I TT
. 1x
V III S E L E C T E D B I B L I O GR A P H Y
. lxvi
A W OR KS . lx vi
B . ED IT IO N S lxv u
C . B I O GR A P H Y lxv n
D . C O N T E M P O R A R Y C R I T I CI S M IN M A GA Z I N E S . lxv u i
E . M I S C EL L A N E O U S C R I T ICI S M . lxvu I
S E L E C TI O N S
ON THE P E R I O D IC A L E SS AY I STS
C H AR A CT E R OF MR . B UR K E 29
ON P O ET RY IN GEN E R AL 35
O N E L I Z A B ET H A N L IT E R AT UR E
ON T HE P L E A S UR E O F P A I N T I N G 82
ON READ I NG OLD B OO KS 94
ON A L AN D S C A PE OF N I C OL AS PO USS I N 1 07
ON T H E FE A R O F D E AT H . 1 1 5
vii
viii S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
AG E
P
ON L I V I N G T o O N E s S EL F
’ -
127
O N T H E P A S T A N D F UT UR E
O N F A M I L I A R S T YLE
O N G O I N G A J O UR N E Y
M Y F I R ST A C Q U A I N T A N C E W I T H Po E T s
M E R RY E N G L A N D
O F PER S O N S O N E W O U L D W I S H T O H A V E S EEN
O N T H E FE EL I N G O F I M M O RT A L I T Y I N Y O UT H
O N RE A D I N G N E W B O O KS
O N D I S A G R E E A B L E PE O PL E
O N A S UN D I A L
-
O N C A N T A N D H Y P O C R I SY
A F A R E WE LL T O E SS A Y W R I T I N G
-
T H E S I CK C H A M B E R
N O T ES 31 7
I N D EX 39 3
I N T R O D UC T I O N
I . B I O G R AP H I C A L S K E T C H
I t is di ffi cult to think of any ten years which have been richer
in promis e for English lit e rature than the p e riod betwe e n 1 7 7 0
an d 1 7 8 0 Within that decad e w e r e bo rn Wordsworth in 1 7 7 0
.
,
1 7 7 4 L amb in 1 7 7
, 5 and Hazlitt,
in 1 7 78 O f this group . two ,
the best letter writer ; the last was to be one of the most pl e as
-
and of m en .
M arshfi eld John was born who was to b ecome well known as
,
ix
X S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
“
a miniature portrait paint e r T hen a call came from Maidstone
.
,
thinkers who lik e d th e m and whom they lik e d and here the
, ,
.
, ,
1
7 8 3 the family se t sail for N e w Y ork
,
T h e y land e d on the .
rounded o n three sides by very steep hills that S lop e d down j ust
in sight of the wind ows and w e r e cover e d with locust trees ,
.
green b e fore the door stood a solitary pear tree beyon d the -
,
2
ing o f having a regular charg e d e cided to re turn to England ,
.
1 2 th o f N o v .
M y d e ar P ap a — I s h al l n e v e r f o r g e t t h at we c am e t o am e ri c a I f
, .
we h ad n o t c am e t o am e ri c a w e s h o u l d n o t h av e b e e n aw ay fr o m o n e
,
an d o t h e r t h o ugh n o w i t c an n o t b e h e l e d I th i n k f o r m y p ar t t h at i t
, p .
w o u l d h av e b e e n a g r e at d e al b e tte r i f t h e w h i te p e o p l e h ad n o t f o u n d
i t o u t L e t t h e [ o t h e r s] h av e i t f o r t h e m se l v e s f o r i t was m ad e f o r
.
,
1 F ou r G e n e rat i o ns t I 3 7 ,
”
e c .
, ,
.
2 O h mo s t u n fo rt u n at r s o l v ! fo r b t a f e w mo n th s f t r h h d s il d
, e e e u a e e a a e
o ld M r G ay di d and D G o rd o n c am e ov r t L o nd o n t p u bl is h h is w o rk
. e ,
r . e o o ,
an d at i t h r of t h s pl ac s ( H in gh m o r S al m ) my fath r w ou ld h av b n
e e e e e a e e e ee
ch os n e F ou r G n r at i o ns e t I
”
e e ,
”
c .
, ,
x ii S E L E C TI O N S FROM H AZLITT
th e m I h av e go t a l i tt l e o f my g r am m ar : s o m e t i m e s I ge t t h r e e p ag e s
.
J ac ky are all w e l l an d I am t o
, I st i l l r e m ai n y o u r m o st A ffe c t i o n ate
.
So n , Wi l l i am H az l i tt .
T h e R e v M r H az l i tt L o n d o n
. .
,
.
T o t h e c a r e o f M r D av i d L e w is
. .
still aft e r an in t e rval O f mor e than thirty years for I have met ,
”
no other tast e in all that time at all lik e it .
1
A ft e r the autumn S pent at Walworth th e fath e r was called ,
’
day s task was don e and of the pain with which I saw t h e m
,
” ’
droop and hang down th e ir l e av e s in the morning s sun How .
als o F ou r G e n e rat i o ns ” e tc I 5 7
,
.
, ,
.
I N T R O D U C TI O N x i ii
’
expressed when h e said long afterwards I never see a child s ,
”
kite but it s ee ms to pull at my h e art .
I drew eyes and noses till about a fortnigh t ago I have drawn .
’ ’
a little boy sinc e a man s fac e and a little boy s fron t fac e taken
, ,
’ “
from a bust N e x t Monday I shall begin to read O vid s Meta
.
” ”
morphos e s and Eu tro piu s I S hall like to know all the L atin .
”
not I suppose, paint the worse for knowing everything else
,
.
’
the most lasting impr e ssion came from H az litt s father In .
’
his son s youthful prowess an d liked to think of him as a m inis
ter expounding the principl e s of r e ligion an d the rights o f man .
” 1
com pared with the glory hereafter to be rev e al e d .
1 “
r I n fl u nc
O n C ou t e e,
”
wri tt e n in J an u ary 8 8 W o rks I I I 54
,
1 1 , , ,
2 .
2 F ou r G n rati o ns
"
e e ,
”
e tc
. I 6 8 f f S als o T h N w S c h oo l of R fo rm ”
, ,
. ee e e e ,
Wo rks V I I 93 , ,
1 .
X iV S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
I do not conv e rse in F rench but I and Miss T racy have a book ,
~
are all pl e asures except those which aris e from a knowl e dge o f hav
ing done as far as o ne knows that which was right to make their
” 1
poss e ssors happy O ne practical outcome o f his early thin k
.
ing was his l e tter in 1 7 9 1 published in the 5 127 6 205 11 21 73 C/zrom cle
'
»
, ,
” 3
the j ustice or the contra ry O f any political transaction A nd .
"
as an e xperim e nt he tri e d his hand at an e ssay O n the P olitical
4
S tat e of Man The best parts of the y e ar were the fortnightly
.
1 M mo irs p ” 2 P u bl is h d in L m b d
e a an Ha z l i t t ” pp —
3 47
e , . 2 0. ,
.
3 .
3 I bid p 39 4 I bid p
.
,
. . .
,
.
42 .
I NT R O D UCT I O N xv
’
much at Hackn e y was to H az litt s liking and 1 7 9 4 foun d him ,
appo in tments which have served t o ov e rcast and throw into deep
” 1
obscurity some of the best y e ars o f my life H e had b e e n .
’
he had looked at everything with a paint e r s eye and had dreamed
of himself as painte r but he could do nothin g ,
I could no t .
2
by the waysid e crushed bleeding lifeless
, SO w a nderlu st
, ,
” 3
girl of ten and look at the settin g sun .
9 S I f C / .
’ ” 4
contained a part of Burke s L etter to a N oble L ord Then .
”
tence . T o be able to convey the slightest conception of my
mean ing to others in words was the height O f an almost hop e l e ss
”
ambition With enthusiasm he began again his reading and
.
,
3 M e mo irs ” pp 36—3 7
, . .
4 N o te s
P 3 6 ,
2
Xvi S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
cauld D uring those plastic years these books stand first in the
.
upon them only with j oy and r e called with gusto the circum
stances u nder which he had fi rst r e ad th em Books and usually .
haps the life long fri e ndship O f his broth e r John Early in these
,
.
talked with him and was invited by him to visit him at N ether
,
Col e ridge left Wem A fter three weeks at Shr e wsbu ry and at
.
’
his birthday over a fowl a bottle of sherry and R ouss e au s
“
, ,
3
N ew th e n se t out for N e ther S tow e y to visit the
1 M y Firs t Acq u ain tanc e wi th P o ets pp 76 ff 2 N o te s p 366 3 I bi d p 36 7
,
”
. 1 .
,
. . .
,
. .
x vi i i S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
” 1
W ith them .
T here was still one thing left He had always looked upon .
faces and u pon nature with the eyes of the painter he had ,
’
brother s studio H e loved pictur e s with an enthusiasm born o f
.
a real lov e o f the art H ere certainly was your real painter ! .
, ,
’
ised Northcote to copy T itian s portrait of H ippo lito de M e dici .
who h ad b c om m y f ri nd w n t th r b t J h n th m ini t u r p in t r w
e e e ,
as o e e, u o ,
e a e a e ,
as .
a m id n sis te r ( P e ggy)
a e Al to g th r n amu sin g and ag r eab l g r ou p in my
. e e a e e
m e mo ry .
” 2 P ub lis h d in M e mo irs ” etc I 8 5— e
, .
, ,
1 02 .
I N T R O D U C TI O N x ix
”
H e work e d
’
or te n O clock and continue there till three or four
,
.
in P aris for four m o nths and retu rned in Jan uary with at least
eleven copi e s made for the people who had order e d them .
pers e ve red and se t abou t dilige ntly to turn his work to som e
practical account F or almost thr ee years he wandered in the
.
1 2 3
Wordsworth Col e ridge H artl e y Coleridge and an O ld woman
, , ,
4
pool he painted the h e ad o f D r S h e pherd fri e nd of his fath e r
,
.
,
5
a passing a f fe ction ; next the portrait O f his father the doing of ,
which gav e to both father and son much pleasur e ; finally a por
” 6
trait O f C harles L amb in the costum e of a V enetian s e nator .
’
T his last is the only sp e cim e n o f H az litt s painting which is still
pres e rv e d .
f e rio rity to his favorit e paint e rs combin e d with a lack of pati e nce ,
nec e ssary to acquire the t e chniqu e o f the art convinced him that ,
2 S e e C o l e ridg e s l e tt e r t o S ir G e o rg e B e aumo n t O c t o b e r I 1 8 0
3 als o Wo rds
’
, ,
e n t o f C o l e ridg e s pic t u r e
’
We t h ink as f ar as m e re l ik e n e ss g o e s H az litt s is
.
, ,
’
t o s e e in fu s e d in t o a pic t u r e of C o l e rid g e
” 3 O t e P l e as u r e of P ain t ing p 8 6
n h .
”
,
. .
4 D o u ad
y ,
i
V e e d W ill i am H az l i tt
”
p 3 56 ,
. .
5 F ou r G e n e rat i o n s ” etc I 83
,
.
, ,
.
6 M ary L am b ’s l
e tte r t o M rs C o l e ridg e O c t o b e r 1 3 1 8 04
. T h is p ain t ing is
, ,
.
at pr e s e n t in th e N at i o n al P o rt rai t G all e ry L o nd o n , .
XX S E L E C TI O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
1 2
that y e ar I n her l e tter to M rs Coleridge Mary L amb wrote
. .
“
I have lat e ly been talking O f you with Mrs Hazlitt [ wife of .
”
think Mrs H azlitt a pretty good humoured woman
. The -
.
’ ’
m ee ting at Godwin s has be e n made memorabl e by H az litt s
3
d e scription T hey wer e talking S O Hazlitt tells us of man
.
, , ,
”
stamm e r e d ou t slowly Give m e man as he is 7202 to b e F rom
,
‘
.
4 ’
with o n e or two interrupti ons to the e nd of H az litt s life T h e , .
’
spirit o f the W e dnesday e v en ings at L amb s apartments in Mitre
5
Court has been e xpr e ssed by no one so well as by H azlitt I n .
harsh words and bitter feelings but the o ne who remained true ,
’
1 8 0 6 wh e n L amb s farce
,
Mr was produc e d with path e tic ,
.
6
in the pit T he y e ar 1 8 0 7 is S ignificant for an incident which
.
7
brought the two fri e nds togeth e r in a practical j oke conceived ,
1L u c s Li f of C h rl s L mb p 4 8 ( d i t i o n of
a ,
e a e a ,
”
. 2 e
2 M ry L m b s l t t r t
a M s C o l ridg O c t o b r 3 8 4 T h is p ain t in g is at
a
’
e e o r . e e, e 1 1 0 .
,
pr s n t in th N t i o n al P o rt r i t G all ry L o nd o n
e e e a 3 P
96 a e ,
. . 1 .
4 Lu c s Li f of C h rl s L mb pp 4 8—5 ; W C H az li tt L amb an d
a ,
e a e a ,
”
. 2 2 2 . .
,
H z li t t p
a ,
im ”
a ss .
5 C r bb R o bins o n af fo rds u s m n y
a gli m ps I n th at h umbl ap artm e n t a a e . e
I sp n t m n y h pp y h ou rs nd w a gr t r n um b r of xc ll n t p rs o ns t h an I
e a a a sa ea e e e e e e
h ad v r s n c o ll c t d t o g t h r in n r oom
e e ee e e e e o e .
”
O n P rs o ns O n w ou ld W is h t h av S n p ; O n t h C o n v rs t i o n of
6 ”
e e o e ee ,
. 212 e e a
A u th o rs W k V l I 4 S
,
”
ls o L u c s Li f of C h arl s L mb 15
o r s, ,
2 . ee a a ,
e e a ,
”
11 3 5 i
“
circulated that W H a portrait painter in S outhampton . .
, ,
”
throat in a shocking manner A ll the details were vividly pre .
’
slip into the pages of H az litt s biography A s a young man he .
’
Mary have b e e n kept but no o ne of S arah s i s forthcoming I t
,
.
physical charm and was s e lfish and determ ined S he had been
,
.
m e mory ”
H er turning d o wn of e ach s ee m e d to cause her little
.
con c e rn How e ver the f ate f u l aff air b e tw ee n H azlitt and S arah
.
, fl
ters from S arah S toddart but nothing in her life shows that she ,
”
'
“
men tioned above What h as b e com e of you .
? h e writes .
’
May 1 8 0 8 th e marriage took plac e at S t A ndr e w s C hurch
, ,
.
,
Holborn John S toddart and wife and Charl e s and Mary L amb
, ,
’
in a l e tt e r by Charl e s L amb to Southey : I was at H az litt s
1 M r W C I I a lit t
. .M e mo irs I 7 ) t h inks th at th W illi am H az li tt m n
. z
”
1 1 e e
, ,
t i ne d b y M ary L am b in h
o l tt r of S p t mb r 8 3 wa ou r W illi am H az li tt
er e e e e e ,
1 0 ,
s ,
Q i
u er e s ,April 1 I 9 S) h o lds a si m il ar o pini o n Pr of ss o r D ady V i d
1 ,
O . e ou e e
I c ann o t c o nc e i v ! e
I N T R O D U C TI O N xxiii
marriage and had like to have been turn e d out several tim e s
” 1
during the cer e mony A nything awful mak e s m e laugh. Im .
from S alisbu ry .
3
afterwards said was to remove a stum bling block i n the meta
,
-
” “
published at his own expense in 1 8 0 6 I n A R e ply to Malthu s .
( 1 80
7 ) he had set forth hi s V i e ws d e nying t he propositi on of ,
“
and popular book by A braham T uck e r L ight O f N atur e ,
” 4
P ursued and condensed its seven volum e s into one
F inally in th e sam e y e ar h e prepared T he Eloqu e nce of the
,
” 5
.
was w ell worth the doing H e had the opportunity to set down .
1 W ri tte n A u g u s t 9 1 8 1 5 ,
.
2 Mr
J R o ge rs Re e s ( N t a nd Q e ri s J u ly 2 3 1 9 08 ) h as cl e are d u p th e
. . o es u e , ,
c o tt age was £ 1 2 0
”
.
3 L e tt e r t o W il li am G i ffo rd ” W o rks I 403
“
, , , .
4 “
F ou r G e n e rat i o ns ” e tc 1 9 6 .
5 Ibid
. 1 97 '
, , , ) ;
XXIV S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
“
publish e d in 1 8 1 0 and t h e n proceede d with the M e moirs O f
,
”
Holcroft which how e ver did not appear till 1 8 1 6 H is exten
, , , .
’
work e d industriou sly especially on his favorit e subj e ct J acob s
, ,
”
grand id e as S O th e months passed at Wint e rslow
. .
Y ou cannot think how very much we miss you and H [az litt] .
’
accoun t of Mary s illness T he l e tters d e scribing the d e tails are .
’ 2
glimpses of it from one of L amb s lett e rs I hav e bu t this .
2 C h rl s L am b s l tt r t
a e C o l rid g
’
e O c to b r 3
e 8 9
o e e, e 0, 1 0 .
x x vi S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
widen ing and he saw more and more that to L ondon he must
,
’
occasion o f the birth o f th e ne w William H az litt s temp e r was ,
not of the best H e was naturally much d e pre ssed and soured
.
by the e vents O f the political world L ife had begu n for him .
,
”
idol th e champion in the flesh O f the rights of t he oppress e d
, .
” ’
exclaim in despair By H e av e n I think I ll endure it n o mor e
, , .
,Mor e over his years of marri e d lif e had not been happy
,
.
marriag e had not turn e d ou t happily was not all his fault S arah .
1
dry S how She had a fair amount of und e rstanding bu t pos
.
,
p o r trai t s wi th h is wi fe as mo d e l !
I t wa a w t d y and h h d b n t a w lki ng m t h
s e a s e a ee Sh w
o dr ss d in a wh i te
a - a c e as e e
L u c as Li fe of L amb pp 3 1 7—3 1 8 , ,
”
. .
I N T R O D UC TI O N xxvii
'
2
whom H azlitt has vividly described walking in his garden .
’
H az litt s first work aft e r he came to town was th e course o f
public lectur e s on the history o f English philosophy which he ,
3
delivered at the R ussell I nstitution T h e most int e resting con
.
’
und e r the date J anuary 1 4 1 8 1 2 Heard H az litt s first lectu re
,
’
lectures can t possibly be popular hardly tolerable H e r e ad a
,
.
fixed inten tly on his book not once darin g to look on his audi e nc e
,
2 S e e H az lit t s e ss ay o n B e n th am in
’
Th e S piri t of t h e A ge \Y o rks I V 1 8 9
”
.
, , ,
3 Pl an of t h e l e c t u re s wi ll b e fou nd in M e mo irs I 1 9 2 ff ”
.
, ,
app ar e n t r e as o n .
xxviii S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
much d e pr e ssed over his lectu r e s and thr e atened to give up the ,
” “
)
“
2 1 h e improved vastly I hope h e will now get on . .
’
H e read half his first lecture at B Montague s last night H e . .
”
th e r e A t the lecture R obinson writ e s he was inte rru pt e d by
.
, ,
”
applause s e v e ral times T he lectur e s followed on consecutive
.
”
full of shr e wd observation .
F rom the R obin son diary it app e ars that H azlitt continued his
1
work as portrait painter O n the 3 o th of J une 1 8 1 2 R obinson
.
, ,
“
C rabb R obinson ) O n December 2 4 I therefore ven tured to ask
.
,
’
about my broth e r s picture which he promis e s m e and I beli e ve
”
I shall ge t it But this work was apparently of little c o nse
.
’
app e ars from certain entri e s in R obinson s diary S e pt e mber ,
“
30 1 8 1 2 :
,
Met Dr S toddart an d with Miss L amb with whom
.
1 See M rc h
a 1 0, 1 8 1 1 ,
e tc .
I NT R O D U C TI O N xxix
this inj udiciou s conduct H has exposed himself to the lik e lihood .
”
ing the means of subsistence is by this greatly improved On .
” ’
seems quite happy I n this way H az litt s career as a writer
.
’
E x a m i ner C/za nzp io n and th e Ti mes T he account of H az litt s
, ,
.
conn e ction with thes e publications we have res e rved for more
detailed discussion in a separate s e ction .
’
H az litt s financ e s were n e ver prosperous bu t h e was earning ,
l
quantities as long as he liv e d .
’
not done for a long tim e b e for e at C L amb s A t whist as . .
1 “
Li t r ry R m ai ns
e a e ,
”
p xl v i P atmo r
. . e,
“
Fri nds
e an d Acq u ain tanc s e ,
”
I ,
3 3 08
-
0 2 .
XXX S E LE C T I O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
’
I went to A lsager s T her e I met the L ambs Haz litt & c
.
, ,
H azlitt was sober argum e ntative acut e and interest ing I did
, , ,
.
”
not converse with him but enjoyed his conversation with others .
voking part of this scen e was that he was gracious and polite
past all e xpression a perfect pattern of mu te eleganc e a silent
, ,
”
b e v e ry thoroughly e nrag e d withou t anything to complain of .
lectur e s wer e deliv e red in the e arly part of 1 8 1 8 and met with
unqualifi e d success Ev e n Crabb R obinson who had brok e n
.
,
1 A G L E stran e
. .
g
’
Li fe of M ary R u ss e ll M i tfo rd I I 4 7
,
“
,
”
, .
I N T R O D U CT I O N xxxi
’
d e light e d with the lectur e s T alf o u rd s account of them is most
.
1
enthusiastic H e was not eloquent in the t ru e sense of the
.
’
the shallow str e am of fe e ling which an evening s excitement can
writt e n but his d e ep voic e an d earnest man ner suit e d his mat
”
ter w e ll H e s e e m e d to dig into his subj ect
. and not in vain .
1 8 18 1 81
, 9 1 820 Immediately after the publication of the
, .
[ mrg/z R eview and the S eoi snza n had occasionally discrimin ating
’
revi e ws of som e of H az litt s writing t h e y follow e d the lead of ,
’
the Qna rz er/ y and B /a eé wooo and applied to H azlitt a list of
‘
,
” ” ”
Bu o n apartist a cockney S cribbler a slang wh ange r a
, ,
-
,
” ”
sland e r e r of the human race and pimpl e d H azlitt ,
T hat .
felt Hazlitt has damned the bigot e d and the blu e stockinged -
”
I am damned I should lik e him to dam n m e N aturally of a .
H azlitt began to brood ov e r this inj ustic e and the kind of man
’
Who had attack e d him T o add inj u ry to insult Gifford s attacks
.
,
“ ” 1 ’
C haract e rs of S hake spe ar s P lays H e w e nt straight to his .
b e cam e for the moment the incarnation of all that was mean ,
” “
is not pleasant r e ading we must admit the L e tter to Gifford ,
” ’ “
and concis e e xpr e ssion to Johnson s L e tter to Ch e ste rfi e ld
’ “ ”
and Burk e s L etter to a N oble L ord .
2
utt e r incompatibility th e y d e cided to secure a formal divo rc e , .
1 Ha z li tt wr o te : M y b oo k s o ld w e l l — t h e fi rs t e d i t i o n h ad g o n e o ff in six
w e e ks t ill t h at r e v i e w c ame o t I h ad j u s t pre p are d a s e c o nd e di t i o n b u t t h e n
u .
,
it h ad b e e n a gr e at as s t o b e pl e as e d w h e n i t ou g h t n o t t o b e an d t h e s al e c om ,
p le te ly s t o pp e d M e mo irs I”
, ,
h as b e e n s h o wn b y A \V P o ll ard S e e b i o gr ap h ic al n o t e t o h is e di t i o n of
. . . The “
C h ar ac t e rs ”
pp 7—8,
. .
2 T h at h is o wn p e rs o n al e xp e ri e nc e is s h ad o w e d in t h e ad v ic e t o h is s o n we
,
an d i f y ou are t o li v e s e p ar at e i t is b e t te r n o t t o c om e t o g e t h e r T h e re is n o u s e
,
.
he r
d e c e it and of his own v e h e m e nt disappointm e n t T his was
,
.
’
minut e d e tails o f his lov e story I am a curs e d fool said he to .
,
’
'
’ ’
into the R e gent s P ark where I met on e of M 5 sons
,
I .
’
said to me v e ry kindly I am afraid you are not well Sir ,
?
,
’ ’ ’
No ma am said I I am not w e ll and on e nquiring further
, , , , ,
the d e vil tak e m e if I did not let ou t the whole story from begin
’
ning to e nd A t l e ast H azlitt saw no humor in the affair
. I .
”
down and sold for ,5 1 0 0 his L iber A m o ris T he book consists .
tr e ach e ry wan tonness and hypocrisy of the girl who Would have
, ,
” 2
was to empty his overburd e n e d spirit O f various comm e nts .
we q uote only two the first by M rs Jam e son O f all the his
,
. .
’
e v e r struck m e with a sort of amaz e d and painful pity as H az litt s
’
L ib e r A m o ris T he man was in love with a servant girl who
.
,
gift e d being lift her into a sort of godd e ss ship and make his -
tempest tost and might have found e r e d but for the gift of
-
,
”
expr e ssion .
’
T he whole s e ntim e ntal structure of the L iber A m o ris now
sink s b e low the stage and j oins the r e alm of things unspeakabl e
’
vile kitchen stuff fit only for the midden ,
.
could conc e ive could inj ur e the man who had already allowed to
b e print e d a pi e c e of such humiliating self debasement P erhaps -
.
1 Y o rks V o l V di t d b y M ass o n
\ , .
,
e e .
2 S als o A m
ee i n W/ig R i w J an u ary er c a z ev e , ,
1 84 7 Temple B a r, 1 p
88 1 , .
330 ;
d my S p t m b e r 7 889 ; an d I n t r o d u c t i o n G alli nn e s e di t i o n
’
A ca e ,
e e ,
1 to L e e .
x xxvi S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
” 1
was but a mom e ntary delusion .
with John Scott as i ts e ditor a v ery agr ee abl e man and brilliant ,
’
w eoe f e lt aggri e v e d especially sinc e his nam e had been m e n
, ,
2
was mortally wounded T he circumstances w e re most distr e ss .
3
incriminate H az litt .
’
might point a moral from the fact that the only e v e nts of H az lit t s
lif e which w e re u tt e rly fr e e from the intrusion of passion w e r e
his venture s into O n S e ptemb e r 1 1 8 2 4 they , ,
1 R m rk b y h is s o n
e a .
2 Th d u l t oo k pl c t C h lk F rm F bru ry 6 8 S c o tt di d n th
e e a e a a a ,
e a 1 ,
1 21 . e o e
2 7 th l v ing
,
ea wi f nd tw c h ildr n
a e a o e .
3 Th s t t m n t s of S c o tt w r prin t d in th L d ll g i F br u ry
e a e e e e e e on on z
’
a
'
az n e , e a ,
1 821 T h w ho l
. q u s t i o n h b n disc u ss d b y M r Andr w L ng in h is
e e e as ee e . e a
Li f of L o ck h rt I 5 f f
e a ,
”
,
2 0 .
4 M r P u l E l m r M oo r s
a ss ay o n H az li tt in Sh lb u rn E ss ay s V o l I I
e e
’
e e e
”
. .
.
,
I NT R O D U C TI O N xxxvii
1 82
5 M rs H azlitt th e s e cond inform e d he r husband that she
. .
, ,
1
did not care to go home with him S he returned to S cotland to .
live while Hazlitt and his son who had j oined th e m somewhere
, ,
” 2
F rance and I taly T hese not e s m ak e v e ry in ter e sting reading
. .
8
in I taly and S wi tz e rland H e is disappointed with R ome . .
”
T his is not the R ome I expected to see H e writes a splendid .
’ “
description of the illumination O f S t P eter s and adds : A ft e r .
’
all S t P et e r s do e s not se e m to m e the chi e f boast or most im
.
’
than the coll e ctive pride and pom p O f M ichael A ngelo s gr e at
” 1
work .H e likes the palaces of V enice I never saw palac e s .
‘
”
anywher e but at V e nice But afte r all he is glad to be back .
, ,
“
in England H owev e r d e lightful or striking the obj ects m ay
.
”
you identify yours e lf wi th them as at home .
1 \V e kn o w l mo s t n o th in g of th is w om an n t e v n h m id n n m
a ,
o e er a e a e .
H az li tt m t h in a s tag c o ac h S h di d in S c o tl nd in 86 9
e er e . e e a 1 .
had watch ed with gre at rej oicing his ris e from O bscurity into
world wid e notori e ty ; he had S e e n his idol subj e ct e d to most
-
1 “
M e dwin : I will write a L ife of N apol e on though it is y e t too ,
early ; som e have a film befor e their e yes ; some want ma gnify
in g glass e s ; none see him as he is in tru e proportion ”
F or .
thre e years Haz litt worked untiringly giving what tim e h e could ,
oft e n oppr e sse d him In the pr e fac e which at first was not
.
,
“
print e d as a pr e face H azlitt wrot e : T her e w e re two oth e r
,
when it did not inte rfere with other things an d the wish to see ,
”
than the throne he sat u pon T he first two volum e s w e re
.
the subj e ct was hat e ful to th e public and large ly b e cause Hazlitt ,
was writing b e for e time had clear e d away the rancor of party
“ ”
strif e T he L ife had no sal e and combin ed with the failur e
.
, ,
of the publish e rs m e ant a total loss of profits for all the labor
,
1 Th f ri e nd of B y r o n in h is C o n ve rs at i o n wi th L o rd B y r o n 8 4
e
“
,
”
1 2 .
I N T R O D U C TI O N xxxix
’
T he remaining years of H az litt s life w e r e without im portant
” “
incident S ince 1 8 1 8 he had gone often to T he H utt a
.
,
dreaming over the happy m e mories of the past and writin g som e
of his most delightful essays H e liked to walk across the coun .
had few fri e nds but he mu st work and with his u sual clear mind
, ,
” “ “
he wrote the last essays T he F ree A dmission an d T h e Sick ,
”
C hamb e r before the final sum mons T hrough the summer of
,
.
“ ’
fri e nd C harl e s L amb H is last words seem strang e Well I ve
,
.
, ,
”
had a happy life .
L amb the best fri end any man could e v e r have summ e d it
, ,
1 “
all u p in his l e tte r to South e y : F rom th e o th e r g e ntl e man
[ Hazlitt] I neith er exp e ct nor d e sire ( as he is w e ll assur e d )
any such conce ssions What hath sou r e d him and mad e him .
,
no such matt e r I know not I stood well with him for fifte e n
,
.
n o o a az z e, 1
g ,
.
xl S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
clouding passion inte rvenes I should b e lie my own con sci e nce ,
”
findin g or expecting to find such ano th e r com panion
, ,
.
’
som e tim e s to be sure but th e n Hazlitt 3 worth all mod e rn prose
, ,
” 1
writers put toge th e r .
and thought and dark hair which had curl e d stiffly O v e r the
, ,
R p o rt of a br k fas t t C r bb R o bins o n s J u n
1 e ea a a
’
,
e 1 9, 1 8 34 , b y N P W ill is
. . .
See L u cas Li f of Ch rl s L m b p 6 4 5
,
e a e a ,
”
. .
2 Li t r ry Re m ins p xl v i S
“
e a ls o P tmo r a ,
”
. . ee a a e,
“
Fri nds e an d Acq u ain t
anc e s, I I 3 ff
”
,
02 .
Xl i i S E L E C TI O N S FR OM H A Z LI TT
’
charming ; to notice the crowde d house or inven t it if ne c e s ,
1
lic atio n of the paper it prev e nted H un t from seeing plays ,
.
Both P erry and H azlitt saw the O pportunity for the new lin e o f
criticism and to Hazlitt was d e l e gat e d the new work
,
.
the man of busin e ss and the m an of g e nius was not long post ,
’
poned and ended by bringing to a close H az litt s connection
,
2
‘
’
c ism and how h e u sed to execrate
, the damn e d fellow s damned
th e E li zab e t h an p e ri o d of t h e R e s t o r at i o n an d of t h e ig h t
,
n th c e n tu ry ,
e ee .
F o r a sk e t c h of t h e at ric al c o ndi t i o ns of th e t i m e s I n t r o d u c t i o n t o T h e ,
ee
“
D r am at ic E ss ay s of L e ig h H u n t di t d b y Arc h e r and L o w e ,
”
e e .
2 “
Li f e of M ary Ru ss e ll M i tfo rd e di t d b y L E s t rang e S ee als o ,
”
e
’
,
H az litt s e ss ay
’
O n P at r o n ag e an d P u ffi ng W o rks V I 2 9 2
, ,
”
, , .
IN T R O D U C T I O N Xl i i i
’
stu ff for filling u p so much O f the pap e r in the v e ry h e ight of
the adv e rtis e m e n t s e ason I shall never forg e t his long face
. .
I t was the only tim e of the day that I e v e r saw i t long or sour .
him as you hire your footman and turn e d him O ff ( with as littl e ,
”
and was being painted by chose to h av e praised ,
.
’
F rom the C/zroniele H azlitt turn e d to H unt s pap e r the ,
1 8 1
7 D u ring the autumn of 1 8 1 4 H azlitt was regularly em
.
1
plays H is high r e gard for the Ti m es was afte rwards expr e ss e d
.
in his advice for any one who has an ambition to write and
to write his best in t he p e riodical pr e ss to get if he can a , , ,
During th e se y e ars Haz litt wrote misc e llaneou s essays for the
periodicals to which he was con tributing and he pr e par e d for ,
’
criticisms C haracters o f S hake spe ar s P lays
, ( 1 8 1 7
) and
”
V iew O f the English S tage T he latter volum e was
1 M mo irs I I 3
e Li t rary R m ains p l
,
”
,
10 e e ,
”
. .
3
on the acted drama in L ondon T he second edition of the .
“ ”
V iew of the English S tage included a large part of these
e ssays though many p e rson age s w e re omitted and what re
, ,
”
room Wh e n h e was twelv e years of age he had seen at
.
1 ” “
L iverpool L ove in M any Masks and a farc e N 0 Song N o
‘
, ,
”
Supp e r performed by K e mble S u ett D ignu m M iss R o m anz ini
, , , , ,
’
M ary L amb s l e tt e rs O n the fourth or sixth of July 1 8 0 6 she .
, ,
’
hom e from S adler s W e lls so dismal and dr e ary dull on F riday
e vening that I gav e th e m both a good scolding quite a setting ,
to rights and I think it has don e som e good for Charles has
, ,
”
b ee n very che e rful e v e r S ince O n the tenth of the following .
1 b ov p xxxv i
S ee a e, . .
O c t ob r w n t by H z li t t
e T h c o n t n t of
as o c h of t h s p p rs w gi v n in
a . e e ea e e a e as e
th e D c m b r iss u
e e e 3 8 e . 1 21 .
4 S b v p xiii ; M mo irs p 7 S al
ee a o e, . T h N ew S c h oo l of R
“
e ,
”
. 1 . ee so
“
e e
fo r m Y o rks V I I 7 9
,
” -
, ,
1 .
5 B fo r h b c m a cri t ic of th s t g h
e e e e d m i t t d h h ad n t b n t th e
a e e a e e a e e o ee a
th t r mo r t h n h l f a d oz n t i m s in h is li f S
ea e
“
e a a L tt r B ll Wo rks
a - -
e e
”
e . ee e e -
e ,
”
,
X I I 33 ,
2 .
I N T R O D U CT I O N XIV
1 ’
D e cember th ey sat together in the pit to see L amb s farce ,
’
Mr cond e mn e d to oblivion Knowing L amb s fondn e ss
. .
’ 2
H az litt s criticisms O f th e th e at e r are a fair guide to the
theaters plays and play e rs of his time H e wrote of D ru ry
, ,
.
’
L ane C oven t Gard e n Haymark e t L yc e um T he King s Th e a
, , , ,
” ” ”
his favorit e plays H amlet Macbeth Cym beline R ich
, , , ,
” ” “ ”
ard I I I R omeo and J uliet
,
Ev e ry man in his Humour , ,
” ” ’
School for S candal B e ggar s O pera N e w Way to pay , ,
” ’
O ld Debts bu t all o f Shakspere s dramas and a large n umb e r
,
3
Macready Booth Bannister M iss S tephen s and M rs S iddon s
, , , ,
.
,
and in all his criticism he was fair and above all discriminating , , .
”
to talk abou t ourselves H e lik e d it b e cause it was the text .
an d school O f hu manity ”
We do no t much lik e any p e rson .
“
”
or p e rsons who do no t lik e plays F urthermore he read wid e ly .
,
1 Se eG r t d Li tt l T h ings W o rks V I 3
“
On ea an e ,
”
, ,
2 2 .
a fo l l o ws O n M o d rn C om d y M r K n I go O n M ids umm r N ig h t s
“ ” “ ’ ” “ ‘ ’
s : e e , . ea s a e
,
Dr m ea O n th , B gg r s O p r
’ “
O n Ac t o rs a d Ac t in g in \V k V l I ;
e e a
’
e a,
’
n
”
o r s, o .
“
C h r c t rs of S h k p a
a a e Pl y s in V l V ; D r m t ic \V it C o n t m p o r ry
a es e rs
’
a ,
”
o . a a r e rs e a
wi th S h ksp r in V l V I ; O n P t ro n g n d P fli ng \V h th Ac t o rs ou g h t
a e e,
”
o .
“
a a e a u ,
” “
e er
to s it i n B o x s O n th D is ad v an t g s of I n t ll c t u l Su p ri o ri t y
e ,
” “
e On G r t a e e e a e ,
” “
ea
3 I o bs rv d th t of ll th w om n I h d v r s n o r kn o wn n yth in g of
“
e e a a e e a e e ee a ,
M rs S idd o ns st u ck m a th g rand s t
.
C o n v e rs at i o ns of J am s N o rt h c o te
r e s e e
”
e ,
”
\No rks V I , ,
Xl v i S E LE C T I O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
and the eightee nth century A gain he had a high conc e ption .
,
” “
and h e lik e d th e crowd of happy fac e s in the pit and the ,
’
r e ach M iss O N e ill as L ady T e azl e Mrs S iddons as L ady
, ,
.
1 r m t ic E ss y s W o rks V I I I
D a a a ,
”
, ,
I 77 .
2 B irr ll eLi f of H z li tt p 9
“
e a
”
. 10 .
, ,
I N T R O D UC TI O N l ii
R ichar d I I I He
thought S hakspere too great f or the stage !
.
strok e s of character lost to the audi e nce but the most striking , ,
and impr e ssive passages those which having once read we can ,
”
two instanc e s H e enj oy e d th e O ld plays the great actors much
.
, ,
II I . A S CR IT I C O F PA I N T I N G
1
In his relation to the art of pai nting H azlitt stood alone
among his con temporaries F rom his bir th he had been associ .
ing to writ e of the art of painting can best b e seen in his page s
of c riticism N 0 one of his con tem pora ries was his equal eith e r
.
,
ples that und e rli e the art C e rtain principles he insisted upon .
,
”
to n ature T his was first of all important T he l e sson to b e
.
, ,
.
“
O n th Pic tu r sq u an d I d al
e e V o l V I ; C o n v rs t i o ns of J m s
e e ,
”
.
“
e a a e
N o rt h c o t W o rks V o l V I in Pl in S p k r
e,
”
,
O n S i tt in g fo r O n s Pic t u r
.
“
a ea e ,
”
e
’
e,
”
“
On .
P o rt rai t of an E ngl is h L d y \Y o rks V o l V I I ; o n t h \Y o rks of
a a ,
”
,
. e
“
H o g art h \Y o rks V o l V I I I ;
,
”
T h Princip l Pic t u r G l l ri s in E ngl and
,
.
“
e a e a e e ,
”
W o rks V o l I X No t s f a J ou rn y t h r ou g h Fr nc n d I t l y Wo rks V l I X
, . e o e a e a a ,
”
,
o .
2 “
O n t h e E l g in M ar b l e s W o rk s I X 3 6 ,
”
, ,
2 .
X lV iii S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’7
and not from imagination P ictures must hav e a m eani ng th e y
.
,
” “”
P assion the l e arning of T itian
,
I t is significant that he .
“
born , I n landscap e T urner has shown a knowl e dge of the
e ffects of air and of pow e rfu l reli e f in obj e cts which was never
”
surpassed He turn ed his cont e mporaries to Hogarth H e
. .
and to go again and agai n to the coll e ction at Burl e igh House
an d to tak e L amb to O xford and to Bl e nheim T his w e nt along .
”
c iativ e ly in his spl e ndid e ssays O n t he P l e asure of P ainting ,
.
”
varnish e d smooth glitt e ring ge w gaws
,
T his joy of associa
,
-
.
'
” 1
imagination .
p xxv ii
. .
1 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
G ay to P rior H e saw P o p e s excellence without r e quiring him
.
’ ” ’ ” ’
H e lik e d Blair s Grav e Butl e r s H udibras Warton s son
, , .
’
nets S uckling s po e ms He was passionat e ly fond of Congr e v e
,
.
,
’ ’
O ssian Burk e s pros e Scott s nov e ls and th e novels of the pre
, , ,
p e ople who cannot tast e oliv e s and I cannot much relish Ben
Jonson though I hav e tak e n som e pains to do it and w e nt to
,
'
“ ”
temporaries in T he S pirit of the A ge he was uncom monly
fair and f e w of his j udgments n e e d to b e r e vis e d a hundre d
,
but wrote most int e lligently and appr e ciativ e ly of the po e try
of Wordsworth and Col e ridge the nov e ls of S cott an d the , ,
”
m e n Wordsworth was t he most original po e t now living
“
.
;
“
Col e ridge was th e only man I e v e r kn e w who answ e r e d to the
” “
idea of a man of ge nius ; S cott was t he great e st wis e st , ,
” “
m e anest of mankind ; Gifford was a low bred s e lf -
,
”
taught s e rvil e p e dant a doork ee p e r and a lacqu ey to l e arning
, ,
.
“
r e pli e d : I hav e b e en fou nd fault with for r e p e ating mys e lf ,
” 1
I might have thought l e ss S uch a characte ristic remark !
.
’ ” “
Montaigne L e Sage s Gil Blas R abelais D an t e Boccaccio
, , , , ,
”
and D o n Q uixote . Most of thes e he knew intimately
a m e ager list one has to admit but not unworthy I t is well for , .
_
By hiS criticism of M ilton s sonn e ts he expressed his aim
'
” 3
picking ou t the b e autiful passages t h at I lik e T ast e is .
”
ability to appreciate ge nius F in e tast e consists in sympathy ;
H e who finds out what th e r e is in a picture rath e r th an h e who
”
finds what ther e is n ot S O that t he ultimate and only con
e lusive proof of taste is not indi f fe rence but e nthusiasm
’
”
th e se are the keynot e s of his e ssay O n T aste Critics were .
as I tak e it r e flect the colors the light and shade the soul an d
, , ,
” “
body of a work I n the criticisms written on the model o f
.
3 O n M i l t o n s So nn e t s W o rks V I 1 74
’
,
”
, ,
.
lii S E LE C T I O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
with the thr e ad bare rules of composition not in the least how
-
” 1 “
it affects the principl e s of taste Why trouble P op e or .
any other author for what th ey have not and do not profess
”
to give ? A ll sound and true A ccording to Haz litt his friend .
,
“
Joseph F awc e tt was an id e al critic H e had a masterly per
c e pt io n O f all styl e s and of ev e ry kind and every degre e of
’
old or n ew in prose or in verse
,
What he wan t e d he said , ,
‘ “
was som e thing to make him He gave a cordial
”
w e lcom e to all sorts provid e d th e y w e r e th e best in their kind
,
.
man l e aves b e hind him any work which is a mod e l of its kind ,
,
w
mony as in the motion of a av e of the se a in the growth of ,
1 ri t icis m Wo rks V I 7
() n C ,
”
, ,
2 1 .
O n G ni u s n d C ommo n S ns W o rk s V I p
” '
3
2 “
e a e e, , , 3 1 . See .
35 .
I N T R O D U CT I O N liii
”
P oet ry is the stuff of which our life is mad e Cole ridge how .
,
”
P oetry must embody in order to reveal itself and unlike
, ,
work and make i t exercis e its influen ce on the thought and liv e s
of m en I n his e ssay on Go ethe h e wrot e
. T o d e termine ! ,
“
aim r e ally was and how far this aim accord e d not with u s and
, ,
th e y stand writt e n not in our text books but in the hearts and
,
-
imaginations Of all m e n ”
.
author who saw for the first time the possibility of a large and
sympathetic reading public and finally he sharpened the critical
faculties of his readers an d introduc e d a ne w enthusiasm into
reading and talkin g abou t books H is j udgments have form ed .
of Critics O f his time and after he was gone ther e were m any
,
’ ” 1
ou t a melancholy sense of loss in H az litt s absence and silence .
one o f the keenest an d brightest cri tics that ever liv e d With .
”
the opinions of this accomplished critic .
V . AS P ER S O N A L E S SA Y I S T
T o m any read e rs Hazlitt is most int e resting as writer of a
1 rr
M art in u H is to ry of E ngl nd d u rin g th T h irty Y rs P c
H a ie t ea ,
“
a e ea
’
ea e,
”
B oo k I V c h p xi v
,
a . .
2 A r v i w of th
e S piri t of th A g i th JlI i g C/ i l 84 5
e e
“
e e
”
n e -
o rn n zron e e , 1 .
I N T R O D U C TI O N lv
”
“
A F arew e ll to Essay Writing T he F e eling o f I mmortality
-
,
” ”
in Y outh O n the P leasure of P ainting
,
O n R eading O ld ,
” “ ”
Books or O f P ersons O ne would Wish to have S e en
,
It .
” 1
lik e H azlitt .
” “ ”
P leas e , O n the Knowl e dge of C haract e r O n the F ear of ,
Death ”
O n the P ast and F utur e
”
—
O n L iving to O ne s S e lf
” ’
, , ,
” ” “
O n Effe minacy of Charact e r O n Conduct of L ife T he , ,
” ” “
S pirit of O bligation O n A ntiquity O n Gr e at and L ittle
, ,
” ” ”
T hings O n P e rsonal Id e ntity
,
S e lf L ove and Benevol e nc e ,
-
,
” ”
M ain C hance O n a S un Dial , O n the F e eling of I m m o r -
,
” ” “
Idea , O n th e P leasur e s of H ating O n V ulgarity and ,
” ”
A f fectation O n t he Disadvantag e s of I ntellectual S up e riority
, ,
” ” “
O n C onsistency of O pinion O n Disagr e e able P eopl e , ,
” ”
L ondoners and Country P e ople O n Editors and O n the , ,
”
Shyness of S cholars ; a f e w t h at are entertaining for V iews
”
O n T ast e
” “ “
on writing and criticism O n Criticism On , , ,
” ” “
F amiliar S tyl e O n the A ristocracy of L e tt e rs
, T he Pie ,
” ” “
t u re sq u e and the Ideal O n th e J udging of P ictures On
, ,
”
A pplication to S tudy ; a grou p perhaps t he most d e lightful , ,
” ” “
A cquaintanc e w ith P o e ts O n t h e Conv e rsation of A uthors , ,
”
O f P e rsons O ne would Wish to have S e e n
“
O n the P l e asur e ,
1A f w of S t v n s o n s t i t l s s u gg s t cl o s r b o nd of s y m p thy b t w n th e
e e e
’
e e a e a e ee
t w s n t i m n t lis t s t h n w u s u ll y s u sp c t ; fo r x m pl O n \V lking T ou rs “ ”
o e e a a e a e e a e, a ,
“
T lks nd T lk rs
a a C r bb d A g
a e n d Y ou th
,
” “
A n Ap o l o g y fo r I d l rs
a e e a ,
” “
e ,
”
” ” “ ’
of P ainting T he Fr ee A dmission
,
S itting for O ne s P ic ,
” “ ” ” ” “
tur e ,
The S ick Chamber T he L e tter Bell T he F ight
, , .
”
good and ill tog e th e r What he liked w e re the things of good
.
” 1
almost unconscious .
1 C T . . W inc h e s te r ,
“
A G r ou p of E n g lis h E ss y is ts p a ,
”
. 67 .
lv i i i S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
”
Now th e re wer e purple patches again his style b e came chaste ,
”
a parc e l of big words without anything in them N 0 one was .
any that had not b een em ployed by any approv e d author during
” 1
the whole of that p e riod Unlik e C arlyl e he coin e d no German
.
how the pure English word can b e weld e d into an e f fectiv e tool
H azlitt was fond of the apt phrase and onc e it was conc e ived ,
’ ’
. tea H unt s is like champagn e and N o rthc o te s l ike anchovy
.
1 o n F am il i ar S ty l e
u
P 59 ,
”
1
I N T R O D UC TI O N Iix
’ ’
sandwiches Haydon s is lik e a game of trapball L amb s like
, ,
”
n in e pins H is page s sparkle with a thousand thin gs that we
.
'
’ ’
wer e not whimsical like L amb s or colloquial like H unt s or , ,
’
suggestive of mys te ry like D e Q uincey s but he never allow e d ,
i n pairs ; for example cant and hypocrisy past and futur e wit
, , ,
’
patronage and pu ffi ng writing and speaking an d so on a o i a
, ,
and Cowper A ddison and S teele Gray and Collins D ryden and
, , ,
’
T he model of H az litt
style was Burk e the herald of nine
s ,
’
style S imple pointe d and epigrammatic S in ce Swift Burke s
, ,
.
,
’
was the b e st prose s tyl e H az litt s the best e ssay sty le T he
, .
m et ry of M acaulay .
’
I n t he s e con d half of t he c e n tury N e wman s writing bor e ample
testimony to the romantic mood of which it was so evid e nt
H azlitt was a conte mporary e xpon e nt H ow e v e r if to any one .
,
V II T II E M A N
. H A Z L I TT
’
H az litt writings w e r e a distinct re fl e ction of his O pinions
s ,
”
thing h e would giv e u p A s a boy at H ackney he tri e d to
.
’
fear of the future Every phase of ethics and politics in H az litt s
.
1
Even L amb in his note of congratulation on the birth of the
,
young William Hazlitt hoped that the new child would have a ,
2
of cant an d hypocrisy not becaus e h e was driven by a moral ,
and stood u p for them Men tal courage is the only courage I
.
1 See b ov p xxv
a e, . .
2 “
O n C n t an d H y p o cris y
a ,
” “
O n De t ph an d S u pe rfi c iality ,
” “
I g n o r nc
a e
of th e L arn e d t
e ,
”
e c .
Ix i i SE LE CT I O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
1
mies and few fri e nds A nd i t must be admitted th at he never
conc e al e d anything The virulent Gi f ford or the sneering B la nt .
’
w ooa r e viewer were possessed of all th e facts and nothing has ,
acce pt e d criticism Born of diss e nting par e nts he car ried on.
,
2
the Whigs because th e y had not the courage of their convi e
3
tions and the T ories b e caus e th ey w e r e the foes of popular
,
8 4
lib e rty H e hated all royalty and had littl e faith in the peopl e
.
, .
” 5
T h e public have neith e r sham e nor gratitude By t e mp e r a .
6
in the presenc e of women H e always felt that p e opl e were .
-
’
of N o rthc o te s r e marks he s ays : What you hav e stated is the
b e st excuse I could mak e for my own faults or blund e rs When .
’
one is found fault wi th for nothing or for doing one s best one , ,
1 “
p nd S p fi iality W o rks V I I 34 7
O n D e th a u er c ,
”
, ,
.
2 P o l i t ic al E ss ay s Wo rks 1 1 1 pr f c pp 3 f
“
,
”
, ,
e a e, . 1 .
3 O n Gr t n d Li t t l e T h in g s
“
ea aWo rks V I 7 6 ,
”
, ,
2 .
4 O n Li v in g t O n s S l f
“
H z li tt w h o b o ldl y s ay s all h f ls avo ws
o e
’ -
e .
” “
a ,
e ee ,
t h at n t o n ly h d o s n t pi ty sick p o pl b t h h at s t h m L amb s l tt e r ” ’
o e e o S e e u e e e . ee e
to B B rto n April 8 4
. a , ,
1 2 .
6 L m b s l e tte r t o W o rdsw o r th J u n
a
’
6 1 8 6 ; r e f e r e nc s in C r abb R ob in e 0 e
, ,
s o n s D i ary
’
.
I N TR O D U CT I O N lxiii
an d to f u rn ish them with some ground for their idle and malev
” 1
ol e n t censure s .
’
T h e r e is nothing v e ry admirable in H az litt s r e lation to his
friends 111 humor may be made the excus e of many of his
.
s tood him better and thanks to the nobility O f his charact e r and
,
his capacity for friendship appr e ciate d the st e rling worth of the ,
2
m an an d nev e r forsook him H azlitt af te r a congenial acquaint .
,
meats serv e d up too ofte n that lose their r e lish and whol e som e ,
” 3
n e ss
. With almost all the m e n worth knowing in L ondon
during the y e ars 1 8 0 5 —1 8 1 0 H azlitt had be e n on t e rms of in
tim ac y bu t no one exc e pt Charles L amb remained to him in
,
man had his fine side What he lik e d he lik e d with j oyful e nthu
.
which he records the first time that he read a book or saw a pic
ture or a gre at actor H e thrilled with j oy in r e calling his first
.
’ ” ”
reading of R ouss e au s N ew H e loise of P aul an d V irginia ,
” ’
at an inn in Bridge water or in T e wksbury T om Jones Burk e s , ,
” ” ” “
L etter to a N obl e L ord Gil Blas Don Q uixot e and a, , ,
1 o n ve rs at i o ns ” W o rks V I 2 70
N o rth c o te ’s C , , ,
.
2 “
S piri t of O blig at i o ns ” Wo rks V I I 7 8 ff
, , ,
.
3 “
O n Li v in g to O n e s S e l f
’ ”
-
p 1 34,
. .
lxiv S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
star se t over a poor man s cottage with O th e r thoughts and f e el
” 1
ings than I shall ev e r have again O n another day I remem .
’
floor a Co py o f Gainsborough s S h e pherd Bo y with a thund e r
storm coming on What a truth and b e auty was there ! H e .
timidity and r e signa tion eying a magpie chatt e ring over his head , ,
” 2
S ince T he d e scri ption of his first me e ting wi t h Col e ridg e and
.
”
ful essay of person al reminiscence in the English lan guage .
3
L ik e L amb he loved th e past L ik e him too he loved old books .
, ,
to lift that are as solid as they are heavy and if dull are full of
, ,
“ ”
T h e re are only thr e e pleasur e s in lif e h e writ e s pure and , ,
” 5 “
and the face of natur e F ood warmth sl ee p and a book ; .
, , ,
1 Pl as u r of P in t ing p 9
O n th e e e a ,
”
. 2 .
2 C o n v rs t i o ns of N o r t h c o t
e Wo rks V o l V I
a e,
”
,
. .
3 O f h is b s t ss y s b rs t h t i t l
ne o O n t h P s t nd F u t u r e
e e a \Y o rks ea e e
“
e a a ,
”
,
VI ,
2 1 als o th N w S c h oo l of R fo r m
se e Wo rks V I I 79 ff
e e e ,
”
, ,
1 .
N w B oo ks
e 5 Pic t u r G l l ri s in E ngl and W o rks V o l I X
.
” “
e a e e ,
”
,
. .
l xv i S E L E CT I O N S F R O M H A Z LI TT
VIII . S E L EC T ED B I B L I O G RA P H Y
A . WO RK S
E s say o n t h e P ri n c i p l e s o f H u m a n A c t i o n w i th R e m ark s o n th e
S y s t e m o f H ar t l e y an d H e l v e t i u s 1 8 0 5 . .
F r e e T h o ugh t s o n P ub l i c A ff ai r s 1 8 06 . .
A b ri d gm e n t of A b r ah am T u c k e r s L i gh t o f N at u r e 1 8 0 7 ” ’
. .
E l o q u e n c e o f th e B ri t i s h S e nat e ( P a rl i am e n t ar y S p e e c h e s an d N o t e s ) .
1 807 .
R e p l y t o M al th u s 1 8 07 . .
A N e w an d I m p r ov e d G r am m a r o f t h e E n g l i s h T o n gu e e t c 1 8 1 0 , . .
M e m o i r o f T h o m as H o l c r o ft w ri tt e n by h i m se lf e t c c o n t i n u e d by
, , .
,
H az l i t t 1 8 1 6 . .
T h e R o u n d T ab l e ( fr o m t h e E xa m i n ) 1 8 1 7 er . .
C h ar ac t e rs o f S h ak e s p e a s P l ay s 1 8 1 7 1 8 1 8
’
r .
,
.
A R e v i e w o f th e E n g l is h S tag e ; o r a S e ri e s o f D r am at i c C ri t i c i s m s , .
Le c tu r e s o n th e E n g l i s h P o e ts 1 8 1 8 I 8 1 9 .
, .
/ L e c t u r e s o n th e E n g l is h C o m i c W ri t e r s 1 8 1 9 . .
L e tt e r t o W i l l i am G i ff o r d 1 8 1 9 . .
P o l i t i c al E ss ays w i t h S k e t c h e s o f P ub l i c C h ar ac t e r s 1 8 1 9 1 8 2 2
, .
, .
L e c t u r e s o n th e D r am at i c L i t e r at u r e o f t h e R e i g n o f Q u e e n E li z ab e t h .
1 8 20 .
T ab l e T al k ; o r , O ri g i n al E s s ay s on M en an d M an n e rs . 1 8 2 1 —1 8 2 2 ,
1 8 24 .
L i b e r A m o ris ; o r T h e N e w P ygm al i o n 1 8 2 3
,
. .
S k e t c h e s o f t h e P ri n c i p a l P i c t u r e G a l l e ri e s i n E n g l a n d w i t h a C rit i ,
c is m o n M arri ag e 51 la M o d e ( i n p a rt fr o m L n d n 1 8 24 o o .
C h ar ac t e ri s t i c s i n th e M an n e r o f R o c h e f o u c au l d s M ax i m s 1 8 2 3
’
,
.
,
1 8 37 .
T he S p i ri t o f t h e A ge ; o r C o n t e m p o r ar y P o r t r ai ts 1 8 2 5
,
. .
T h e P l ai n S p ak e r ; o r O p i n i o n s o n B o ok s M e n an d T h i n g s 1 8 2 6
e , , ,
. .
N o t e s o f a J o u rn e y t h r o u gh F r an c e an d It al y ( fr o m [ M n i ng C/ n or z ro
i ele ) . 1 826 .
B o sw e l l R e d i v i v u s 1 8 2 7 . .
T h e L i fe o f N a p o l e o n B u o n a p ar t e V o l s I , . an d II . 1 8 28 . V o l s III .
an d IV 1 8 30 . .
C o n v e rs at i o n s o f J a m e s N o r t h c o t e , Esq , R A . . 1 8 30 .
I N T R O D U C TI O N l x vi i
P O S T H UM O US P UB L I C AT I O N S
Cri t i c is m s o n A r t e tc 1 8 4 3 1 8 44 ,
.
,
.
L i t e r a r y R e m ai n s e t c 1 8 3 6 , . .
S k e t c h e s an d E ssay s n o w fi rs t c o l l e c t e d 1 8 39 ,
. . R e p u b l is h e d as
“
M e n a nd M a n n e r s 18 2
5 .
”
.
B . ED I T I O N S
G l o v e r i n 1 2 v o l u m e s and 1 v o l u m e c o n t ai n i n g i n d e x 1 9 0 2 —1 9 06 . .
S e v e r al v o l u m e s h av e b e e n p ub l i s h e d i n t h e B o h n L i b r ar y t h e \V o rl d ,
C l ass i c s ( 5 an d r e c e n t l y i n t h e Ev e ry m a n L i b r ary ( 4 v o l s ) an d .
t h e T e m pl e C l ass i c s .
S m al l v o l u m e s o f se l e c t i o n s h av e b e e n e d i t e d by E C arr ( C am e l o t .
C l as s i c s ) R B Johnson .
J P B ri s c o e
. H Pau l . . .
C o n v e r s at i o n s o f J am e s N o r t h c o t e e d i t e d w i t h i n t r o d u c t o r y e ss ay o n ,
H az l i tt as art c ri t i c by E d m u n d G o s s e I 8 9 4 . .
D r am at i c E ss ay s w i t h i n t r o d u c t io n an d no t e s ( e d i t e d by \V A rc h e r
,
.
an d R W L o w e
. . .
C . B I O G RA P H Y
L i te r ar y R e m ai n s o f t h e L at e W i l l i a m H az l i tt w i t h a N o t i c e o f h is ,
L if e by h is S o n an d T h o ugh ts o n h i s G e n i u s and W ri t i n g s by E L
, . .
B u lw e r Esq M P an d M r S e rj e a n t T alf o u rd 2 v o l s I 8 3 6
, .
, . .
, . . . .
M e m o i rs o f W i l l i am H az l i tt W i l l i am C ar e w H az l i tt 2 v o l s 1 86 7 . . . .
L is t o f t h e W r i t i n g s o f W i l l i am H az l i tt an d L e i gh H u n t c h ro n o lo g ,
i c ally a rr an g e d an d w i t h n o t e s by A l e x a n d e r I r e l an d 1 8 6 8 , . .
W i l l i am H az l i tt E ss ay i s t an d C ri t i c W i t h M e m o i r by A l e x an d e r
, .
I r e l and 1 8 89 T h i s v o l u m e c o n t ai n s se l e c t i o n s
. . .
J o u rn al o f M y T ri p t o S c o t l an d e d i t e d by Ric h a r d L e G allie nn e 1 8 9 3 , . .
F o u r G e n e r ati o n s o f a L i t e r ar y F am i l y t h e H az litt s in E n g l an d , ,
W i l l i am C ar e w H az l i tt 2 v o l s 1 8 9 7 . . .
L amb an d H az l i tt L e tt e r s and R e c o r d s W i l l i am C ar e w H az l i tt
, . .
1 8 99 .
W i l l i am H az l i tt Au gu s t i n e B i rr e l l E n g l i s h
.
, Men o f L e tt e r s Se ri e s .
1 9 02 .
l x vi i i S E L E C TI O N S FR OM HAZ LI TT
L i ste c h r o n o l og i q u e de s ( Eu v re s de W i l l i am H az l i tt J u l e s D o u ady . .
P ar i s 1 9 06 , .
T h e M an u s c r i p t o f t h e D i ary o f H e n ry C r ab b R ob i n s o n i n th e D r .
W i l l i am s L i b r ar y L o n d o n , .
D . T H E M O RE I M P O RT A N T C O N T E M P O RA R Y C R I T I C SM I
I N M A G A ZI N E S
A ugu s t 1 8 1 7 p 4 7 2 ; N ov e mb e r 1 8 2 0 p 4 38
Edi n b u rg/z Rev i ew , , , .
, , . .
M n t/ 1y Rev i ew V o l X C I I p 53 ; V o l X C I I I p 59 ; i b i d p 2 50 ;
o 2 , .
,
. .
, . .
, .
V o l C I p 5 5 ; V o l C VII p I
.
, V o l C X p 1 1 3 ; V o l C X X III p 2 7 5
. .
,
. .
, . .
, . .
E l ew a F e b r u ar y 1 8 1 8 p 55 6 ; M arc h 1 8 1 8 p 6 7 9 ; A p ri l 1 8 1 8
’
ae oo , , , .
, , .
, ,
p 7 1 ; J u n e 1 8 1 8 p 30 3 ; A ugu st 1 8 1 8 p 5 5 3 ; J u l y 1 8 2 2 ; A ugu s t
.
, , .
, , .
, ,
1 8 2 2 p 1 5 7 ; J u l y 1 8 2 4 ; M a rc h 1 8 2 5
, .
, , .
Q a rt ly R i w V o l X V I I p 1 5 4 ; V o l X VI I I p 4 58 ; V o l X X I I
u er ev e ,
.
, . .
, . .
,
p 1 5 8 ; V o l X X V I p 1 03 ; V o l X X I X p 4 2 4
. .
, . .
, . .
L n d n M aga i n
o F e b r u ar y 1 8 2 0 p 1 8 5 ; A pril 1 8 2 1 p 4 3 1 M ay
o z e, , , .
, ,
.
,
1 8 2 1 p 54 5 ; J u n e 1 8 2 3 p 6 89 ; J u n e 1 8 2 5 p 1 8 2
, .
, , .
, , . .
E . M I S C E LL A N E O U S C RI TI C I S M .
D AN A, R H . . Poe ms
P r o s e W ri t i n g s P h i l ad e l p h i a 1 8 8 3 an d .
, .
D E Q U I N C EY T H O M A S W o r k s V an d V I ( e d i t e d by M ass o n )
, .
, .
D i c t i o n ar y o f N at i o n al B i og r ap hy ( a r t i c l e by L e sl i e S t e p h e n ) .
E LT O N O L I V ER A S u r v e y o f E n g l i s h L i t e r at u r e ( 1 7 8 0
,
. 191 2 .
E n c y c lo p aadia B ri t an n i c a V o l X I I I ,
. .
G I L C H R I ST M RS A N N A M ar y L amb 1 88 3 ,
. . . .
G I L F I LL AN G EO RG E G al l e ry o f L i t e r ar y P o r t r ai t s ( Ev e r ym an
, .
E d i ti o n ) .
H AY D O N B R C o rr e s p o n d e n c e an d T ab l e T al k 2 v o l s I 8 7 O
, . . . . .
H ERF O R D C H T h e A ge o f W o r d sw o r t h I 8 99
, . . . .
H UN T L EI G H A u t ob i og r ap hy 3 v o l s 1 8 50
, . . . .
H U N T L E I G H T h e D r am at i c E s s ay s o f ( e d i t e d by A rc h e r an d L o w e )
, . .
K EAT S J O H N L e tte rs ( e d i t e d by H B u x t o n F o r m an ) L o n d o n 1 8 9 5
, . .
, . .
L A N G A N D RE W L if e o f J o h n G i b s o n L o c k h ar t 2 v o l s 1 8 9 7
,
. . . .
L U C A S E V T h e L i f e o f C h a rl e s L amb
,
. Fift h e d i t i o n 1 9 1 0
. . . .
M A RT I N EA U H A RR I ET H is t o r y o f E n g l an d d u ri n g t h e T h i r t y Y e a r s
’
, .
P e ac e .
M I T F O R D M A RY R U SS E L L L if e and L e tte rs ( e d i te d b y A G
,
. . .
L E strange ) 3 v o l s
’
1 8 70 . . .
I N TR O D U C T I O N lxix
M O O RE, P A U L E L M ER T h e S h e l b u rn e E ssay s S e c o n d se ri e s 1 9 0 5
. . . .
P AT M O RE P G M y F ri e n d s an d A c q u ai n tan c e s
, . . .
P RO CT ER B RYA N WA L L E R ( B arr y C o rn w al l ) A n A u t ob i og r ap h ic al
, .
F r agm e n t and B i og r ap h i c a l N o t e s ( e d i te d by C ov e n t r y P at m o r e ) .
B o st o n 1 8 7 7
,
.
S A I N T S B U RY G EO R G E E E ssay s o n E n g l is h L i t e r at u r e ( 1 7 8 0
, .
1 89 1 .
E H i s t o r y o f C ri t i c i s m 3 v o l s 1 9 00—1 9 04
S A I N T S B U RY, G EO R G E . . . .
S T E P H EN L ES L I E H o u r s i n a L i b r ar y V o l II
, . 1 8 7 4 —1 8 7 9 . . . .
S T EV EN SO N R O B ERT L O U I S
, L e tt e r s ( e d i te d b y S i d n e y C o l v i n )
. .
191 1 .
S T O D D A RD , R . H . P e r s o n al R e c o l l e c t i o n s of L amb , H az l i tt , an d
O t h e rs .
W H I PPL E E P E s s ay s and R e v i e w s 2 v o l s 1 8 5 6
, . . . . .
W I LL I A M S O RL O L ife an d L e tt e r s o f J o h n Ri c k m an 1 9 1 2
, . . .
W I N C H E ST E R C T A G r o u p o f E n g l i s h E s say i s t s N e w
, . . . Y o r k,
1910 .
W O R D S W O RT H . L e tt e r s ( e d i te d by W i l l i am K n i gh t ) . 1 9 07 .
S EL EC T IO N S F RO M H A Z L IT T
H A M L ET
“
the advice to the players who thought
,
this goodly frame the ,
’
earth a st e ril promon to ry and this brave o e r hanging fi rm a
, ,
-
’ “ 3
foul and p e stilent congregation of vapours ; whom man
”
d e lighted no t nor woman n e ith e r ;
,
h e who talk e d with the
’
grave diggers and moralised on Y orick s skull ; the school fe llow
-
,
-
’
reader s mind I t is we who are H amlet T his play has a pro
. .
”
o ffi c e or the spurns which pati e nt merit of the unworthy tak e s ;
,
his heart like a malady who has had his hopes blighted and his
,
’
we can I t is th e one of Shake spe ar s plays t h at we thi nk o f
.
human lif e and b e cau s e the distr e ss e s of H aml e t are transfe rred
, ,
’
0 by the turn of his mind to the gen e ral accoun t of humanity
,
.
H k n e e l s an d p r ays
e ,
A n d n o w I 11 d o t and s o h e g o e s t o h e av e n
’ ’
, ,
A n d s o am I re v e n g d : i /z a i w o u ld b e sea n n a
’ ’ ’
.
H e k ill d m y f at h e r an d f o r t h at
’
, ,
I h i s s o l e s o n s e n d h i m t o h e av e n
, , .
W h y t h i s i s r e w ar d n o t r e v e n g e , .
IO Up s w o r d and k n o w t h o u a m o r e h o rri d t i m e ,
W h e n h e i s d r u n k asl e e p o r i n a r ag e
,
”
, .
’
play to hav e sur e r proof of his uncl e s guilt and th e n r e sts sat ,
isfi e d with this confirm ation of his suspicions and the success ,
20 himself out of i t .
H ow all o c c asi o n s do i nf o r m ag ai n s t m e ,
A n d s p u r m y d u l l r e v e n g e ! W h at i s a m an ,
I f h i s c h i e f go o d and m ar k e t o f h is t i m e
B e b u t t o s l e e p an d f e e d ? A b e as t ; n o m o r e .
S u r e h e t h at m ad e u s w i t h s u c h l ar g e d i s c o u r se ,
L Oo k in g b e f o r e an d aft e r g av e u s n o t ,
T h at c a p ab i l i t y an d go d l i k e r e as o n -
T o r u st i n u s u n u s d n o w w h e t h e r i t b e
’
B e s t i al ob l i v i o n o r s o m e c r av e n s c r u p l e
,
O f th i n k i n g t o o p r e c i s e l y o n th e v e n t
’
3O ,
A t h o ugh t w h i c h qu art e r d h at h b u t o n e p ar t w i s d o m
’
, ,
A n d e v e r t h r e e p a r t s c o wa r d — I d o n o t k n o w
W hy y e t I l iv e to s ay t h i s t h in g s t o do ;,
’
S i t h I h av e c au s e an d w i l l and st r e n g t h an d m e an s
, , ,
35 T o d o i t E x am p l e s g r o s s as e art h e x c i te m e :
.
Wi t n e s s t h i s ar my o f s u c h m as s an d c h ar g e ,
L e d by a d e l i c at e an d t e n d e r p ri n c e ,
W h o s e s p i ri t w i t h d i v i n e amb i t i o n p u ff d ’
,
H AM LET 5
M ak e s m o u t h s at t h e i n v i s i b l e e v e n t ,
E x p o s i n g w h at i s m o r t al an d u n s u r e
T o all t h at f o r t u n e d e at h and d an g e r d ar e
, , ,
Ev e n f o r an e gg— sh e l l T i s n o t t o b e g r e at
.
’
,
N e v e r to st i r w i t h o u t g r e at a r gu m e n t ;
B u t g r e at l y t o fi nd q u arr e l i n a st r a w ,
W h e n h o n o u r s at th e stak e H o w stan d I t h e n
’
.
,
E x c i t e m e n t s o f m y r e as o n an d m y b l o o d ,
A n d le t all s l e e p w h i l e t o m y s h am e I se e
,
T h e i m m i n e n t d e at h o f t w e n t y t h o u s an d m e n ,
G o t o t h e i r g r av e s l i k e b e ds fi gh t f o r a p l o t
,
W h e r e o n t h e n u m b e r s c an n o t t ry th e c au s e ,
W h i c h is n o t t o m b e n o ugh and c o n t i n e n t
T o h i d e t h e s l ai n 0 fr o m t h i s t i m e f o r t h
, ,
M y t h o ugh ts b e b l o o d y o r b e n o t h i n g w o r t h .
”
not to act : and any vague pre tence th at fl atters this prop e nsity 2
the common rules of life as well as his own purpos e s sit loose
, ,
of his own thoughts and is too much taken up with the airy
,
of action are u nhi nge d and out of j oint with the t im e H is con .
’
d e licacy from carrying on a regular courtship Wh e n his father s .
”
S pirit was in arms it was not a t im e for the son to make love in
,
.
plaining the cause of his ali e nation which he durst hardly trust ,
’O
duct do e s not contradict what he says wh e n he s e es her fun e ral ,
I l o v e d O p h e l i a : f o r t y t h o u san d b r o t h e rs
C o u l d n o t w i t h all t h e i r q u a n t i ty o f l ov e
M ak e u p my su m ”
.
’
N othing can b e mor e a f fe cting or beautiful t h an the Q u ee n s
25 apostroph e to O phelia on throwing the flowers i nto the grave .
S w e e ts t o w e e t f ar e w e l l
th e s ,
.
I h o p d t h o u s h o u l d st h av e b e e n my H am l e t s w if e
’ ’ ’
:
I t h o u gh t t hy b ri d e b e d t o h av e de c k d s w e e t m ai d
-
’
, ,
A nd n o t h av e st re w d t h y g r av e
’ ”
.
criminal i n som e resp e cts not without s e nsibility and a ffe ction
,
.
,
H A M LET 7
flower too soon fad e d ! H e r lov e her madn e ss her d e ath are , , ,
1
old romantic ballads H er brother L aertes is a charact e r we .
, ,
do not lik e so well : he is too hot and chol e ric and somewhat ,
’
advice to the King and Q u e en on the subj e ct of H amlet s
m adn e ss v e ry ridiculous But he giv e s the one as a fath e r .
,
1
5
and is sincere in it ; h e gives the oth e r as a m e r e courti e r a ,
’
We do not like to se e our author s plays acted and l e ast of ,
1I n th e acc ou n t of h d th f ri nd h p o in t d t an ins t nc of
er ea ,
a e as e ou a e the
p o et s xac t o bs rv t i o n of n t u r
’
e e a a e
Th r is will ow growing “
brook
e e a
’
o er a ,
Th t sh ows it h o ry l v s i th gl ssy st r m
a s a ea e
’ ’
a ea .
”
T h insid of t h l v s of t h will o w n xt t h w t r is of
e e e ea e w h i t is h c o l ou r
e ,
e e a e ,
a ,
an d
th r fl c t i o n w ou ld t h r fo r b
e e e ho ry e e e e
“
a .
”
8 S E LE C T I O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’
Mr K oan s Haml e t is as much too splen e tic and rash as M r
. .
’
K e m b le s is too deliberate and formal His mann e r is too strong .
'
and only i lz inés a lo a a T her e should th e refore b e no att e mpt to
.
20 misanthrop e s .
The p r o pe r st u d y o f m an k i n d i s m an .
”
sci e nce or profe ssion falls und e r th e cogniz ance of the w rit e r
, ,
”
and comes home to the bu siness and bosoms O f men Qu ie .
q nizi aga n t no m i nes nosi ri f a rrago liéelli i s the gen e ral motto of
,
nor launch into the world of spiri tual e xistences ; but it makes
familiar with the world of m e n an d women records their actions , ,
to nature and sh e ws the very age and body of the tim e its
,
”
form and pr e ssur e ; tak e s m inutes of our dr e ss air look s , , ,
act and practic part of life i s thus mad e the mistr e ss of our
”
th e orique I t is th e best and m o s t natural course of study I t
. .
J
[
9
IO S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
”
is of a mingl e d yarn good and ill tog e ther ,
I t inquires what .
follows it into courts and camps into town and country into , ,
‘
5 ind e ed should it do so oth e rwise ?
,
Q u i d s i t p u lc h ru m q u i d t u rp e q u i d u t i l e q u i d n o n
“
, , , ,
P le n iu s e t m e l i u s C h ry s i pp o e t C ran t o re d i c i t ”
.
’
to rians and that s better : or i f th e y are both th e y found th e one
, ,
Montaign e was the first p e rson who in his Ess ays le d the way
to this kind of writing among the moderns Th e gr e at m e ri t of .
H e does not conv e rse with u s like a pedagogue with his pupil ,
his triumph over them He has left little for his successors to .
’
found in M on taigne s Essays : t h e r e is the ge rm at l e ast and , ,
’
O rubbish e ven where others have reaped the fruit or cultivat e d
, ,
r
l
”
a ix era ni
'
T here h as b ee n no ne w impulse giv en to though t
‘
’
5 since his tim e A mo ng the specimens of cri ticisms on authors
.
which may b e reckon e d among the few cri ticisms which are
1
O worth r e ading at any age .
1 in st nc of h is g n ral p o w r of r s o n ing I s h ll gi v h is c h p t r
As an a e e e e ea ,
a e a e
en t i tl d O n M e P fit i e i/ L
an s in w h ic h h ha n rl y an ticip t d
’
ro s an o
’
ze r s os s , e s ea a e
D m d e th Ath ni n c o nd m n d
a es , e f ll ow ci ti z n wh o fu rnish d t fun r ls
e a , e e a e -
e , e ou e a ,
“
c lare d it to be the book in the world he was the b e s t pleased
”
with T his mode o f familiar Essay writing fr e e from the tram
.
-
,
’ ’
on the contrary who aim e d at the s am e easy aegage mode of , ,
IO
the transition was not di f ficult from Montaigne and his imitators
is by th t ru l li bl t b co nd m n d T h t r d sm n th ri v s b y th d b uch ry f
a e a e o e e e . e a e a e e e a e o
youth d th f rm r b y th d rn ss of co rn ; th rc h i t c t b y t h ru in of b u ildings
, an e a e e ea e e a e e ,
t h offi c rs of j u s t ic b y q u rr ls
e e d l w su i ts ; e y v n th h o n ou r d func tio n of
a e an a -
na , e e e an
country ; d so of th r st And wh t is y t wo rs l t v ry
an e e b t x m in h is own
.
, a e e, e e e o ne u e a e
“
N a m q n o deu n q ne s m s m u ta tn m fi n ifin s e x i t ,
’
Fo r wh t from it own c on fin s
a s e n
’
c a g d
h do th p ss a ,
Is s tr igh t th d t h of wh t b fo r
a e ea a e e it was .
”
Vo l I .
, C h p xxi
a . .
I 4 S E LE C T I O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
c e alin
g their own name an d person und e r the title of the T atler ,
S pectator ,
t h e y w e r e enabled to inform us more fully of
what was passing in th e world whil e the dramatic con trast and
,
“ ’ ’ ”
mast e r of the perfect spy 0 th time and from his various ,
.
,
“
himself) ofte n grows romantic in recounting the disastrou s
strokes which his youth suffe r e d from the glanc e s of th e ir bright
e y e s and th e ir unaccountabl e caprices
,
I n particular he dw e lls .
,
”
b e tr e ated in this m anner ! T he club at the T rum p e t consists
of a set of p e rsons almost as well worth knowing as himself T he . I t
cavalcad e of the j u stice of the peac e the knight of the shire the , ,
count ry squire and the young ge ntl e man his nephew who cam e
, , ,
’
iti e s and from Wills or th e T e mple with the po e ts and players , ,
1 No . 12
5 .
16 S E LE C T I O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’
as th ey pass by M r L illy s shop windows in the S trand ; we
.
-
the pr e s e nt moment .
“
say n e arly an e qual quantity of sterling wit and s e ns e
,
T he .
T h e y are more lik e the r e marks which occu r in sen sibl e con
v e rsation and l e ss lik e a l e ctur e S omething i s l e ft to the
,
.
ON TH E P E R I O D I CA L E S S A Y I S T S I 7
’
W ishin g to depreciate A ddison s talen ts but I am anxiou s to do ,
’
his having his own lik eness turn e d into the S arac e n s head
to his gentl e reproof of the baggage of a gipsy that t e lls him 3O
“
he has a widow in his line O f life to his doubts as to the
exist e nc e of witchcraft and prot e ction of r e p u te d witch e s
,
to
his account O f the family pictur e s an d his choice of a chaplain
,
’
[O abstractions of the poet s pe n s tr eam over the dawn of our
acquaintance with human lif e ! how t h e y glan ce th e ir fairest
colours on the prosp e ct b e fore us ! how pure th ey remain in it
to the last lik e the rainbow in the evening cloud which th e
,
-
,
the originals in the S p e ctator still r e ad word for word the same , ,
’
O them wher e we l e ft them M any of the most exquisite pi e ce s
’
in the T atler it is to b e observ e d are A ddison s as the Court of
, , ,
that way turn s back to t e ll the father that he is com e ; with the
,
’ ’
30 head at the im probability of [ Esop s F abl e s is S t e e l e s or A d ,
’
dison s though I b e liev e i t b e longs to the form e r T he account
,
.
in the only library to which I had acce ss when a boy had tri e d ,
’
[O which is not d e term ined according to the rul e s of the H erald s
Coll e ge O ne literary name lasts as long as a whol e race of
.
’
act e r nor any dir e ct o ne from a display of the author s own
,
.
finished studi e s after nature and charact e rs fre sh from the life
, ,
’
5 individu al characters and incidents are m e r e ly artificial illustra
tions brought in to giv e a pr e tended relief to the dryness of
,
dug ou t of the quarry and dragged into the light by the indus
,
’
ordinary ru n of m e n s mi nds bu t he was not a man of o riginal,
’
done to the idea in the author s o wn words Such for instanc e .
, ,
nature in ghastly smil e s and the loud thun d e r rolls far away
,
’
from the ruin that is mad e D r Johnson s styl e on the con . .
,
’
common ; and Johnson s style both of reasoning and image ry
holds th e middl e rank betw e e n startling nov e l ty and vapid
common place Johnson has as m u ch originality of thinking
-
.
mould are of the same siz e an d shap e and cons e qu e ntly hav e
, ,
H is subj ects are familiar but the author is always upon stilts
,
.
The l p h an t
e e
T o m ak e t h e m s p o r t wre ath d h is ’
p r ob o s c i s l i t h e .
”
e xpr e ssion for when we find the same pains and pomp of die
tion bestow e d upon the most trifling as u pon the most important
parts O f a s e nte nce or discours e we grow tire d of distinguishing
,
’
of Dr Johnson s s tyl e is that he reduc e s all thi ngs to the sam e
.
,
“
Goldsmith said of him he would make them speak lik e gr e at ,
”
whal e s We can no mor e distinguish the most famili ar obj e cts
.
his own inv e ntion and which has b e en g e n e rally imitat e d since
,
”
circle and is still at hom e
, N O advanc e is m ad e by his w ri t .
son ; and round the rock of faith and pow e r o n the e dge of ,
unc e rtain and dange rous opinion roar and h e av e for e venn o re .
and state T his was neither right feeling nor sound logic
. .
“
’
O and determined the ki ng of good fellows and wale of old
,
”
m en . T here are as many smart r e part ee s profound r e m arks , ,
’ “
and k e e n invectiv e s to b e found in Bosw e ll s inv e ntory of all
”
he said as are recorded of any c e l e br ate d man
,
T he life and .
“ ” ’
was the Ebro s t e mper T he eage rn e ss of opposition roused
.
”
said,
I f that fellow Bu rk e:were h e re now he would kill me ,
.
’
I t is to be O bs e rved t h at Johnson s colloquial style was as blunt
, ,
and he cam e to the door with the poker in his h and bu t s e eing ,
’
them e xclaimed What is it you my lads ? then I ll hav e a
, , , ,
“ ’ ’ ”
with som e a n iaea a girls-
What words to come from the
.
his r e ason for i t ; his dining with Wilkes and his kindness to ,
, ,
ou t but with life and hop e which he found from old habi t nec
,
”
the bosom of his F at h e r and his God I n a wor d he has l e ft .
,
’
all the faults of Johnson s styl e without anything to aton e for
,
’
health who j udg e s of e v e ry one s title to resp e ct from their
,
’
Goldsmith s Citiz e n of the World like all his works bears the , ,
’ “
stam p of the au thor s mind I t does not go about to cozen
.
”
re putation without the s tamp of merit H e is more obs e rving .
,
’
and ethereal the day dr e am of he r lover s youthful fancy
,
-
are not the sam e p e rson , bu t opposite p e rson s — not O ppo site
persons only bu t deadly enemies I n the latter p e riod h e ab an
,
.
,
IC
do ne d not only all his pract ical conclusions but all th e principl e s ,
sentim e nts denounc e d all his former fri e nds r e j e ct e d and r e vil e d
, ,
natural lib e rty ; in the latt e r he scou t e d prej udge d vilifi e d and
, , ,
29
3O S E L E C TI O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
as an arbitrary tyrant .
3O int e mp e rat e ly extoll e d them : and it was for his r e canting his
opposition not for his p e rs e v e ring in it that he rec e ived his
, ,
H e was fitt e d by nature and habit for the studi e s and labours
of the clos e t ; and was generally mischievous wh e n h e c am e
ou t ; b e cause the v e ry subtlety of his reasoning which l e ft to , ,
u se of the most plau sible pretexts to cover the most fatal d e signs .
sport of his fancy T hey wer e the straws of which his imagina
.
’ ’
L iberty and Humanity in his speech on th e B e gu m s a f fairs
, ,
’
king s crown w e r e a pain t e d ge wgaw to b e look e d at on gala
,
possible sys te m the best or the worst ; and if we can onc e get
,
easily prov e by plau sibl e words that lib e rty and slavery p eac e
, , ,
political philosophy .
’
B urk e s literary talents w e r e aft er all his chief excell e nc e
, ,
.
His styl e has all the familiarity of conversation and all the ,
giv e s for the most part loose reins to his imagination and ,
O
I
, ,
dignifi e d s e curity
N e v e r s o s u r e o u r r ap tu r e t o c r e at e
,
A s w h e n h e t r e ad s th e b ri n k o f all w e h ate .
”
his mark he r e p e ats his blow ; and do e s not car e how ungrace
,
the most part of the cumbrous and unwi e ldy masses of things
, ,
”
of authorshi p : it is the stuff of which our life is made T he .
‘ ”
r e st is m ere oblivion a d e ad l e tte r : for all that is worth
,
’
rare fi es refin e s raises o ur whole b e ing : without it
, ,
man s life
” ’
is poor as beast s Man is a poetical anim al : and thos e of u s
.
our lives like Moli e r e s B o u rgeois Gentilno mme who had always
,
’
,
’
h e gaz e s after th e L ord Mayor s show th e miser when h e h u gs
-
,
his gold ; the courti e r who builds his hopes upon a smil e ; the
,
savage W ho paints his idol with blood the slave who worshi ps
, ,
coward the b e ggar and th e king the rich and the poo r the
, , ,
young and the old all liv e in a world o f their own m aking ; and
,
'
o
g th e po e t does no mor e than d e scrib e what all the oth e rs think
and act I f his art is folly and madn e ss it is folly and madness
.
,
“ ”
at second hand T h e r e is warrant for i t
. P o e ts alone have .
”
h e nd more th an cooler reason can .
ON P O E T RY I N G E N E RAL 37
The l u n at i c th e l ov e r and t h e p o e t
, ,
A re o f i m ag i nat i o n all c o m p ac t .
O ne s e s m o r e d e v i l s t h an v ast h e l l c an h o l d ;
e
T h e m adm a n W h i l e t h e l ov e r all as fr an t i c
.
, ,
S e e s H e l e n s b e a u ty i n a b r o w o f Egy p t
’
.
T h e p o e t s e y e i n a fi ne fr e n zy r o l l i n g
’
, ,
D o t h g l an c e fr o m h e a n t o e a r t h fr o m e ar t h t o
’ ’
v ,
h e av n ;
A n d as i m ag i n at i o n b o d i e s f o r t h
T he f o r m s o f t h i n g s u n k n o w n th e p o e t s p e n
’
,
T u rn s t h e m t o sh ap e an d g i v e s t o ai r y n o t h i n g
, IO
A l o c al h ab i tat i o n and a n am e .
S u c h t ric k s h at h s t r o n g i m ag i n at i o n
”
.
and Medoro : but was not Medoro who carved the name of ,
’
but in the brain of the inventor ; and H omer s] poetical world
’
has outlived P lato s philosophical R epublic .
ultimate end and aim of poetry withou t the heighte nings of the 3 5 ,
refl e cted light that while it shews us the obj e ct throws a sp ark
, , ,
d e scribes the flowing not the fixed I t does not define the limits
, .
“
20 for this reason has something divine in it because it raises
, ,
”
soul to external things as reason and history do
,
I t is strictly .
3O the impr e ssion which th e obj ect und e r the influence of passion
m ak e s on th e mind L e t an obj ect for instance be presented
.
, ,
all other sorrow in its own ! His sorrow like a flood suppli e s , ,
“
mad sc e n e T he little dogs and all T ray Blanche and Swe e t
, , , ,
”
h e art see th e y bark at m e !
, ,
it is passion l e nding occasion to
2
0 imagination to m ak e e v e ry cr e atur e in league again st him con ,
a
5 like mann e r the So I am O f Cord e lia gush e s from he r heart
, ,
O h n o w fo r eve r
,
F are w e l t h e t r an q u i l m i n d F are we l c o n t e n t ;
.
F are w e l t h e p l u m e d t r o o p s an d t h e b i g war ,
T h at m ak e amb i t i o n v i r t u e ! O h f are we l !
F are we l t h e n e i gh i n g s te e d an d t h e s h ri l l t r u m p
, ,
ON P O E T RY I N G E N E R A L 41
T he s p i ri t st i r ri n g d ru m th e ar p i e rc i n g fif e
-
,
’ -
,
T h e r oy a l b an n e r an d all q u al i t y
, ,
P ri d e p o m p an d c i rc u m stan c e o f g l o ri o u s w ar
, , :
A n d 0 y o u m o r tal e n g i n e s w h o s e r u d e t h r o at s
,
T h i m m o r tal J ov e s d r e ad c l am o u rs c o u n t e rf e i t
’ ’
,
F are we l ! O t h e l l o s o c c u p at i o n s g o n e !
’ ’ ”
How his passion lashes its e lf u p and sw e lls and rag e s like a tid e
in its sounding cours e when in answer to the doubts expr e ss e d
,
N e v e r I ag o L i k e t o th e P o n t i c se a
, .
, IO
W h o s e i c y c u rr e n t and c o m p u l s i v e c o u r se
N e e r f e e l s r e t i ri n g e b b b u t k e e p s du e o n
’
,
T o th e P r o p o n t i c an d t h e H e l l e s p o n t :
Ev e n s o m y b l o o d y t h o u gh t s w i t h v i o l e n t pa c e , ,
S h a l l n e e r l o o k b a c k n e e r e b b t o h u m b l e l ov e
’ ’
, , 1 5
T i l l t h at a c ap ab l e an d w i d e r e v e n g e
S w al l o w t h e m u p ”
.
B u t t h e r e w h e r e I h av e garn e r d u p m y h e a r t ’
,
T o b e d i s c ar d e d t h e n c e
depths of the human soul : the whol e o f our e xistence the sum ,
strings ; loosens the pressure about them ; and calls the S prings 35
of thought and feeling in to play with t e nfold force .
42 SE L E CT I O N S F R O M H A Z LI TT
aff e ctions abstracts e vil from itself by combining i t with all the
,
2
0 wer e a p u blic e x e cution in th e n e xt str e e t the theatr e would ,
r e ality that solves the di ffi culty C hildren are satisfi e d with the .
th e
passion of cont e mpt in the o ne cas e of te rror in the o th e r , ,
s tan d ard of common sense and r e ason : for the e nd and use of
“
po e t ry both at th e first and now was and is to hold the mirror
, ,
”
u p to nature s e en through the m e di u m of passion and imagina
,
of the imagination than we can see all obj ects withou t light or
,
the glow worm pres e nts and that not the l e ast i nt e r e sting ; so
-
,
pally visionary the unknown and und e fined : the und e rstanding
,
A n d v i s i o n s as p o e t i c e y e s av o w
, ,
H a n g o n e a c h l e af an d c l i n g t o e v e r y b o ugh
”
.
’
T here can nev e r b e another Jacob s Dr e am S ince that time the
.
,
’
u s on the squares of the distanc e s or on Doctor C halm ers s
,
heroes O f the fabulous ages rid the world of monst e rs and giants .
in this country for the sake of the music ; and in the United
S tat e s of A merica where the philosophical principl e s of gov
,
’
that the B e ggar s O p e r a is hoot e d from the stag e S ociety by .
,
prose style .
O b s c u ri ty h e r c u r ta i n r o u n d t h e m d r e w ,
A n d s i r e n S l o th a d u l l q u i e t u s s u n g .
”
tions of sound and change the words of M e rcury into the songs
,
”
of A pollo T h e re is a st ri king instance of this adaptation of the
.
’
mov e m e nt of sound and rhythm to the subj ect i n S penser s de ,
2
0 scription of the Satyrs accompanying Una to the cave of Sylvanus .
S o fr o m t h e g r o u n d sh e f e arl e ss d o t h ari s e
“
A n d w al k e t h f o r t h w i t h o u t s u sp e c t o f c ri m e .
T h e y all as g l ad as b i r d s o f j o y o u s p ri m e
, ,
T h e n c e l e ad h e r f o r t h ab o u t h e r d an c i n g r o u n d
, ,
S h o u t i n g an d s i n g i n g all a s h e p h e r d s r hym e ;
’
2
5
A n d w i t h g r e e n b r an c h e s st r e w i n g all th e g r ou n d ,
D o w o r sh i p h e r as q u e e n w i t h o l i v e g arl an d c ro wn d
’
.
A n d all th e way t h e i r m e rr y p i p e s t h e y s o u n d ,
T h at all th e w o o d s and d o u b l e d e c h o e s ri n g ;
A n d w i t h th e i r h o rn e d f e e t d o w e ar t h e g r o u n d ,
L e ap i n g l i k e w an t o n k i d s i n p l e asan t sp ri ng ;
S o t o w ar d s o l d S y l v a n u s t h e y h e r b ri n g ,
\V h o w i t h t h e n o i s e a w ak e d c o m e t h o u t
,
.
”
F ae zj Qu een b i c v i
/ , . . . .
On
the contrary th e re is nothing eith e r musical or natural in
,
which are the volunta ry sign s of c e rtain ideas nor in their gram ,
“ ”
untying as it wer e the secret soul of harmony Wher e v e r .
to brin g all other obj ects into accord with it and to give ,
”
of p o et ry with the t id e o f fe eling flowing and m urmuring as
, ,
’
0 is but fair that the ear should linger on the sounds that delight
it or avail itself of the same brilliant coincid e nc e and un e xp e ct e d
,
“
T h i r ty d ays h at h Se p t e mb e r ,
”
&c .
But if the j ingl e of names assists the memory may it not also ,
quick e n the fancy ? and there are oth e r things worth having at
’ ’
30 our fi nger s ends besid e s the cont ents of the almanac
,
P ope s .
’
formity S haks peare s blank v e rse is the perfection of dramatic
.
dialogue .
52 S E L E C TI O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
tid e against the rocky shor e and t he very b e atings of his heart ,
he says ,
“
A s I w al k e d ab o u t e i t h e r i n m y h u n t i n g o r f o r v i e w i n g th e c o u n t ry
, , ,
t h e an gu is h o f m y s o u l at my c o n d i t i o n w o u l d b r e ak o u t u p o n m e o n a
s u dd e n an d m y v e r y h e art w o u ld die w i t h i n m e t o t h i n k o f th e w o o d s
'
, ,
t h e m o u n t ai n s t h e d e s e r t s I w as i n ; an d h o w I was a p ri s o n e r l o c k e d
, ,
u p w i t h t h e e t e rn al b a rs an d b o l t s o f t h e o c e an i n an u n i n h ab i t e d w i l ,
d e rn e ss w i t h o u t r e d e m pt i o n I n th e m i d st o f t h e g r e at e st c o m p o s u r e s
,
.
o f my m in d t h i s w o u l d b r e ak o u t u p o n m e l i k e a s t o r m and m ak e m e
, ,
w ri n g my h an d s and w e e p l i k e a c h il d S o m e t i m e s i t w o u l d tak e m e i n
, .
t h e m i dd l e o f my w o r k an d I w o u l d i m m e d i at e l y s it d o w n an d s i gh and
, ,
l o o k u p o n th e g r o u n d f o r an h o u r o r two t og e t h e r an d t h i s w as st i l l ,
’O w o r se t o m e f o r if I c o u l d b u rs t i n t o t e ar s o r v e n t my s e lf i n w o r d s i t
, ,
T he story of his adv e n tures would not make a poem like the
O dyss ey it is tru e ; b u t the r e lator had the t ru e ge nius of a
,
’
poet I t has b e en m ad e a question whether R ichardson s ro
.
”
wh e re love is thron e d T he h e art does not answ e r of its e lf lik e
.
nu mber of pins and w heels like those wi th w hich the L illi putians ,
ON P O E T RY I N G E N E RA L 53
O u r po e sy is as a gu m ,
W h i c h i s s u e s w h e n c e t i s n o u r is h e d o u r g e n t l e
’
, fl am e
P r ov o k e s i tse lf an d l i k e th e c u r r e nt fl i e s
,
1 5
E ac h b o u n d i t c h af e s 1 .
”
di ff e re nc e b etw e e n p o t ry and e l o q u e nc e is t h at t h e o ne is th e l o q u nc e of th e
e ,
e e
t h e will an d c o n v inc e t h e r e as o n
,
p o e t ry pr o d u c e s its e ff e c t b y ins tan tan ou s
: e
t h fo r m s of t h e i m ag in at i o n
e I t is d id ac t ic mo r e t h an dr am at ic An d s om e of
. .
ou r o wn p o e t ry w h ic h has b n mo s t ad m ir e d is o nl y p o t ry in th r h ym e and
ee ,
e e ,
in th e s t u di e d e of p o e t ic dic t i o n
us .
54 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LI TT
”
gorge ous as th e su n at midsummer cover e d with glitt e ring ,
a rmour with dust and blood ; whil e the gods qua f f th e ir n e ctar
,
’0
like its id e as O f God I t i s not th e poetry of social life bu t of
.
,
solitude : e ach man s e e ms alone in the world with the ori ginal ,
form s of nature the rocks the e arth and the sky I t is not the
, , ,
.
“
everything : I f we fly into the u tt e rmost parts of the earth ,
3O e scap e from it
”
M an i s thu s aggrandis e d in th e image of his
.
from the int e nsity o f the impr e ssion ; a t e rribl e O bscurity like ,
moulds every obj ect to its own purpos e s and clothes all things
,
IO lends its own power to the O bj ects which it cont e mplate s instead ,
peoples the shades of deat h and broods over the silent air He
,
.
, ,
1 5 the most O pposit e to the flow e ry and glittering ; who r eli e s most
on his own pow e r and the s e nse of it in oth e rs and who l e av e s
, ,
’
most roo m to the imagination of his r e aders Dant e s only e n .
20 not place b e fore u s the obj ects by which that emotion has b e en
cr e ate d ; b u t he seiz e s on the attention by shewing us t he e f fe ct
,
in the Infe rno are e xcessiv e : but the int e r e st n e ver flags from
, ,
’ ’
the continu e d e arn e stn e ss O f th e author s mind Dante s gre at
.
pow e r is in combining int e rnal f e e lings with ext e rnal obj ects .
edge and e xperi e nce of the r e ader H e affords f e w subj e cts for .
our and lu stihed O ssi an is the decay and old age of po e try H e
, .
other times passes over them to sigh and rustl e lik e th e dry re e ds
, ,
’
in the wint e r s wind ! The f ee ling of ch e e rl e ss desolation of the ,
, ,
) ,
and more sounding still and still more frequent in our mouths
, ,
scroll and who by their words and acts were ben e factors of
, , ,
ments of different ki nds bor e the same general stamp and it was ,
st e rling : what t h ey did had the mark of their age and country
,
tinsel and b u t littl e art ; th e y wer e not the spoilt childre n of aff e c
,
de avo u rs aft e r exc e llence t h e y did not lay aside the strong original
,
58
60 S E LE C T I O N S F R O M H A Z LI TT
“ ”
the slaves of poring p e dantry ; and we m ak e a cheap and
infallible estimate of th e ir progress in civilization u pon a gradu
ated scale of p e rf ectibility calculat e d from the meridian of our
,
our own intell e ct and that of the world lik e t he sacred infl u ,
”
e nc e of light glimmering on the confin e s of C haos and O ld
’
O night ; n ew mann e rs rise and all the cumbrous pomp of eld e r
,
”
days vanishes an d is lost in worse th an Gothic darkness
,
.
that magic circle is prej udic e and e rror ; and all before the pres ,
’
m o d e r n discov e ri e s that we cannot tak e into our mind s eye the
,
und e rstanding but his own and t h at which he conceives like his
,
an d began to think then for the first time in our lives th at the ,
anything till we did ; that the world had grown old in sloth and
ignorance had d reamt ou t its long minority of five thousand
,
, ,
”
nor can we think what thoughts t h ey could conceive i n the 2 0 ,
ears and und e rstand with our und e rstandings t h ey could hear
, , ,
” “
wis e humanity T hink says S hakesp e ar the prompt e r of
.
, ,
”
goo d an d t rue feelings there 3 liv e rs ou t of Britain
,
“
S o there 3O ’
.
motives for their e xertion and for the most part the sam e sub , , ,
'
,
62 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’
Claud e s landscapes We hav e th e re the evid e nce of the senses
.
,
there see the blood circulat e through the v e ins ( long b e fore it
’
was known that it did so ) the sam e re d and whit e by n ature s
,
”
own sw ee t and cunning hand laid on the same t h o ugh ts p ass ,
ing through the mind an d s e ate d on the lips the s am e blue sky , ,
”
and the H ours in danc e l e ads on t he e ternal spring
,
A nd we .
“
of yest e rday as we had b e en led to suppos e ; and that th e re
,
uniformly progr e ssive ratio and build Bab e l high on the foun
, ,
-
,
’
dation of other m e n s knowl edg e as in matt e rs of sci e nce and ,
but are sadly afraid the thing cannot answer Dr Johnson said . .
th e y wer e scarc e and would not have been scarce had they been
, ,
”
much esteem e d H is decision is neith e r true history nor sound
.
of the day in a univ e rsity e ducation and leave little leisure for
, ,
’
tion of one or two to p n am e s that are cri e d up for form s sake
-
, ,
s at isfi e d claims .
“
ge nius or on his contemporaries as less t h an the small e st
,
”
dwarfs , when he speaks wi th true not fals e mod e sty of , ,
’ ” ’
man s art and that man s scop e
,
We fancy that th e r e w e r e .
no such men that could either add to o r tak e any thing away
,
“
fellows i n shape and g e stur e proudly eminent ; but he was
,
n oble brood He was not som e thing sacred and aloof from the
.
“ ”
his soul was like a s tar and dw e lt apart T his canno t b e
,
.
“
a const e llation o f bright luminari e s and drew aft e r him a ,
” ’
third part of the h e av e ns I f we a llow for argument s sake
.
,
’
( or for truth s which is bett e r) that he was in hims e lf e qu al to
, ,
all his com petitors put together ; yet there was m o r e dramatic 3O
excellence in th at age than in the whole of th e p e riod that has
elapsed since I f his contemporaries with their unit e d str e ngth
.
, ,
’ ’
Heywood s e as e the pathos o f W e bst e r and M arlow s d ee p
, ,
’
conceptions of Shak e spe ar s M use T hey are ind ee d th e scal e .
2
0 by which we c an b e st asc e n d to the tru e knowl e dge and love of
him O u r admiration of th e m do e s not lessen our r e lish for him
.
.
but on the contrary increases and confirms it — F or such an
, ,
.
’
gav e a m i na to the people by giving th e m common subj ects of
,
affe ct the ge n e ral m ass of the community But the Bibl e was .
”
“
thrown O p en to all ranks and conditions to run and read ,
with its wond e rful tabl e of cont e nts from G e n e sis to the R eve
latio ns Ev e ry village in England would pres e nt the sc e n e so
.
’ ’
w e ll described i n Bu rns s Cotter s S aturday N ight I cannot .
think that all this vari e ty and w e ight of knowl e dge could b e
thrown in all at once upon the mind of a p e ople and not m ak e ,
’
of J acob s Dream of R uth an d Boaz the descriptions in the
, ,
”
stuff
. T here is something in the character of Christ too
( leaving religious faith quite out of the question ) of mor e
swee tn e ss and maj e s ty and more lik e ly to work a change i n
,
the m ind of man by the contem plation of its idea alon e than
, ,
the night befor e his d e ath that unsp e akable instance of humil
,
ity and love above all art all meanness and all pride and in the
, , , ,
“
leave he took of th e m on that occasion My p eac e I give ,
unto you that peace which the world c anno t give give I unto
, ,
”
one another Who can r ead the accoun t o f his behaviou r on
.
“
the cross when turn ing to his moth e r he said
,
Woman b e , ,
” ”
hold thy son and to the disci pl e John
,
Behold thy moth e r , ,
“ ”
and from that hour that discipl e took he r to his own home
without having his heart smote within him ! We see it in his
treatm e nt of the woman taken in adult e ry and in his excus e for ,
in t his word eli a riiy it was the spring the w e ll h e ad from which
, ,
-
every thought and f ee ling gush e d into act ; and it was this th at
bre ath e d a mild glory from his fac e in t h at last agony upon the
”
IO cross wh e n the me e k S aviour bow e d his h e ad and di e d pr ay
,
“
,
I
S to forgiv e our e n e mi e s to do good to thos e t h at curs e us and
,
”
7
0 I n an sw e ring th e qu e stion Who is our n e ighbour ,
? as one
who stan ds in n e e d of our assistanc e and whose woun ds we ,
“
syst e m I t was to th e J e ws a stumbling block and to the
.
,
”
Gr e e k s foolishn e ss T he Gr e e ks and R o m an s n e v e r thought
.
1
the h e aven of hop e and the abyss of d e spair it lays O p en to u s .
literatur e .
F or much about the sam e time the rich and fascinating stor e s ,
’
T homas N orth s translation O f P lutarch of which Shak e s pear ,
t r nsl at i o n of t h B ibl
a n d t h is d um b
e e: a t r o s in t h sil nc of t h wri tt n
ar a l
e e e e e e o rac e s .
O N E LIZA B E T H A N LIT E RAT U R E 73
’
into verse o f T acitus S allust and C icero s O ration s in his
, ,
beget its own image and to con struct o u t of i tsel f and for the
, ,
even wish to do the like T aste lim ps after genius and from
.
,
copying the artificial models we lose sight o f the livin g princi ple
74 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
soon s e ttles and crusts into the standing pool of dulness eriti ,
c ism an d vin u
‘
.
,
” “
thric e h appy isl e s we r e f o u n d floating like thos e H esp e rian
, ,
”
gard e ns fam e d of O ld beyond A tlantic seas as dropped from
, ,
l
Caliban with his god S e te b o s Spenser seem s to hav e had the .
Ri gh t w e l l I w o t e m o s t m i gh ty s ov e r e i g n
. ,
T h at all t h i s f am o u s an t i q u e h i s t o r y
O f s o m e t h e ab u n d an c e o f an i d l e b r ai n
W il l j u d g e d b e and p ai n t e d f o r g e r y
, ,
3O R at h e r t h an m att e r o f j u s t m e m o r y :
S i n c e n o n e t h at b r e ath e t h l i v i n g ai r d o t h k n o w ,
W h e r e i s t h at h ap p y l an d o f fae r y
W h i c h I s o m u c h d o v au n t b u t n o w h e r e s h o w.
,
B u t v o u c h a n t i q u i t i e s w h i c h n ob o d y c an k n o w
,
.
1 S ee a V o y ag e to th e S t rai t s of M ag e ll an ,
1 59 4 .
76 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
”
bodil e ss cr e ations ecstacy is v e ry cunning in w e re inwoven wi th ,
sions and terror or pity might be gathered from com mon and
actual observation might be discern e d in the workings of the
fac e the e xpr e ssions of the tongue the writhings of a troubled
, ,
’
may r e ad strange matters Midnight and secret m u rd e rs too
.
,
IO from the imp e rfect stat e of the police were more common ; and ,
the ferocious and brutal mann e rs that would stamp the bro w
of the h ard e ne d ru ffi an or hired assassin mor e incorrigible ,
’
famine the serpent s mortal sting and the fury of wild beasts
, , ,
“ ” ’
it thick and slab M an s life was ( as it appears to me) more
.
”
its escap e T he accid e nts O f nature were l e ss provid e d against ;
.
T h e c o u r se o f t r u e l o v e ne v e r d i d r u n e v e n .
”
ON E LIZA B E T H A N LI T E R AT U R E 77
A gain ,
heroic and martial spiri t which breath e s i n our
the
”
th e glory Of Europe e x ti ng u ish e d for e v e r Jousts and tourna .
A t b o w l s ab ov e all t h e t r o p h i e s o f w i t
, .
”
1 5
Th ey stood on the shore and saw the billows rolling aft e r the
“ ”
storm : they heard the tumult and were still T he mann e rs
,
.
and out —o f door amu s e m e nts wer e mor e tinctur e d with a spiri t
-
we could get from sed e ntary poets who had never mingl e d in ,
N oble Kinsmen .
78 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
W hy i s t n o t s t r an g e t o s e e a r agg e d c l e r k e
’
,
S o m e s t am m e ll w e av e r o r s o m e b u t c h e r s s o n n e
’
, ,
T h at s c b b d a l at e w i t h i n a s l e e v e l e s s go wne
ru
’
,
W h e n t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t l i k e a m o rri c e d an c e
, ,
20 H at h p u t a b e l l o r t w o ab o u t h i s l e gg e s ,
C r e at e d h i m a sw e e t c l e an e g e n t l e m a n
H o w t h e n h e g i n s t o f o l l o w f as h i o n s
’
.
H e w h o s e t h i n s i r e d w e l t i n a sm o ky e r o o fe ,
M u s t tak e t ob ac c o and m u s t w e ar a l o c k e
, ,
H i t h i r st y dad d i n k e s i n a w o o d e n b o wl e
s r ,
B t h i s sw e e t s e lf is s e r v e d i n si l v e r p l at e
u .
H is h u n g r y s i r e w il l s c r a p e y o u t w e n t y l e gg e s
F o r o n e go o d C h r i s t m as m e al o n n e w y e ar s day ’
,
B t h is m aw e m u s t b e c a p o n c ram m d e a c h day
’ ”
u .
A ct I I I . S cene 2
“
3O T his do e s not lo o k as if in thos e d ays i t snowed o f meat
and drink as a m att e r of course throughout the year ! —T he
”
, ,
signs of the shops which we hav e se t aside for written insc rip
,
tain cast of thought and character and our liberty has e nabl e d ,
”
comes from u s lik e birdlim e brains and all
,
We pay too littl e ,
.
’
stat e b u t still the mat e rials we work i n are solid and of natu r e s
,
chance We are mor e for weight than S how ; care only about
.
’
smooth as the palm of one s hand but full of knotty points and
,
and I lik e this asp ec t of the mind ( as som e o ne s aid of the coun
try) wh e re n atur e keeps a good d e al of the soil in her own
,
”
of A pollo ; b u t P an is a God A pollo i s no more !
,
O N T H E PL E A S U R E O F P A I N T I N G
“
T h e re is a pl e asure in pain ting which n on e but paint e rs
’
know . I n writing you hav e to cont e n d with th e world ; in
,
painting you hav e only to carry on a fri e ndly strife with N atur e
,
.
Y ou sit down t o yo u r task and are h appy F rom the mom e nt,
.
that you tak e u p the p e ncil and look N ature in the face you , ,
“
15 th e d e votion of an e nthusiast study with j oy h e r manner ,
”
and with rapture tast e h er styl e T h e mi n d is calm and full at .
,
with all y o u r pains you are still far short of the mark P atience
,
.
82
84 S E L E CTI O N S F R O M H A Z LI TT
” “
dom i s y e t I have little ambition to se t a throne or chair of
,
”
state in the understandings o f other men T he ideas we cherish .
P u re i n t h e la s t re c e s s e s of th e mind ;
only for the sak e of oth e rs But I cannot say from my own ex
.
,
h av e to se t down not what you knew alr e ady but what you ,
into words in the latt e r nam e s into things T here i s a contin ual
,
.
and new trium phs are prepar e d ov e r them By com paring the .
tur e Every obj ect becomes lustrous from the light thrown back
.
u pon it by the mirror o f art : and by the aid o f the p e ncil we may
b e said to touch and handle the obj ects of sight T he air drawn .
-
” “
glitters with dro ps of dew after the shower T he fl e e c y fools .
bright vision m ade from a dead dull blank like a bubble refl ec t ,
ing the mighty fabric of the universe ? Who would think this
’
miracl e o f R u b ens s pencil possible to b e performed ? Who ,
the rich fallows the b ar e stubbl e fi eld the scanty harvest home
,
-
,
-
,
’
drag in R embrandt s landscapes ! H ow often have I looked at
“
th e m and natur e and tried to do the same till the v e ry light
, ,
”
thickened and th e re was an earthiness in the feeling of the
,
”
I had failed Wilson was neglected and by d e gr e es n egl e ct e d
.
, ,
“
chanc e d to drop in I h av e paint e d enough for o ne day : com e
, ,
’
le t u s go somewh e re I t was not so Claud e l e ft his pictures
'
7
.
,
’
O tings to do it I hav e it by m e still and so m e tim e s look at it
.
,
’
5 cre ate s b e auty e v e rywh e r e : i t is th e grossn e ss O f the sp e ctator
that discov e rs nothing but grossn e ss in the O bj e ct Be this as .
life tim e i t would b e glory and f e lici ty and w e alth and fam e
,
88 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
1
have gone on wi t h it to the present hour I u s e d to se t it on .
’
the gr o u nd wh e n my day s work was done and saw revealed to ,
”
now face to face H e understands the texture and meaning
.
”
of the V isible univ e rse and sees into the life of things not , ,
real comfort and satisfaction of the thing I had r ath e r have been ,
Jan S teen ,or G e r ard Dow than the greatest casuist or philologer ,
”
mis t the common gloss of theologians but applies the same
, ,
ey e H e is a cr
. itic as well as a connoisseur T he conclusions .
he draws are clear and convincing because they are taken from ,
for the habit of seeing for himself also disposes him to j udge
for hims e lf T he most sen sible m en I know ( taken as a class)
.
are paint e rs ; that is they are the most liv e ly observers of what
,
passes in the world about them and the closest obs e rvers of ,
t b h rd l y v isi b l
o e a e .
ON THE P LE A S U R E OF PA I N T I N G 89
1
descri ption and acquaintanc e with the subtle traits of charact e r .
5
P ainters in ordinary society or in obscure situations where their ,
value is not known and they are treat e d with neglect and indif,
“
th at after a quarrel between him and P ope J uliu s I I u pon .
ness enraged at the bishop struck him with hi s sta f f and told
, , ,
himself would not offen d ; the pre late was driv e n ou t of the
’
chamber and Michael A ngelo had the P ope s benediction ac
,
com pani e d with pres e nts T his bishop had fallen into the vul .
”
gar error and was r e b u k e d accordingly
, .
’
to produce a y e ffect a d to s ee e has something in i t that
n n u e a , ,
q n
ue c esof th ir o pin i o ns and
e t h r fo r acc u s t om d t
,
are sc rt in pr tty acc u
e e e e o a e a e
t ly t h
ra e gr ou nds o n wh ic h th y a t b fo r th y c omm i t t h m s lv s o n th
e e c ,
e e e e e e e
ev n t
e ,
of t n m n f m a k b ly q u ick nd s ou nd j u dg m n t s Art is t s in l ik
are e e o re r a a e . e
m nn r mu s t kn o w t o l rably w ll w h at t h y e b ou t b fo r t h y an brin g th
a e e e e ar a ,
e e e c e
r e s u l t of th ir o bs e rvat i o ns t o th e te s t of o c u l ar d mo n st rati on
e e .
9 O S E L E C TI O N S F R OM H A Z LI TT
and industry u pon the hand Every stroke t e lls as the v e rify .
,
!
T h at y o u m i gh t al m o s t sa
y h i s p i c t u r e t h o ugh t !
2
n e v e r ending progr e ss to p e rf e ction Who would wish ev e r to
-
.
2 T h e ric h im
p fl ng of Ti t i an an d G i o rgi o n e c om bin e s s om e th ing of t he
as
ad van t ag e s of b o t h t h e s e s t y l e s t h e f e l ici t y of t h e o n e wi t h t h e c ar e fu ln e ss of t he
,
’
the r e is a natural d e sir e in the mind o f man to sit for on e s
’
picture to b e the O bj ect o f continu e d attention to h av e on e s
, ,
int end e d to any part O f the picture for which I had pre p are d
my colours when I imitated the roughness of the skin by a
,
”
Correggio I also a m a pa i nter !
,
I t was an idle thought a ,
’
boy s conceit ; bu t it did no t m ak e m e less h appy at the time .
30 anoth e r aft e rwards) on the same day that the news of t he battle
of A ust e rlitz came ; I walked Ou t in the afternoon and as I , ,
’
r e turn e d saw t he e v e ning star se t over a poor man s cottage
,
’
Morgan s are good and hav e been recommend e d to look into
,
l ady the oth e r day could not r e frain from expr e ssing her sur
, ,
“ ”
which are admired only i n their new e st gloss T hat is not .
1
5 libraries much or p e st e r th e books e ll e rs for mail coach copi e s
,
-
’
last c e ntu ry nor do e s my tast e r e volt at Th u rlo e s S tate P ap e rs ,
’
0 in R ussia leath e r ; or an ampl e impr e ssion of S ir William
’
T e mpl e s Essays with a portrait after Sir Godfre y Knell e r in
,
’ ’
ally b e divid e d into two class e s on e s fri e nds or on e s fo e s O f .
94
96 S E LE CT I O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’
IO
( which is better ) over half our liv e s at a word s notice ! ,
20 N ay ,
sometim e s the sight O f an odd volume of these good old
English authors on a stall or the nam e lettered on the back
,
s age philosoph e r who was not a very wise man said that he
, , ,
exp e rien ce along with him T his ing e nious person did not s ee m
.
’
to b e able to le t this hump like Christian s burthen drop from
, ,
’ ’
o ff on e s back ,
and transport on e s s e lf by the h e l p of a little
-
,
”
m u s ty duodecimo to the time when ignorance was bliss and
, ,
ON R EA D I N G O L D B O O K S 97
’
wh e n we first got a p ee p at the rar e e show of the worl d through -
,
only are the old ideas of the contents of the work brought b ack 5
to my mind i n all their vividn e ss but the old associations of ,
th e day when I got it the feeling of the air the fields the sky
, , ,
T his is . IO
last new nov e l from the Ballantyne pre ss to say nothing of the ,
”
house and my path ran down with butter and honey
,
wh en ,
’
in n umb e rs onc e a fortnight in C ooke s pock e t e dition e mb e l
,
-
,
’
R adcli ffe s R oman ce o f the F orest) : but this had a di f fe r en t
” “
relish with it sw ee t in th e mouth though not bitte r in
, ,
”
t he b e lly. I t smacked of the world I liv e d in and in which I ,
”
was to live and shewed m e groups gay cr e ature s not of ,
” ” “
the element but of the earth ; not livin g in the clouds but
, ,
’
found out in Cooke s e dition of the British N ovelists was to
me a d ance through life a perpetual gala day T he six p e nn y
,
-
.
-
98 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
e dl
y g e ts to b ed to Mrs S lip slop L e t m e caution the r e ad e r
-
. .
would p e rhaps b e b e tte r for him that h e had not I t was j ust
, ,
.
Don Q uixote and S ancho and Dappl e of Gil Blas and Dam e ,
L ore nza S e phora o f L au r a and the fair L ucr e tia whos e lips
, ,
O h ! M e m o r y ! s h i e l d m e fr o m t h e w o rl d s p o o r s t rif e
’
,
A n d g i v e t h o s e s c e n e s t h i n e e v e rl as t i n g l if e !
T he paradox with which I se t out is I hope l e ss startling , ,
’
3O I took a particular satisfaction i n r e ading Chubb s T racts and I ,
’
b le t e xt fr o m o n e of S t P aul s Epist le s i n a workmanlik e styl e
.
,
1 00 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’ ”
scattered like stray gifts o er the earth but sown thick o n the
-
,
page rich and rare I wish I had never read the Em iliu s or
,
.
,
’
dazzling a e e ae dupe ! T he reli ance on solid worth which i t
,
l u rr
’
5 H e must envelop hims e lf in a halo of mystery — h e must rid e
in an equi page of O pinion — h e must walk with a train of self
conceit following him — h e must not st rip himself to a buff
j e rkin to the doubl e t and hose o f his real merits but must
, ,
w h o h ad s om e l o tte ry p uff s w h ic h h h ad b e e n e m pl oy d t o w i te re t u rn e d o n
, e e r ,
M arc i an C o l o n n a i s a d ai n ty b o o k
’
and the reading of M r Keats s Eve of S t A gnes lately m ade m e
. .
” ’
T he tiger moth s wings which h e has spread ov e r his rich
-
,
“ ”
blushes almost in vain with blood of qu e e ns and kings .
lit e rature is left I f any one were to ask m e what I read now
‘
.
,
0
1
words words
,
”
What is the matter
.
? — “
N otlz ing l ” " “
pearl lik e thos e which dropp e d from the mouth o f the littl e
,
)»
l
p e asant girl in the F ai ry tale or like those that fall f rom the
-
,
, ,
”
sentiment as the hart that pant e th for the water springs ;
,
-
’ ’
G Oe the s S orrows of Werter and to S chill e r s R obb e rs ,
G iv i n g my st o c k o f m o r e t o t h at w h i c h h ad t o o much !
1 02 S E LE CT I O N S FR O M H A Z LI TT
’
I re ad and a ss e nt e d with all my soul to Coleridge s fine
,
S onn e t beginning
,
S c h i l l e r ! t h at h o u r I w ou l d h av e wish d t o die ’
,
I f t h r o ugh t h e s h u dd e ri n g m i d n i gh t I h ad se n t ,
F r o m t h e d ar k d u n g e o n o f t h e t o w r t i m e r e n t ’
-
,
“
.
a prompt e r ”
I m ay say of such studi e s — [ nut s u i n enze I
.
‘
.
am j ust abl e to admire thos e lit e ral touch e s of obs e rvation and
'
2
5 H um phry D avy who used to say t h at S h ak s pe are was rath e r ,
. .
10 malice ) to say that Milton has there drawn not the abstract ,
f o r m h ad n o t y e t l o s t
H is
1
5 A l l h e r o ri g i n al b ri gh t n e s s ; n o r app e ar d ’
L e ss t h an arc h an g e l ru in d an d t h e e x c e ss ’
O f g l o r y o b sc u r d
’
“
for the theory which i s opposed to them ,
falls flat upon the ,
”
gru nse l e dge and shames i ts worshipp e rs
,
L e t us h e ar no .
>
0 more t h en of this monkish cant and bigot e d outcry for the ,
’
other work Burke s R efl e ction s I took a particular prid e and
, ,
’
the first tim e I e v e r cast my e yes on any thing O f Burk e s ( which
was an e xtract from his L e tt e r to a N oble L ord in a thre e tim e s -
’
a week pap e r T he S t James s C hronicle in ,
I s aid to .
,
“
0 myself T his i s tru e eloquence : this is a man pouring out his
,
”
mind on paper A ll other style seem e d to m e pedantic an d
.
’
imp e rtinent D r Johnson s was walking on stilts ; and e v e n
. .
’
J u niu s s ( who was at that time a favourite with m e ) with all his
t e rseness shrunk up into little antithetic points and well trimmed
,
-
ON R EA DI N G O L D B O O KS 1 05
’
sentences Bu t Burke s style was fork e d and playful as the
.
’
seen any specimens o f M r Wordsworth s prose style I could .
,
’
of this man s misappli e d pow e rs what must it have been at a ,
the wonders of his pen with the longing ey e s of one who was
dumb and a c hangeling ; and when to b e abl e to conv e y the ,
1 H e is t h e r e c all e d C i t iz e n L
“
au d e rd al e
”
I s t h is th e pr e s e n t E arl ?
.
1 06 S E LE CT I O N S FRO M H A Z LI TT
'
”
acc e ptation and to the feelings t h ey have always e xcit e d in
,
’
don s H istory of th e Grand R e b e llion aft e r which I have a ,
’ ’
20 F ro is sart s C hronicles Hollingsh e d and S tow e and F ull e r s
, ,
, , , , ,
’
T hucydid e s and G u ic c iardini s H istory of F lorence and Don
, ,
” “
author But I som e ho w reserve th e m like another Y arrow
. .
1 S E L E CT I O N S FR O M H AZ LIT T
luxurian t t e eming with life and power ; or deck it with all the
,
, , .
”
H is pictures denote a foregone conclusion H e applies natur e .
being given all the rest s e ems to grow out of and b e assimilated
, ,
.
“
to tak e u p the isles as a very little thing and to l ay the earth ,
”
IO in a balance With a laborious and mighty grasp h e pu t
.
,
nat u r e into the moul d O f the ideal and antique ; and was among
painters ( more than any one else) what Milton was among poets .
sti f fness the sam e elevation the sam e grandeur the same
, , ,
25 in its firs t naked glo ry with the hues of fancy spread over it
, ,
”
by his so potent art can recal time past transport us to
, ,
“ ”
T here is no thing i n this mor e than natural if criticism ,
” ’
tion not a name
,
A t his touch words start up into imag e s
.
, ,
indeed who think that no t to copy nature i s the rul e for attain
, ,
ing pe rf e ction Bec aus e th ey canno t paint the obj e cts which
.
th e r e fore there is mor e room both for fals e pretension and for
self d e ceit Th ey take an epic motto or subj ect and conclude
-
.
,
s e iz e d on and struck off with grac e and pr e cision j ust that point
, ,
’
of V i e w which would b e lik e ly to catch the r e ad e r s fancy T here .
[O a V ice but oft e n e r a virtue ) b eyond any other paint e r His Giants
,
.
’
playing idly on th e ir P an s pip e s s ee m to hav e b ee n s e at e d ther e
-
Q
1 Ev e ry t h ing t e nds t o s h o w th e m ann e r in w h ic h a g r e at art is t is fo r m e d I f .
an y p e rs o n c ou l d cl ai m an e x e m p t i o n f r om t h e c ar e fu l i m i t at i o n of in divi dtial
l at e p e ri o d of h is li fe th e l ove h e h ad fo r h is a t O ld as h e was I f re q u e n t l y
,
“
r .
,
wi th h is h andk e rc h i e f fu ll of s t o n e s mo ss o r fl o w e rs w h ic h h e c arri e d h om e t h at
, , , ,
h e m ig h t c o p y t h e m e x ac t l y f r om n at u r e O n e day I ask e d h i m h o w h e h ad .
t h e gr e at p ain t e rs of I t al y ? H e answ e r e d I H AV E N E G L E C T E D N O T H I N G ”
.
,
S ee l is Lif la t e /
z e y p b lishe d I t app e ars f r om t h is acc ou n t t h at h e h ad n o t f al l e n
u .
in t o a r e c e n t e rr o r t h at N at u re p u t s th e m an of g e n i u s o u t As a c o n t ras t t o t h e
, .
fo r e g o ing d e scrip t i o n I m ig h t m e n t i o n t h at I r e m e m b e r an o ld g e n t l e m an o nc e
, ,
h e t h ou g h t h e h ad as g oo d an id e a of t h e pl ac e f r om t h e C atalo gu e as h e c ou ld ,
'
h ad t o ld h i m h e c ou ld ge t as g oo d an id e a of t h e s u bj e c t of o ne of h is gr e at w o rks
,
’
are tak e n more immediately out of fabulous history R u b e ns s .
’ ’
R u b e ns s are noble S pecimens of a class ; P oussin s are allego r
ical abstractions of the s ame class with bodies less pamp e r e d , ,
gro ups of the F l e mish pain t e r were howev e r his masterpi e ces , ,
who was a match for him i n the wild and picturesqu e could not ,
press) which falls into the mouth of a chubby infan t below But .
,
expression O f others who start back with fear and surpris e the ,
“ ”
30 the vall e ys low wh e r e the mild zephyrs u se
, th e distant u n
, ,
1
of age s past to age s ye t to com e
1 P ou ssin h a r e p e t d t h is s u b
s a e
j c t mo r e t h an o nc an d app e ars t h av e r eve ll e d
e e, o
“ ”
time ; for i t has all the sober c e rtaintv of waking bliss with ,
“
T hey are the bright consummate essences of things and he ,
this coll ection is itself one of a series from the old mast e rs which ,
1
have for som e years back embrown e d the walls of the British
Gallery and enriched the public eye What hu e s ( thos e of natur e
,
.
’
of R embrandts frowning from the d ark e ne d walls R u b e ns s glad ,
’
exquisite sometimes beyond compare Guido s endl e ss cloy
, ,
2
’
might think th at o ne year s prodigal display o f such perfection 3
’
would exhaust the labours of o ne man s life ; but th e n e xt
year and the next to that we fi nd anoth e r harvest reap e d and
, ,
s hou ld n t b al l o w d t dw ll a oft n a
o e e o e s e s we pl as o n w h at d ligh t s u s wh en
e e e ,
t h in g s t h at a e dis g r
r b l re c u r s o oft n
a ee a e e a
g ins t ou r wil l
a .
1 1 4 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
s ee m o r e and m o r e o f t h e m as i f t h e r e we r e a livi ng p o w e r in
the br e at h o f F am e and in the v e ry nam e s o f th e gr e at h e irs o f
,
gl o ry th e r e w e r e pr o p ag ati o n t o o 1 I t is s o m e thi n g to h av e
[O a c o ll e c t i o n o f t his s o r t t o c o u nt u p o n o nc e a y e ar ; to h av e o ne
—
b e l o ngi ng to M r A ng e rs te i n L o rd G r o sv e no r th e M arquis o f
.
, ,
’
20 h ear t tak e it s fill o f s u ch pic t u r e s as P o u ssi n s O ri o n si nc e the ,
’
o r appl au d e d ; we had l ai n p em u s all t his whil e s nu g o u t , ,
’
o f h arm s wa ; an d h ad sl e p t o u t o u r t h o u s ands o f c ent uri e s
y
with o ut w anti ng to b e w ak e d u p ; at p e ac e and free fr o m
c ar e ih a l o ng no nage in a sl e e p d ee p e r and c alm e r th an
'
, ,
t he w o rst t h at we dr e ad is af te r a sh o r t fr e t f u l f e v e rish b e i ng
, , , ,
n o t c o nt e n te d whe r e ye lie ? O r w o u ld yo u c o m e o u t o f y o u r
l o ng h o m e s to go to the H o ly War ? O r do y e c o mpl ai n th at
p ai n no l o nge r visi ts y o u th at sick ne ss has d o ne its w o rst
, ,
’
m o re o f the t hick e ni ng ph al anx o f the f o e o r y o ur l ady s wan ,
the gr av e t h at h o lds yo u ! A nd t h o u o h ! th o u to wh o m my
, ,
we h av e no ambiti o n to h av e se t o u t o n o u r j o u r ney s o o ne r ;
The w ars w e w e l l r e m e m b e r o f K i n g N i n e ,
o ld A ss ar ac u s an d I nac h u s d iv i n e
”
Of .
m o narchs : b u t th at we h av e no m e an s o f asc e rt ai ni ng wh at is
to h app en h e r e aft e r bu t by aw ai ti ng the e v e n t and th at o u r 2 ,
bu t as a pr e te x t f o r pr o l o ngi ng o u r o wn e xi s te nc e I t is no t so .
wish the pr e s e nt m o m e nt to l as t f o r e v e r We w o u ld b e as we .
T he p r e s e nt eye c at c h e s th e p r e s e n t o bj e c t
1 1 8 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
”
l o ng life as it o f ten is
,
.
Oh t h o u s t r o n g h e ar t !
T h e re s su c h c o v e n an t t w i x t t h e w o rl d an d t h e e
’ ’
a ,
T h ey re t o b r e ak
’
lo t h
’
pri n cipl e S imply to [26 d o e s no t c o nte n t m an s natu r al de
.
r
t h an h av e o u r ch o ic e o f any f u tu r e p e ri o d t h an t ak e a slic e o f ,
’
0 ing to giv e u p o u r pr e s e nt m o d e o f lif e wi t h all its adv antag e s ,
it
. N o m an w o uld I t hi nk e xch ange his e xis ten c e wi t h any
, ,
o th e r m an h o w e v e r f o r tu nate
,
We h ad as li e f not [26 as not .
,
t h at p e ri o d o r wh e t h e r t he English c o ns ti tu ti o n will l as t so
,
l o ng Th e s e are p o i nt s b e y o nd m e Bu t I c o n fe ss I sh o u ld
. .
s o o ne r it h app e n s !
N o y o u ng m an e v e r thi nks h e sh all die H e m ay b e li e v e .
th at o th e rs wi ll o r ass e n t t o t he d o c tri ne t h at
, all m e n are
acc o u n t o nc e f o r all !
”
mi nd t h at o ld fell o w ! I f I had liv e d i n d e e d I sh o uld no t ,
’
0 h appi ne ss r e sci nd e d M y public and priv ate h o p e s h av e b een
.
l e ft a r u i n o r r e m ai n o nly to m o ck m e I w o u ld wish t h e m t o
,
.
t o mb G R AT E FU L A N D C O N T EN T E D ! Bu t I h av e t h o u gh t and
Su ffe r e d to o m u ch to b e willi ng to h av e t h o u gh t and s u f fe r e d in
v ai n . I n l o o ki ng b ack it s o m e tim e s app e ars to m e as if I
,
s t ifl e d m e .
ON THE FE A R O F D E AT H 121
. .
, ,
gr ee s to f ee l o u rs elv e s m o r tal !
I h av e ne v e r s ee n d eath but o n c e and th at was in an i nf ant ,
.
o u t in t h e c o ffi n and s tr e w e d wi t h i nno c e n t fl o w e rs
,
I t was n o t .
o v e r : b u t I c o u ld no t b e ar the c o ffi n lid to b e cl o s e d it s ee m ed -
to s t ifl e m e ; and s t ill as t he n e t tl e s w av e in a c o r ne r o f t he
’
A n iv o ry o r m arbl e im ag e lik e C h an try s m o num ent o f the ,
e rt ie s p ai n fully t o g e t h e r and m ak e s u s c o n c e iv e t h at t he i nf an t
,
b
a out it , and is pr e v e nte d by t he icy h an d o f d e ath l o cki ng u p ,
l e avi ng th e b o dy b e hi nd it S o in r efl e c ti ng o n d e at h g e ne r ally
.
,
m o ns te r it is We t hi nk h o w we sh o u ld fe e l no t ho w the d ead
.
,
f ee l.
S t i l l f r o m t h e t o mb t h e v o i c e o f n at u r e c ri e s ;
Ev e n i n our a sh e s l iv e t h e i r w o n t e d fi r e s
’
Th e re is an a dmir abl e p ass ag e o n t his s u bj e c t in T U C K ER S
n fi t f
o N a t u re P u rs u ed which I sh all t r an scrib e as by much
, ,
th e b e s t ill u s t r ati o n I c an o ff e r o f it .
no t th e u n d e rs t an di n g ; f o r wh o e v e r c o n s u l t s t his f ac u l ty will
b ed w i th a r o as ti n g fi re in the ch amb e r it w o u ld f e e l no c o m
, ,
it l e f t at l arg e it w o u ld h av e no lib e r ty n o r if s u rr o u nd e d wi th
,
c anno t b e h o ld no r e v e n c as t a t h o u gh t u p o n th o s e o bj e c t s wi th
,
o u t sh u dd e ri n g ; f o r k no w i ng t h at a livi ng p e rs o n m u s t s u ffe r
”
i ncr e as e d by the c u s to ms o f the w o rld ar o u nd u s .
’
A gr e at m an s m e m o ry m ay at the co mm o n r ate surviv e him , ,
”
h alf a ye ar H is h e irs and succ e ss o rs tak e his ti t le s his p o we r
.
, ,
this we m ay do at o u r l e is u r e in p e rf e ct s e curity ad z nfi m tu m
, ,
.
’ ”
t i ng th e ir liv e s at a pi n s f e e b u t r ath e r c o urti ng O pp o rtu ni ti e s
,
e
qu a t ion T h e y are p aid o u t
. m o ney rais e d by v o l u ntary c o ntribu t i o n s in
of
as th e y will f e t ch .
ON THE F EA R O F D E AT H 12 5
”
r o ck s o f d e ath the i nst an t he fi nds hims elf d e priv e d o f his
,
s ak e I t is p e rh aps als o b e tt e r as w e ll as m o r e h e r o ic al to
.
, , , ,
”
to l o s e i aft e rw ards in s o m e vil e br awl
t f o r s o m e w o rthl e ss
fur th e r o n it h e r e .
s ee m e d to him s o o n o v e r c o mp ar e d wi th t h o s e sw e e pin g c o n
,
wi th it will no t b e v e ry s ev e r e !
128 S EL EC TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
”
liv e s to hims e lf till at l ength it p ass e s in to a pr o ve rb am o ng
,
’—
wh at I u nd erst an d b y livi ng to o ae s seZ fl f o r Sir C h arl e s G r an di
so n w as i n d ee d alw ays thi nki ng o f hims e lf ; but by t his phr as e
’
I m e an n e v e r t hi nki ng at all ab o u t o ne s s e lf , any m o re th an if -
’
of i s as li ttl e o f a n ego tis t as p o ssibl e : Rich ards o n s great
f av o u ri te was as m u ch o f o ne as p o ssibl e S o m e s atiric al cri tic .
’
id o l atry N e i th e r do I c all it living to o ne s s elf to r etir e i n to
'
-
.
(
a d e s e rt lik e th e s ai nt s and m artyrs o f o ld t o b e d e v o ur e d by
)
wild b e as t s no r t o d e sce nd i nto a c av e to b e c o nsid ere d as
,
o ne s s e lf is livi ng in th e w o rld as in it n
’ -
o t o f it : it is as if no
, ,
o f r e tr e at and d o e s n o t w an t to mi ngl e in t he fr ay
,
H e h ears .
”
the t u m u l t and is s till ,
H e is no t abl e to m e nd it no r willi ng
.
,
S pri ng ,
st arts wi th d elight at the no t e o f a thrush in a c o ps e
n e ar him sits by the fi re list en s to the m o ani ng o f t he wi nd 5
, , ,
’
an au th o r s styl e wi th o ut thi nki ng o f tur n i ng auth o r
,
H e is fo nd .
wi th t ry i ng to b e wh at he is no t o r to do wh at he c anno t H e ,
.
T h e m an wh o s e e y e i s e v e r o n h i m s e l f ,
D o t h l o o k o n o ne t h e l e as t o f natu r e s w o rk s ;
’
,
O ne wh o m igh t m o v e th e wi s e m an t o t h at s c o r n
W h i c h wi sd o m h o l d s u nl aw fu l e v e r
th an th ey do ab o ut th e ms e lv e s b e is go t i nt o a tr ack wh e r e h e
,
will fi nd not hi ng but bri ars and th o r ns v ex ati o n and dis app o i nt ,
.
30
s o lv e s o m e k no t ty p o i nt o r di p in s o m e abstrus e auth o r o r l o o k
, ,
To ch il d r e n sp o r t i n g o n th e sh o r e
se e t h e ,
A n d h e ar t h e m igh ty w at e rs r o ll i n g e v e rm o r e
”
.
I 30 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
”
fre sh d e light ne v e r endi ng s till b e gi nni ng and had n o o cc a
, , ,
no r e l at i o n s to t h e s tat e n o d u ty t o p e rf o rm no t i e s t o bi nd
, ,
’
O I liv e d in a w o rld o f c o nte mpl ati o n and no t o f ac ti o n , .
’
t h e ir e f fusi o n s f ar th e r k no w n th an t he P o e t s C o r ne r o f a -
”
20 th e t h o u s an d nat ur al p angs t h at fl e sh is h eir t o does get at t he ,
t hr o n e ; t o b e s e c o n d o r o n ly e q u al t o ano th e r is t o b e n o thi ng ,
:
1 Webs te r s ’
D u ch e ss of M alf y .
ON LIV I N G TO ONE
’ —
S SELF 1 33
if he d o e s no t dr aw cro wd e d h o u s e s e v e ry n igh t he c an n e i t h e r ,
”
he c an e at his m e al in p eac e h e th e n b e c o m e s s u rfe i te d wi th
,
o th e r t h an a f o o l A c o u nt ry ge ntl e m an ne ar T au nto n S p en t
.
-
"
S o me demon wh is pe r d, L
’
h av e a ta t e s !
”
t hi ng h ad no t b ee n d o ne to it r e c e iv e d f o r answ e r t h at a
,
”
s o m e p arts o f it Wh at i nfatu ati o n ! Ye t this c andid ate f o r
.
’ ”
n e c e ss ary su m and th e y h av e I f e ar
,
virgi ne d it e er si nc e !
, ,
30 no m an f all in l o v e f o r fr o m t h at m o m e nt h e is
,
the b aby o f a
”
girl . I lik e v e ry well to r e p eat s u ch li ne s as th e s e in the pl ay
M irand o l a
W i t h wh at a w av i n g ai r s h e g o e s
A l o ng th e c o rri d o r H o w l i k e a faw n !
.
1 36 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
to c o nsci o u s w o r t h an d th e t r u e aspir at i o ns af te r e xc e ll en c e in ,
1
IO th e q u e sti o n .
I h av e no tl o v e d th e w o rl d no r th e w o rl d m e,
I h av e n o t fl at t e r e d it s r an k b r e at h n o r b o w d
’
,
T o i t s i d o l at ri e s a p at i e nt k n e e
N o r c o i n d m y c h e e k t o s m i l e s — n o r c ri e d al o u d
’
I n w o rsh i p o f an e c h o ; i n t h e c r o wd
T h e y c o u l d n o t d e e m m e o ne o f s u c h ; I s to o d
A m o n g t h e m b u t n o t o f t h e m ; in a s h r o u d
,
O f t h o u gh t s wh i c h w e r e n o t t h e i r t h o u gh t s an d s t i l l c o u l d
, ,
H ad I n o t fil e d m y m i n d wh i c h t h u s i t s e l f s u b d u e d .
20 I h av e l o v e d t h e w o rl d n o r t h e w o rl d m e
not ,
B u t le t u s p ar t fai r f o e s ; I do b e l i e v e
-
,
T h o u gh I h av e f o u n d t h e m n o t t h a t t h e r e m ay b e
,
W o rds wh i c h are t h i n gs h o p e s wh i c h wi ll n o t d e c e iv e ,
A n d v i rt u e s wh i c h are m e rc i f u l n o r w e av e
S n ar e s f o r t h e fail i n g : I w o u l d als o d e e m
O e r o t h e rs gri e f s t h at s o m e si n c e r e ly gri e v e ;
’ ’
T h at t wo o r o n e are a l m o s t wh at t h e y s e e m
, ,
T h at g o o d ne ss i s n o n am e an d h app i ne s s n o d r e a m ”
, .
30 wo e b e tid e th e ig no bl e pr o s e wri te r wh o sh o u ld t h u s d ar e to
-
q e tt e d wi t h it m e r e ly t o b e i nt e rr p t e d wi t h t h e imp o rt u n i ty o f visi to rs an d t h e
u ,
u
I sh o u ld do it in go o d se t t e rms ne arly as fo ll o ws Th e r e is , .
’
ti o n o f its o wn nam e I t has a li o n s m o uth the h eart o f a b are
.
, ,
IC
I t is so in awe o f its o wn O pi ni o n t h at it ne v e r d ar e s to f o rm ,
wi th o u t m eani ng N ay m o r e we m ay b e li e v e and k no w no t
.
,
di f fe r wi t h th e m So f ar t h e n is public O pi ni o n fr o m r e s ti ng o n
.
k no ws i t s e lf t o b e a gr e at d u nc e and t h at it has no o pi n i o ns ,
a d o ub t m alic e t u r ns th e sc al e
,
T ayl o r and H e ss e y to ld m e t h at
.
’
sp e ar s P l ays in ab o u t t hr e e m o nths b u t t h at af te r the Qu ar t e rly ,
25 R e vi e w o f th e m c am e o u t t h e y ne v e r s o ld ano th e r c o py T he
,
.
30 af fix e d th e e pi th e t o f t he Coeé ney 5 am ! t o o ne o r t wo w ri te rs
T he p u blic are n
”
th e wr o ng ! o t q u i te so m o d e st P eo pl e .
t h e n c an c o mm o n aut h o rs b e s u pp o s e d to k ee p th e ir h e ads l o ng
ve rsar
y o f his bir t h day in se t sp ee ch e s W o uld th e y t ak e any
-
.
“
th e o bsc u rity and qui e t t h at I l o v e f ar fr o m the m addi ng
,
”
strife in s o m e s e q u e s te r e d c o rne r o f my o wn o r in s o m e f ar
, ,
’
c o ns o l ati o n the p ass age in Bo l ingbro k e s R e fl e c ti o n s o n Exil e ,
1
m o o n will guid e the c o urs e o f o u r y e ar T h e s am e az u r e v aul t .
,
s am e c entr al su n ; fr o m wh en c e we m ay no t disc o v e r an o bj e ct
s till m o r e stup en d o us th at army o f fix e d s tars hu ng u p in the
,
”
littl e wh at gro u nd I tr ead up o n .
t h an th at o f C o ri n th .
L a éent em e /o
qu a da ezt is ( m m mz
'
er .
V irg . Geo rg ”
.
O N T H E P A S T A N D F UT U RE
ou s,
th e l at t e r r e pli e d t h at if t h at was his o pi ni o n h e must ,
th e pr e s e n t argum e nt .
no t hi ng o f n o c o n s e qu e nc e wh ate v e r
, O n th e o t h e r h and I
.
,
’
say th at th e p as t is o f no imp o r tanc e u nw o r thy o f a m o m e nt s
,
1 42
1 44 S E L E C TI O N S FR OM H AZ LITT
s o m e bright r eal i ty ,
Th e t h o u gh t s of wh i c h c an n e v e r f r o m my h e art
Do I th e n m u s e o n no thi n g do I b end my ey e s o n no thi ng , ,
”
wh e n I tu rn b ack in f an cy to th o s e s u ns and ski e s so p u r e t h at
I S ligh te d u p my e arly p ath ? Is i t to th ink o f no t hi ng to se t an ,
T h o u gh n o t h i n g c an b ri n g b ac k t h e h o u r
”
O gl o ry i n t h e gr ass o sp l e d r ’
f f n, o u i n t h e fl o w r
y e t am I m o ck ed wi th a lie wh en I v en tur e to t hi nk o f it ? O r
,
A l i ttl e m o m e n t p as t s o s m i l i n g ”
’ ’
q , fi
Warens wh at a ye arni ng o f the s o ul i s impli e d in th at sh o rt
,
”
s ent enc e ! Was all th at had h app ene d to him all th at he had ,
o r if h e h ad wh at th e n ? W o uld th e y h av e b e e n w o r t h t hi nki ng
,
” ’
truth and pur e d e light in o u r h e art s t abl e s Wh en all the
”
lif e o f lif e was fl o w n was he no t to liv e the first and b est p art
, 2C
ev e r h au nt in g m e m o cki ng my w ak i ng th o u gh t s as in a dr e am
, ,
1 46 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
wi th o ut t h at nam e tre mbli ng in f ancy s ear wi th o u t t h at f o rm ,
I S u nf adi ng i n t e r e st Wh at i s it in f ac t t h at we r e cu r t o o f tene s t ?
.
b u t th e w e ll s to r e d p as t O th e ll o t h e M o o r o f V e n ic e amus e d
-
.
, ,
”
sp e ak o f s o m e dis as tr o u s s tr o k e w hich his y o u th s u f fe r e d .
e xc e p t i n g t h e pr e s e n t mi n t e ) o as if t h e v al e f h m n lif e d cr e as e d o r i n
u ,
r u o u a e
to c m e at s m e f t u re p ri o d and o p s tp o ne o r exis te nc e c e nt ry af te r
o o u e ,
s o u u
c nt ry d i /zn ilmn
e u a zz
'
.
1 48 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
5 in th at c as e b e e q u ally i ndiffe r e nt to b o t h t h at is we sh o u ld c o n ,
1 5 and w e c e as e to h ar ass o r to rm e n t o u rs e lv e s ab o u t i t m o r e th an
th e o t h e r t o t im e p as t ; b u t t h at the o n e is a subj e ct o f ac t i o n ,
C al m c o nt e m pl at i o n m aj e s t i c p ai n s ” 1
20 an d .
It w o u ld giv e a m an m o r e c o n c e r n to k no w th at he sh o u ld
no t
b e pu t to the r ack a y e ar h e n c e t h an to r e c o ll e c t th at h e h ad
,
1 In l i k e m anne r th o u g h we k no w th at an e ve nt m u s t h av e tak e n pl ac e at a
,
has h app e ne d as we ll as we c an .
ON THE PA S T AND F UT U R E I 49
wi th this i nscrip ti o n I A L SO WA S A N A R C A D I A N
Th o u gh I by no m e ans t hi nk th at o u r h abitu al attachm en t to
life is in e x act pr o p o r ti o n to the v al u e o f the gif t y e t I am n o t ,
at all .
Qu e pea de efi ose est [ a we fi a ma z ae is an excl am at i o n
in the m o uths o f m o r alis t s and phil o s o ph e rs to which I c anno t ,
w o u ld ,
p o n t h o s e c o n di ti o ns b e much to b e e nvi e d Bu t this
u ,
.
’
is no t a f air vi e w o f th e c as e A m an s life is his wh o l e lif e
.
,
t o b e j u dg e d o f fr o m t he l as t s to ne t h at is add e d t o it I t is .
s tage b u t wh at we do fe e l and t hi nk w h il e th e r e — th at we
, , ,
af te r ano t h e r ; t h at it is in a w o rd th e l e n g t h o f o u r c o mm o n
, ,
“
wh elm e d wi th the bl o w ! Wh at a h u ge h eap a hug e d u mb , ,
”
30 h e ap o f wish e s t h o u gh t s fe e li ngs anxi o u s c ar e s s o o thi ng
, , , , ,
’
p ass thr o ugh the mi nd in o nly o ne d ay s thi nki ng o r r e adi ng ,
wi t h o th e r o bj e c ts O u r pl e as u r e s and o u r p ai ns c o m e singl e
.
,
”
f o rgo t as s o o n as sh e d the su n shi ne o f the bre as t
,
Bu t as we .
adv an c e f ar th e r t he will g e ts gr e at e r h e ad
,
We fo rm vi o l en t .
em u /2 .
,
ON TH E PA S T AND F UT U R E 1 53
c anno t b e s to pp e d no r k e pt with in b o u n ds S o m e id e a s o m e .
,
T he f e rm e nt o f t he br ai n d o e s no t o f i t s e lf subsid e i nto pl e as u r e
and s o ft r e p o s e . H en c e the disp o si t i o n to str o ng sti m u li o b serv
abl e in p e rs o n s o f much i nte ll e c t u al e x e rt i o n to all ay and c arry
T he i mp romsatam p o et s ( it is r e c o rd e d
' '
o ff th e o v e r e xci te m en t
-
.
k no w wh at to do wi th th e ms e lv e s o n a S u nd ay t h o u gh t h ey ,
we l o s e th e ends o f b e i ng !
1 56 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
tibl e b u t d e cisiv e T he r eas o n why I o bj ect to Dr J o h n s o n s
,
. .
“ ”
in it . H e u s e s no ne b u t tall o p aqu e w o rds t ak en fro m the
, ,
’
b e f air to j udg e o f an au th o r s e l e g an c e by th e m e asur e m ent o f
his wo rds and the s u bs ti tu ti o n o f fo r eig n circ u ml o c u ti o n s ( wi th
,
1
)
n o pr e cis e ass o ci at i o n s f o r th e m o t h e r to ng u e H o w simpl e is -
.
( I k n ow
) l o udly accus e d o f r e v e lli n g in vulg arisms and br o k e n
b u t in th e ir applic at i o n A w o rd m ay b e a fi ne—
. s o u ndi ng w o rd ,
’
cl e nch e s a wri te r s m ean i ng as it is n o t the siz e o r gl o ssi ne ss
s o t h an th e m e r e sh e w
y u n subst ant i al o r nam e nt s I h at e any
,
.
a l o ad o f b an d b o x e s go al o ng t h e s t r ee t and I h at e t o se e a
-
,
wh at near e r to th e f e e li ng he w ant s to c o n v ey an d at l as t no t ,
o bsc u r e c o i n s
,
and S p an ish pi e c e s o f e igh t Th ey are v e ry
.
“ ” “ ”
t r an sp ar e n cy . Wh at do yo u r ead ? W o rds w o rds w o rds , ,
.
”
Wh at is the m atte r ? it migh t b e an sw e r e d .
‘5 vigo ur ; and th e f ashi o nabl e who r e gard o nly appe aranc es will
, ,
‘ ”
pl ac e s I f s o m e o f u s w h o s e ambi ti o n i s m o r e l o wly pry a
.
, ,
30 t h re ad b ar e p at ch w o rk se t o f phr as e s t h e l e f t o ff fi ne ry o f p o e tic
-
,
-
p ai nt in the
styl e o f A nci ent P is to l N o t a glimps e c an yo u ge t .
hyp e rcri tics are no t thi nki ng o f th e s e li ttl e f anto cci ni b e i ngs
T h at s tr u t an d f r e t th e i r h o u r u p o n the s tag e
but o f tall ph anto ms o f w o rds abs t rac ti o ns genera and species , , ,
“
A nd o n t hei r p s s i t s pl u m e d ”
'
en F us t z a n .
T he C o r o nati o n at e i th e r H o u s e is no thi ng to it We ge t at .
we r e ad a d e scrip ti o n o f pic tu r e s ? I t is no t a r e fl e c ti o n o f I t
’
to ne s and hu e s which natu r e s o wn sw ee t and cu nni ng h and
”
l aid o n b u t pil e s o f pr e ci o u s s to ne s rubi e s p earls e m e r alds
, , , , ,
’
G o lc o nd a s mi ne s and all th e bl az o nry o f art
,
S uch p e rs o ns .
t h e ir s to ck in t r ad e Th ey m ay b e c o nsid e r e d as lzierag/ypaiea l
.
m e r e ly in th e ms elv e s wi th o u t any gr o u n d w o rk o f f ee li ng
,
-
th e y u nd e rs tand o r f ee l no thi ng m o r e th an m e e ts th e ir e y e T he .
‘
5 d e ar b o ugh t ar tifici al o ri e ntal in Su bj e c t and allusi o n : all is
-
, ,
t h e y s o o th e th e e ar by the m o n o to ny o f t he s am e e v e rl as ti ng
o f F am e is lik e a S h ad o wy s t r u c t u r e r ais e d by D u l ne ss t o V an
’ ’
25 ity o r lik e C o w p e r s d e scrip t i o n o f th e Empr e ss o f R u ssi a s
,
’ ”
p al ac e o f ic e as w o r thl e ss as in sh e w tw as gli tte ri ng
,
“
It s m il e d , an d i t was co l d ! ”
I 64 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
h e aths I l au gh I ru n I l e ap I S i ng f o r j o y Fr o m the p o i n t
.
, , ,
.
o f y o n d e r r o lli ng cl o u d I pl u ng e i nto my p as t b e i ng an d r e v e l
, ,
”
lik e s u nk e n wr ack and suml e ss t r e as u ri e s b u rs t up o n my
“
,
“
do ; b u t I s o m e tim e s h ad r ath e r b e wi t h o ut th e m L e av e .
,
”
o h l e av e m e to my r e p o s e !
,
I h av e j u s t no w o th er busi ne ss
“
in h and which w o u ld s ee m idl e to y o u b u t is wi t h m e
,
v e ry ,
”
s tuff o f the c o n sci e nc e I s no t t his wild r o s e sw ee t wi th o u t a
.
c o mm en t ? D o e s no t t his d aisy l e ap to my h e ar t se t in it s c o at
o f e m e r ald ? Ye t if I w e r e t o e xpl ai n t o y o u the circ u ms tan c e
’O
th at h as so e nd e ar e d it to m e y o u w o u ld o n ly smil e ,
H ad I .
o ver ,
fro m h e r e to y o nd e r cr aggy p o i nt and fr o m t h enc e . ,
2
5 h e ard it s aid t h at y o u m ay wh e n th e m o o dy fi t c o m e s o n w alk
, ,
o r rid e o n by y o u rs e lf an d i nd u lge y o ur r e v e ri es
,
Bu t this .
”
“
O u t u p o n s u ch h alf f ac e d f ell o wship -
sa
y I I lik e to b e ,
.
’
I was pl e as e d wi th an o bs e rv at i o n o f M r C o b b e tt s th at he .
,
t h o u gh t it a b ad Fr e n ch c u s t o m to dri nk o u r wi ne wi t h o u r
”
h av e a c o mp ani o n o f my way s ays S te r ne ,
w e r e it b u t to
,
”
r e m ark ho w the sh ad o ws l eng th en as the su n d e cli ne s I t is .
t he mi nd and hurts th e s e nt im e nt
,
I f y o u o nly hi n t wh at yo u
.
o f natu r e wi t h o u t b e i ng p e rp e t u ally pu t to th e tr o u bl e o f tr an s
,
IO
c o v et I h av e no o bj e c t i o n t o argu e a p o i nt wi th any o ne f o r
.
tw e nty mil e s o f m e as u r e d r o ad b u t no t f o r pl e as u r e I f y o u
,
.
el u si o n s f o r gr an te d t ill I fi nd it ne c e ss ary to d e f e n d t h e m 3 0
agai ns t o bj e c t i o ns . I t is no t m e r e ly th at yo u m ay no t b e o f
acc o rd o n the o bj e c t s and circ u ms tan c e s th at pr e s e n t t h e m
s e lv e s b e fo r e yo u — th e s e m ay r ec al a nu mb e r o f o bj e c ts and ,
“ ”
giv e it an u nd e rs tan di ng but n o to ngu e ,
M y o ld fri en d .
C h o w e v e r c o uld do b o t h H e c o u ld go o n in the m o s t
,
.
’
IO d eligh tful e xpl anato ry way o v e r hill and d al e a summ e r s day , ,
”
H e t alk e d f ar ab o v e S i n gi n g I f I c o u ld so cl o th e my id eas
.
“
v o ice in the w o o ds o f All Fo xde n Th ey had th at fi ne m ad
-
.
20 H r h e w o o d s as gr e e n
e e
A s wh e n sm o o t h Z e phyr u s pl ays o n t h e fl e et
F ac e o f t h e c u rl e d s t r e am s wi t h fl o w rs as m an y
’
,
A s t h e y o u ng sp ri n g giv e s and as c h o i c e as an y ;
,
2
5 H e r e b e all n e w d e l igh t s c o o l s t r e am s an d w e lls
, ,
A rb o u rs o e rgro wn wi t h w o o db i n e s c av e s an d d e ll s ;
’
,
C h o o s e wh e r e t h o u wil t wh i l s t I s it by an d si n g
, ,
O r g at h e r r u sh e s t o m ak e m an y a ri ng
,
F o r t h y l o n g fi n g e rs ; t e ll t h e e tal e s o f l o v e ;
3O H o w t h e p al e P h oe b e h u nt i n g in a gr o v e
, ,
F i rs t s aw t h e b o y E n dy m i o n f r o m wh o s e e y e s ,
S h e t o o k e t e r n a l fi re t h at n e v e r d i e s ;
H o w s h e c o nv e y d h i m s o f tly i n a sl e e p
’
,
H is t e m pl e s b o u n d wi t h p o p py t o t h e s t e e p ,
H e ad o f o ld L at m o s wh e r e sh e s t o o p s e a c h n igh t
35 , ,
G il d i ng t h e m o u n ta i n wi t h h e r b r o th e r s l i g h t
’
,
T o k i ss h e r sw e e t e s t
” ”
. F A IT H F U I S H E FH E R D ESS . .
1 68 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
t h at o t h e r p eo pl e do Yo u are no l o ng e r a ci ti z e n o f th e w o rld :
.
’
t i tl e t h an tae Gentlem a n i n tlz e p a rlo u r ! O ne m ay t ak e o ne s
o f cu ri o si ty and w o nd e r e v en to o u rs e lv e s We are no m o re .
t ri e d to s o lv e s o m e m e t aphysic al pr o bl e m as o n c e at Wi th am ,
o f the ass o ci at i o n o f id e as — at o t h e r t im e s wh e n t h e r e h av e ,
o f W al e s wh e r e t h e r e h app e n e d to b e h an gi ng s o m e o f Westall s
’
,
had f e rri e d m e o v e r th e S e v e rn st an di ng u p in a b o at b e tw ee n
,
o f April 1 7 9 8 th at I sat d o w n to a v o l u m e o f th e N e w El o is e
, , ,
3O
go ll en t ur ns o ff b etw een C hirk and Wr exh am ; and o n p assi ng
a c e rt ai n p o i n t
y o u c o m e all at o nc e up o n the v all e y which
, ,
bl e at of
fl o cks b el o w and the riv e r D ee b abbli ng o v er its sto ny
,
’
M r C o l e ridge s p o e ms ! Bu t b e sid e s the pro sp e ct which o p ene d
.
“
The b e au t i fu l i s v an ish e d , an d r e tu r n s no t .
”
the p o e t wh o m I h av e ab o v e nam e d Wh e r e is he no w ? N o t .
T o r e tu r n to th e qu e s ti o n I h av e q u i tte d ab o v e .
“
t he way . T he mi n d is it s o wn pl ac e ; no r are we anxi o u s t o
W i t h gl is t e ri n g sp i r e s an d p i nnacl e s ado rn
’
d
A s ano t h e r e xc e p ti o n t o t he ab o v e r eas o ni ng I sh o u ld no t f ee l ,
’
o pp o sit e to all o ne s o rdi nary tr ai n o f id e as o n e s ee ms a sp e ci e s ,
’
by o ne s s e lf a limb t o r n o ff fro m so ci ety u nl e ss o ne c an m ee t
-
, ,
’
o il and wi ne p o ur e d i nto my e ars ; n o r did t he m ari n e rs hym n ,
“ ”
o v er the vi ne c o v e r e d hills and gay r e gi o ns o f Fr anc e
-
e r e ct ,
to m e . T he wh o l e is v anish e d lik e a sh ad e P ic t ur e s h e ro e s .
, ,
o u r ac t u al f o r o u r id e al id e n t i ty ; and t o f ee l the p u ls e o f o u r 3O
” “
o ld tr an sp o r t s r e viv e v e ry k e e nly we mus t ,
j u m p all o u r
pr e s ent co mfo rts and c o nne xi o ns O u r r o m antic and i ti ne r ant
.
h s
t o e wh o h ad b ee n abr o ad I n fact the t im e we h av e sp ent
.
,
t h e r e is b o t h d e ligh tf u l an d in o ne s e n s e i n s t ructiv e ; b u t it
Out of my c o u n t ry an d mys e l f I go .
”
[ O t h e ms e lv e s f o r a whil e fr o m th e t i e s an d o bj e c t s t h at r e c al
’
sh o ne i nto my s o u l lik e the su n s r ays glit te ri ng in the puddl e s
,
“
n o w b u rsti ng fr o m t he d e adly b ands t h at
,
b o u nd th em ,
“
W i th S t yx i
n ne t i mes r ou n d th m e ,
”
o we t o C o l e ridg e Bu t this is no t to my p u rp o s e
. .
( )
o f Whi t church n i n e mil e s far t h e r o n acc o rdi ng t o th e c u st o m o f
’
Diss enti ng M i nis t e rs in e ach o th e r s ne ighb o urh o o d A li n e .
’
to the c o urt e sy o f th e c o u ntry as M r R o w e s pr o b abl e suc
,
.
’ ‘
n
t ai n to pr ay H I M S E L F A L O N E
, ,
A s h e gav e o u t this te x t his
.
,
”
v o ic e r o s e lik e a s te am o f rich dis till e d p e rf u m e s and w h e n ,
“
o ne ano t h e r H e t alk e d o f t h o s e who had
. i nscrib e d the cro ss
”
o f C hrist o n b anne rs drippi ng wi t h h u m an g o r e H e m ad e a .
“ ”
ing to his fl o ck as th o ugh h e S h o u ld ne v e r b e o ld
,
and the ,
m ad e dr u n k at an al e h o u s e t u r ne d i nto a wr e t ch e d dr u mm e r
,
o f the pr o f e ssi o n o f bl o o d .
Su c h w e re s ce p o e t s u ng
’ "
th e n o t e ou r on lo v d
- .
D I V I N UM on it :
L i k e t o t h at s an g u i n e fl o w e r in sc rib d
’
wi t h wo e .
”
”
suffe r in hi s o pi ni o n by my sil enc e F o r t h o s e two h o u rs he
.
,
af te r w
’
ards was pl e as e d t o s ay he was c o nv e rsi ng wi th W H s
,
. .
”
f o re h e ad ! H is app e ar anc e was di f f e r e nt fr o m wh at I had
"
O ant icip at e d fr o m s e e i ng him b e f o r e A t a dis tan c e and in th e .
,
t he sm all po x -
H is c o mpl e xi o n was at t h at t im e cl ear and e v en
.
,
brigh t
A s are th e c h il d r e n o f y o n az u r e sh e e n
“
.
”
“
t h e m lik e a se a w i th d ark e ne d l u s tr e A c e r tai n tend e r bl o o m .
’ ”
his fac e o e rspre ad a p u rpl e ti nge as we see it in the p al e
,
“
no sm all d e gr e e o f prid e and pl e asur e) H e r e w e re n o figur e s
’ ’
20 N o ah s Ark and o f th e rich e s o f S o l o m o n s T e mpl e ; qu e s t i o n s
as to the d at e o f the cre at i o n pr e dic ti o n s o f the e nd o f all
,
ill e xch ang e d f o r all the sh arp ene d r eali ti e s o f s ens e wit fancy
-
, , ,
’
o r r e as o n M y fath e r s life was c o mp arativ ely a dr eam ; b u t it
.
and a j u dgm e nt t o c o m e !
5
’
f ath e r s sp e aki ng o f his Vi ndia ee Gallieee as a c api tal p e rfo rm
'
a gr e at O pi ni o n o f B urk e and t h at
( as f ar as I c o u ld fi nd) the
,
e v e r h e sp o k e highly
, ) h ad e xpr e ss e d a v e ry i ndi f fe r e n t o pi ni o n
an d a s pi n e m o n k ish i n d o l e n t pl as an t ry l h ave n e v e r s
u n t h e m e q all e d
e ee u
, , ,
.
1 82 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
t o m e to t u r n o ff G o dwi n s o bj e c t i o n s to s o m e thi ng she adv an c e d
1
10 v e ry high ( t his was c aprice o r prej udic e r eal o r affe c te d ) b u t ,
t i o n n o n e at all o f h e r t al e nt f o r b o o k m aki ng
, We t alk e d a -
.
I
5 o f b e i ng s tr u ck him I c o mpl ai ne d t h at he w o uld n o t let m e
.
e t o n at all f o r h e r e q u ir e d a d e fi n i t i o n o f e v e ry t h e c o mm o n e s t
g ,
’
siast qui te fr o m u s t o c as t him I nt o D e v a s wi n di ng v al e s o r
3o ,
’
H u m e s g ene r al s tyl e which I thin k b e tr ay e d a w an t o f tas te
,
’
s triki ng th e s to ne wi th his fo o t in all u si o n to this au t h o r s Th eo ry
,
“ ”
o f M at te r and S pi ri t and s ay ing ,
T hus I c o n fu te him S ir
, ,
.
’
‘5 C o l e ridg e dr e w a p ar all e l ( I d o n t k no w h o w h e br o u gh t ab o u t
t he c o nne c ti o n) b e t w ee n B ish o p Be rk e l ey and T o m P ai ne He .
’
o ne was a S h o p b o y s qu ali ty t he o t h e r t he ch ar ac t e ris tic o f a
-
’
his Serm ons a t tlz e R olls Clzap el o f which I had ne v e r h e ard , .
S k e l e to n styl e o f a m at h e m atic al d e m o n s t r at i o n
-
s to pp e d h alf ,
b e tt e r th an I was t h e n ? O h no ! O ne t r u t h disc o v e r e d o n e ,
o f it by s o m e f o nd e nigm at ic al c o nc e i t I w o u ld sw e ar th at the
.
“
s aid th at the fact o f his w o rk o n M o r al and P o li tic al P hil o s o phy
b e i ng m ad e a te x t b o o k in o u r U niv e rsi ti e s was a disgr ac e to
-
u ne xp ec te d no tic e fro m a p e rs o n wh o m I b e li e v e d to h av e b e e n
,
”
g ard . H e was the firs t p o e t I had k no w n and h e c e r tai nly ,
e v e ni ng o r t wo b e f o r e o n th e Be rk e l e i an Th e o ry wh e n h e m ad e
, ,
w as i n cr e as e d to w o nd e r wh en h e st ar te d up o f a sudd e n and ,
’
h o urs d e scrip ti o n o f the t hird h e av e n o f which h e had had a ,
’
dre am v e ry di f fe re nt fr o m M r S o u th ey s V isi o n o f J udgm ent
,
.
,
‘5 e sp e ci al k ee pin g !
’
5 m e o n my way to new h o p e s and pr o sp e c ts w a s to visit .
to him at th e t im e pr o p o s e d and r e c e iv e d an an sw e r p o s t p o n i n g
,
’
b ee n r eadi ng C o l eridge s d e scri p ti o n o f Engl and in his fi ne Ode ,
1 88 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
o u t b e fo r e m e as t h e m ap o f the c o u nt ry la at my f e e t ! I n
, y
the af te r no o n C o l e ridg e t o o k m e o v e r t o All F o xde n a r o m ant ic -
,
’
10 I t was t h e n in th e p o ss e ssi o n o f a fri e nd o f th e p o et s who ,
”
I
5 sc al e s th at f en c e o u r s e lf i nte r e s t Wo rdsw o r th hims elf was
-
.
’
r e p as t ; and we had fr e e acc e ss to her bro th er s p o e ms the Ly ri ,
2
5 h e ar th e l o u d s tag sp e ak .
”
we r e p o s e wi th u ndisturb e d f ai th in t ru t h and g o o d A s we .
’
are no l o ng e r wr app e d in la m b s w ool lull e d in Elysi u m As -
, .
o f wh at lza s b een !
tr ee th at s tr e t ch e d al o ng the gr o u nd C o l e ridge r e ad al o u d wi t h , IC
ack no wl e dg e d ,
In sp i t e of p rid e , in e rri ng r e as o n s sp i t e ’
,
”
Wh i l e y e t t h e t r e mb l i n g y e ar i s un c o nfi rm e d .
”
his v o ic e s o u nd e d high
P r o vi d e n c e fo r e k n o wl e dg e will and fate
Of , , , ,
F ix d f at e f r e e w il l f o r e k n o wl e dg e ab s o l u t e
’ ”
-
, , ,
’
fr o m Bris to l at C o l e ridge s c o t tage I t hi nk I see him no w . .
‘5 P e te r Be ll T h e r e was a s e v e r e w o r n pr e ss u r e o f t h o ugh t
.
,
20 ab o u t t h e m o u t h a go o d d e al at v ari an c e wi th t he s o l e m n
, ,
’
s tately expr e ssi o n o f the r e st o f his f ac e C h antry s b u s t w ants .
n o r th e r n b u rr lik e the cr u s t o n wi ne
,
H e i ns tantly b e g an t o .
”
e dg e o f th e g o o d t hi ngs o f t his lif e H e had b een to s ee th e .
“
it v e ry w ell . H e s aid it fi tte d the tas te o f the audi e nc e lik e a
192 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
C h anne l as f ar as Li nto n We se t o ff t o g e th e r o n f o o t C o l e
,
.
,
ridg e J o h n C h e s te r and I
,
This C h e st e r was a nat iv e o f
,
.
’
N e th e r S to w e y o ne o f t h o s e who w e r e attrac te d to C o l e ridg e s
,
“
s o u n d o f a br ass pan H e f o ll o w e d in the ch ac e lik e a do g .
”
W ho h u nt s no t lik e o ne t h at m ad e u p th e cry
,
H e h ad o n .
IO a br o w n cl o t h c o at b o o t s and c o rd u r o y br ee ch e s w as lo w in
, , ,
’ ’
w as c o mpl e te ; S ir W al te r S c o tt s o r M r Bl ackw o o d s wh e n .
,
t h e y s at d o w n at th e s am e t abl e wi t h the K i ng w as n o t m o r e ,
’
5 br o w o f a hill and the se a I r em e mb e r e yi ng it wis tfully as it .
lay b e l o w u s c o nt r as te d wi th th e w o o dy sc e n e aro u n d it l o o k e d ,
’
h ad a l o ng d ay s m arch ( o u r f ee t k e p t t im e t o th e e ch o e s
o f C o l e ridg e s t o ng u e — t hr o u gh M i ne h e ad and by th e Bl u e
’
30 )
A nch o r and o n to Li nto n whi ch we did no t r each till near
, ,
m e n t We h o w e v e r k no ck e d th e p e o pl e o f the h o u s e u p at l as t
. .
,
’
cl o se by the se a sid e wi t h a smuggl er s face sco wli ng by us and
-
, ,
’
o n e o f which I p o i nt e d o u t to C o l e ridg e s no t ic e t he b ar e m as t s
t o ss e d th e m th e r e and b e hi nd th e s e is a fr e tw o rk o f perpe n
,
’
dic u lar ro cks s o m e t hi ng lik e th e Gia nt s Ca u seway A thu nd e r
,
.
’
sp o k e o f V irgil s G e o rgics but no t w ell I do no t thi nk he had
,
.
“
S h ak e sp e ar and M il to n H e s aid he h ardly k ne w which to
.
’
M ilto n but h e n e v e r app e ar e d to h av e co m e to m an s e s tate ;
,
”
o r if h e had h e w o uld no t h av e b e e n a m an but a m o ns te r
, ,
.
’0
S h o r t m e m o ri e s t h at co u ld no t r e tai n the h arm o ny o f W h o l e
,
’7
p ass age s H e th o ught li ttl e o f J u nius as a wri te r ; he h ad a
.
1
t o e nte r i n t o th e m e ri t s o f Ca leb IVillia m s
/ I n S h o r t he was .
,
’
th at o cc asi o n b e tte r th an th ey s o m e y e ars af te r did M r
, ,
. Ellist o n s
and the Drury l ane b o ards-
,
Oh m e m o ry ! sh i e l d m e f r o m th e w o rl d s p o o r s t ri f e ’
,
A n d giv e t h o s e s c e n e s t h i n e e v e rl as t i ng l i f e
”
.
I saw n o
m o r e o f him f o r a y ear o r two duri ng which p e ri o d ,
’
b an m ot in his m o uth I t was at G o dwi n s t h at I m e t him with
-
.
’J
me ,
s ays L amb m an as he i s not to b e
) 3
,
This s ayi ng was .
Bu t t h e r e i s m att e r f o r an o th e r rhy m e ,
A nd I to t h i s m ay add a s e c o n d t al e .
”
M ER R Y E N G L A N D
S t G e o rg e f o r
. m e r ry E ngl an d !
“
br anch e s o f the tangl e d fo r e s t the l e isur e the fr eed o m
,
th e , ,
IO
”
pl eas u r e o f go i ng and c o mi ng wi th o u t k no wi ng wh e r e the ,
“
anno u nc e d wi t h ch ar act e ris tic gl e e t h at th e r e w e r e pippi ns
‘
97
198 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
and ch ee s e to c o m e S ilence was in t his s en s e a m er ry m an
.
,
”
fr o m the simplici ty o f his tas te and h abi ts C o nti nen ts s ays
.
,
“
H o bb e s h av e m o s t o f wh at th ey c o n tai n
, an d in this V i e w
t u re d i nt o af fe c tati o n o r sp u n o u t i n to l an gu id i nd if fe r e n c e n o r
, ,
g ai e ty which is ne i th er w o rn o u t by h abi t n o r d e ad en e d by
, ,
‘
5 p assi o n b u t is s o u gh t wi th avidi ty as it t ak e s the mi nd by su r
,
u s to b e ar it ?
”
“
Th ey ( the English) s ays Fr o iss ar t am u s e d t h ems elv e s
, ,
”
s adly af te r th e f ashi o n o f th e ir c o u ntry ils se rej o u zssoient
tri stem ent selo n la co u tu me de leu r pay s Th e y h av e i nd e e d a way
.
t he br o w ; th e ic e m ay no t th aw at o nc e T o h e lp th e m o u t .
in th e ir ne w ch ar ac te r is an ac t o f ch ari ty A ny thi ng sh o rt o f .
’
IO t hu n d e ri ng ag ai n s t th e b o ards t h at b o u n d e d Old L ord s cricket
ing are alm o s t the p e c u li ar div e rsi o n s o f t his isl and and o f te n ,
n e c e ss ary t o q u alify i t wi t h t h e e pi th e t o f g e nt l e in th e O pi n i o n o f s o m e o f ”
,
e ar th is t h at t h e th o u g h t o f bl o o d o r a d e li g h t in cr ue l ty is n o t t h e chi e f exci t e
,
m e nt wi th th e m \Vh e re it is th e re is n e c e ssarily a ea c ti n f o r th o u g h it m ay
.
,
r o
u s t o e n d r e th e m wi th g r e at e r p at i e n c e
u T h e E n g lish are le d t o th e attac k o r
.
s s tai n i t e q u ally we ll be ca s e t h ey fig h t as th e y b o x no t o t o f m al ic e b u t t o
u
,
u ,
u ,
t he sp o r t i ng—
c al e nd ar Wh at a ch ee rf u l s o u nd is t h at o f the
.
hill and d al e !
A c ry m o r e tu n e abl e
W as ne ver h allo o d t o
’
by h o u n d or h o rn .
”
e ag e r ne ss in t he f o ll o w e rs o n fo o t as th e y disp e rs e o v e r the ,
’
c o l o u re d pri nt s and pic tu r e s o f th e s e hu ng u p in gent l e m e n s ,
a in g ivi n g o n e
s T h r is th e r e f o r e always a c r tai n d e g r e e o f e ff e mi nacy mix e d
. e e , ,
e
we re i nfl am e d f u ri o u s dru n k wi th t he bl o o d o f th e ir e ne mi e s b u t wh e n it c am e
, , ,
t o th e ir t u rn want i n g th e s am e s t im u l u s t h e y we r e p an ic s t r u c k an d th e ir h e ar ts
, ,
-
,
an d t h e i r s e n s e s f ail e d th e m all at o n c e .
m e n in th e l u rch wh e n i t is m o s t n e e d e d is m o r t i fi e d at b e i ng r e d c e d t o s tan d u
“
u atio n assig ne d by Dr J o hn s o n t o th e an gl e r
. at o ne e nd o f a ,
”
ro d wi t h a w o rm at t h e o t h e r I S h o uld s u pp o se no o th e r lan
.
’
5 gu age c an S h o w such a b o o k as an o f te n m e n ti o ne d o ne W al to n s -
,
’
arb o u rs o f h appy t h o ugh t s an d o f t h e h e rb c all e d H ea rt s E a se
,
2
5 diggi ng a h o l e in th e gro u nd in hi t ti ng a m ark t ur ni ng a l ath e
, , ,
o r in s o m e t hi ng e ls e o f th e s am e ki nd at which th e y had a c e r ,
t ai n knack W e ll is it wh e n we c an amus e o u rs e lv e s w i th s u ch
.
ru n i nd e e d wh en we h av e r e c o u rs e to a p ast e b o ard pr o xy to se t
,
o ff o u r mir th : a m ask m a
y b e a v ery g o o d c o v e r f o r lic e nt i o us
ne ss th o ugh o f t h at I saw no S ig ns
( ) b u t is a v e ry b ad e xp o n e n t
,
1
th e m asks in I taly with o ut e xc e p t i o n
,
.
as b o ys do wi th u s at S hr o v e t id e b u t th ey h av e n o n o t i o n o f ri ng i ng t h e m ; T h e
s o n d o f vill ag e b e lls n ev e r ch e e rs y o u in t rav e lli ng no r h av e y o u th e l u te o r
u ,
o f fe n d e d ,
and as willi ng to b e pl e as e d — s tr u ck wi th o ddi ty
o rd e r th at th e dr o ll e ry m a n o t b e l o st we must h av e sp e c tato rs 2
y ,
s o l e m n pr e t enc e ,
Fi eldi ng and H o gar th Th e s e w e r e t h o r o ugh
-
.
3
sp e cim e ns o f tru e English hum o u r ; y e t b o th w e r e gr av e m e n .
p ati ent and m ark e d to uch e s and it ends in v apid flippanc y and
,
U
r
Fre nch sch o o l and e v en appro ach and e xc ee d the English lic enc e
,
’
and e x t rav ag an c e o f c o nc e p ti o n I do no t c o nsid e r C o ngre v e s
.
’
(O and o f abusi ng Sh ak spe are s C l o w n s and F o o ls which h e s aid ,
idly d o w n the str eam and d e ligh te d with the ch ange are t o ss e d
, ,
T h at d e r H e av e n i s bl o w n
’ ”
O un .
’
S hak spe are s trifli ng d o e s i nd ee d tre ad u p o n th e v e ry b o rd e rs
o f v ac ancy : his m e an i ng o f te n h angs by th e v e ry sl e n d e r e s t
‘
5 c o m e to the e dge o f a j o k e but br e ak th e ir ne ck s o v e r i t wi th
,
“ ”
a w anto n H e re g o e s wh e r e o th e rs m ak e a p iro u ette and
,
’
O pl ai n t h ey c an ne v e r h av e h e ard o f M rs J o rd an no r K i ng no r .
, ,
Bannis te r no r Su e tt no r M u nd en n o r L e
, ,
wis no r li ttl e S imm o ns , , ,
“ ’ ” ’
n ati o n and m ad e life s b u si ne ss lik e a summ e r s dr eam C an .
’
5 I thi nk o f th e m and o f t h e ir nam e s t h at gli tte re d in the pl ay
,
th e P ri z e o r Li ng o o r C r ab t r e e o r Nipp e rki n o r o ld B o r n
, , , ,
o r M o s e s o r S ir A n dr e w Agu e ch ee k
,
o r Acre s o r Elb o w o r , , ,
d elight th at o v e rfl o we d all h e ar ts ,
as th ey gl anc e d b e fo re us in
th e s e p arts ,
T h r o wi n g a g au dy sh ad o w u p o n li f e ,
”
“ ’
h angi ng r o u nd o u r r o o m T u t ! t h e r e s liv e rs e v e n in Eng
.
o f hum an i ty th e l as t o f n at i o ns
,
T he Fr ench l o o k at us acro ss
.
W h at s o u r B ri tai n
“ ’
”
I n th e w o rl d s v o l u m e ? I n a gr e at p o o l
’
a sw an s ’
ne t s .
I f th ey h av e any f ar th e r id ea o f u s it is o f G eo rg e I I I and o u r
,
.
sa
y th at M rs Abi ngto n was e qu al to M ad em o is ell e M ars and
.
,
it no t e no ugh th at t h ey g av e pl e as u r e wh e r e th e y w e r e to t h o s e ,
(
o u t by t im e and circumst an c e s o r as the critics t e ll yo u
, ) by
th e va rnish o f s tyl e !
T he comf ort o n which the English lay so much str ess is o f the
, ,
WO UL D W I S H TO
H A V E S E EN
Come l i k e sh ad o ws so d e p ar t .
”
5
—a t ask f o r which h e w o uld h av e b e en much fitt e r no l e ss ,
r e as o nabl e .
”
"
’
0 L o ck e ? I n this A as usu al r e ck o ne d wi th o u t his h o st
, .
’
Ev e ry o ne b u rs t o u t a l au ghi ng at the e xpr e ssi o n o f B 3
Yes
“
f ac e in which imp ati e nce was r e s t rai ne d by c o ur te sy
,
.
,
”
the gr e ate s t nam e s he s tamm e r e d o u t h as tily
,
b u t they ,
w e r e no t p ers o ns — no t p e rs o n s
”
N o t p e rs o ns.
? ”
s aid “
” “ “
t ri u mph might b e pr e m at ur e Th at is r ej o i ne d B
. no t ,
212
PE R S O N S ONE W O U L D WI S H T O H AV E S E E N 2 1 3
’
w e r e v e ry lik e Kn ell er s p o rtr aits o f t h e m B u t who c o u ld p ai nt .
” “ ” “
S hakspe are ? Ay r e t o r te d A
,
th er e i t is ; th e n I
”
supp o s e yo u w o uld pr e fe r s ee i ng him and M il to n i nst ead ? IO
“
s aid B n e i th e r I h av e s ee n so much o f
.
’
ti o n : and as to M ilt o n s face the impr e ssi o n s th at h av e c o m e
,
’
t h e n yo u w o uld lik e to see in his h abit as h e liv e d i f y o u had
, ,
o f S ir P hilip S id ne y as th e t wo w o rthi e s wh o m h e sh o u ld f e e l
,
ing wi t h th e m A t this A
. l au gh e d o u trigh t and c o nc e iv e d ,
Th er e is Dr J o hn so n : I h av e no c u ri o si ty no s trange u nc er
.
,
A nd c al l u p h i m w h o l e ft h al f to l d
-
The s t o ry o f C amb u s c an b o ld .
”
“
A t h at if th e mys te ry w e r e o nc e cl e ar e d u p the m e rit ,
A bl u sh i ng w o m anly di s c o v e ri ng gr ac e
, , .
M e n o f F r an c e c h an g e ab l e c am e l e o n s
, ,
S p i tt l e s o f d is e as e s s h o p s o f f ash i o n s
, ,
L o v e s fu e ll e rs an d t h e righ t e s t c o m p any
’
,
O f p l ay e rs wh i c h u p o n t h e w o rl d s s t ag e h e
’
, ,
W i ll q u i c kly k n o w t h e e 0 s t ay h e r e ! f o r t h e e
.
E n gl an d i s o n ly a w o r t hy g al l e ry ,
IO T o w al k i n e xp e c t at i o n ; t il l f r o m t h e n c e
O u r gr e at e s t K i n g c all t h e e t o h i s p r e s e n c e .
W h e n I am g o n e d r e am m e s o m e h ap p i n e ss
, ,
N o r le t t h y l o o k s o u r l o n g h i d l o v e c o n f e ss ,
N o r p r ai s e n o r d isp r ai s e m e ; n o r bl e ss n o r c u rs e
, ,
O p e n ly l o v e s f o rc e n o r i n b e d f righ t t h y nu rs e
’
,
W i t h m i d n igh t s s tar t i n gs c ry i n g o u t O h o h
’
, , , ,
N u rs e o h my l o v e i s sl ai n I s aw h i m go
, , ,
O e r t h e w h i t e A l p s al o n e ; I s aw h i m I
’
, ,
A u g u r m e b e tt e r c h an c e e xc e p t d r e ad J o v e ,
T h i n k it e n o u gh f o r m e t o h av e h ad t h y l o v e
”
.
So m e o ne th en i nquir e d o f B if we c o u ld no t see fr o m
the wi n d o w th e T e mpl e w alk in which C h au c e r us e d t o t ak e his
-
e x e rcis e ; an d o n his n am e b e i ng p u t t o th e v o t e I w as pl e as e d ,
( h )
o w e v e r im p e rf e c tly to m o d e r n e ars ; b u t h e was hims e lf a
’ ’
S quir e s T a l e ag ai nst th e st o ry o f the F alc o n th e Wife o f Bath s ,
”
m o d e r ns as th e ir b o o ks and w e ll w o rth the p erus al
,
D ant e .
,
I c o n ti nu e d is as i nt e r e sti ng a p e rs o n as his o wn U go li no o ne
, ,
’
a h an d t h an Ti ti an s ligh t M o o rish spiri te d but no t answ e ri ng
, , ,
’
o u r id e a T he s am e ar tist s l arg e c o l o ss al pr o fil e o f P e t e r Ar e ti ne
.
”
m an tic B
. put i t to m e if I sh o uld lik e to se e S p ens e r 2 I
m e llifl u o u s c ad en c e o f hi s v e rs e ; no f o rm but o f a wi ng e d
ang e l c o u ld v ie wi t h the ai ry sh ap e s he has d e scrib e d H e was .
( t o o u r appre h e nsi o n s
) r at h er a cr e atur e o f the e l em ent th at ,
21 8 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
liv e d in the r ai nb o w and pl ay e d in the plight e d cl o uds th an an ,
T/z a t was A ri o n c ro w n
’
d:
So w e nt he pl ay i n g o n th e w at ry pl ai n !
’
”
IO I sh o uld lik e s aid M iss D , t o h av e s e e n P o p e t alk
”
ing wi t h P atty Bl o u nt ; and I lz a ve s e e n G o ldsmi t h Ev e ry o ne .
tur ne d r o u nd to l o o k at M iss D as if by so d o i ng t h e y to o
c o u ld ge t a sight o f G o ldsmi th .
”
Wh e re ask e d a h arsh cr o aki ng v o ic e was Dr J o h ns o n
, , .
20
y e t as if t h ey w e re f amili ar to him o r ass o ci ate d in his mi nd ,
t hi ng to h av e s e en him s e at e d in th e t en t wi t h th e y o u thful
”
s u bj e c t s and adh e r e nt s o f the l e gi tim ate G o v e r n m ent .
”
I th o ugh t s aid A
,
t ur ni ng sh o r t r o u n d u p o n B
”
th at y o u o f the L ak e S ch o o l did no t lik e P o p e ? N o t lik e
P o p e ! M y d e ar sir yo u mus t b e u nd e r a mis tak e
,
I c an r ead
”
him o v e r an d o v e r f o r e v e r ! Why c e r tai nly the Ess ay o n ,
”
30 M an mus t b e all o w e d to b e a m as te r pi e c e I t m ay b e so -
.
,
” ’
b u t I s e ld o m l o o k i nto it O h ! t h en it s his Satir e s y o u
.
”
admir e ? N o no t his S atir e s b u t his fri e ndly Epis tl e s and
, ,
”
his c o m plim e nts C o m plim e nt s ! I did no t k no w he e v e r
.
2 20 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
’
a c o ffee h o us e so as in s o m e m e asur e t o vulg ari z e o ne s id e a
-
’
wh at a p o et s lif e S h o u ld b e ; and his f am e whil e livi ng s ee m e d
to b e an e m anati o n fr o m t h at which was to circl e his n am e af te r
”
S till s aid M iss D
,
I w o u ld r ath e r h av e s een him
t alki ng wi t h P atty Bl o u n t o r ridi ng by in a c o r o n e t c o ach wi th
,
-
’0
L ady M ary Wo r tl e y M o ntag u
E who was d ee p in a g am e o f piqu et at t he o th e r e nd
o f the r o o m whisp e r e d to M C t o ask if Ju n i u s w o uld n o t b e
,
. .
”
Ye s
“
a fit p e rs o n to i nv o k e fr o m the d e ad s aid B .
,
”
pro vid e d he w o u ld agree to lay asid e his m ask .
“ ”
pre po sitio n R ich ards o n
.
? By all m e an s b u t o nly to ,
”
pro v e t h at J o se ph A ndre ws was lo w .
, , , , ,
’
P ilgrim s P ro gr e ss I t s ee m e d th at if he c am e i nto th e r o o m
.
,
”
u nd e r his go ld e n cl o ud nigh sph e r e d in H e av e n a c ano py as
,
-
’
O f all p e rs o n s n ear o u r o wn tim e G arric k s nam e was ,
v e rs at i o n o f J o h ns o n to S h o w wh at p eo pl e c o uld do at th at
,
dro p th e sw o rd as m o s t ac to rs do b e hi n d the sc e ne s b u t k e pt
, ,
’
m o m en t O n c e at a S pl endid di nne r p ar ty at L o rd
. 5 th e y -
,
-
,
’
’
5 br ai ne d e nth u si as t K it M arl o w e ; to the s e x to n o f S t A nn s
,
.
,
— ’
W e bs te r wi t h his m e l anch o ly y ew tr e e s and d e ath s h eads ; t o
,
-
’ ” “
hims e lf o r in C o wl e y s w o rds was a v as t sp eci e s al o ne
, ,
.
[ 0 u n d o ub te dly b e f o r h avi ng u
p t h o s e pr o f o u nd and r ed o u bt e d
”
s o ci alis ts Th o m as Aqui nas and D u ns S c o tus
,
I s aid this .
By t hi s t im e it sh o u ld s ee m th at s o m e rum o u r o f o u r whim
sic al d e lib e r ati o n h ad go t wi nd an d h ad dis t urb e d th e irrita b le
,
en u s in t h e ir sh ad o wy ab o d e s f o r we r e c e iv e d m e ss ag e s fr o m
g ,
T he r o o m was hu ng r o u nd wi th s e v e r al p o r tr ai ts o f e min e n t
p ain t e rs Whil e we w e r e d e b at i ng wh e th e r we sh o uld d em and
.
sp ee ch wi t h th e s e m as te rs o f mu t e e l o qu e nc e Wh o s e fe ature s ,
’
him was R aph ael s grac e ful h e ad tu rne d r o u nd to the
F o rnan na ; and o n his o th e r sid e was Lucr e ti a Bo rgi a wi th
'
’
S t P e te r s o n t he tabl e b e fo r e him ; C o rre gio h ad an ang el at
.
N o t a w o rd was sp o k e n ; and as we r o s e to do t h e m h o m ag e ,
o u te r d o o r an d we fo u n d it was G i o t to
,
C im abu e and G hir , ,
W h o s e n am e s o n e ar t h
F am e s e t e rn al r e c o rd s l i v e f o r ay e !
’
In
”
Bu t sh all we h av e no thi ng to say i nte rr o gate d G J ,
.
”
to the L e g e nd o f G o o d W o m en ? N am e nam e M r J , ,
.
as m an y as y o u pl e as e wi t h o ut r e s e rv e o r fe ar o f m o l e s tati o n !
,
o f the T ar t u f f e at the h o u s e o f N i no n
; R aci ne L a F o ntai ne , ,
“ ” “
Th e r e is o ne p e rs o n s aid a shrill q u e rul o u s v o ice
.
,
I , ,
”
w o u ld r ath er se e t h an all t h e s e D o n Q u ix o te !
25 Co me co me ,
s aid H I th o u gh t we sh o uld h av e no
h e r o e s r e al o r f ab u l o us Wh at say y o u M r B
,
. A re yo u ,
.
”
J u li u s C ae s ar T am erlane o r G h e ngis K h an
, ,
Excus e m e ,
”
o wn which I b e g l e av e to r e s e rv e
,
N o no ! c o m e o u t wi th
.
, ,
”
y o ur w o r thi e s ! Wh at do y o u t hi nk o f G u y F au x and
“
”
J u d as I scari o t ? H t u r ne d an ey e u p o n him lik e a wild
“
I ndi an b u t c o rdi al and full o f sm o th e r e d gl ee
,
Y o ur m o st .
O N T H E F EE L I N G O F I M M O RT A L IT Y
I N Y O UT H
Li fe i s a p u r e fl am e , an d we l iv e by an i n v i sibl e w ith i n u s
su n
‘
.
”
SIR T H O M A S B RO W N .
’
my br o th e r s and a fi ne o ne T h e r e is a f eeli ng o f Ete rn i ty in
,
.
y o u th which m ak e s us am en ds f o r e v e ry thi ng T o b e y o u ng is
,
.
t o b e as o n e o f th e I mm o rt al G o ds O ne h alf o f t im e i nd ee d .
o wn .
The v as t , b
th e u n o u n d e d p r o sp e c t l i e s b e f o r e us .
”
t i ng o u t o n a d e ligh t ful j o ur n ey we s t r ai n o u r e ag e r g az e ,
f o rw ard
B i d d i ng t h e l o v e ly s c e n e s di s tan c e h ail ”
at ,
and se e n o e nd t o t h e l an dsc ap e
bj e c t s pr e s ent i ng th e m ne w o
“
no disp o si t i o n to fl ag ; and it s ee m s th at we c an go o n s o f o r
2 28
THE F E E LI N G OF I M M O RTA LIT Y I N Y O U T H 2 29
t h at ( so to sp e ak ) id e nt ifi e s u s wi th nat u r e and ( o u r e xp e ri e nc e
,
u ni o n — a h o ne y m o o n th at k no ws ne i th e r c o ld ne ss j ar no r
-
, ,
“
to dust and ash e s we c anno t im agi n e
,
this s en sibl e w arm ,
”
m o ti o n to b ec o m e a k ne ad e d cl o d
,
we are t o o much daz
z le d by th e bright n e ss o f the w aki n g dr e am ar o u nd u s t o l o o k
”
e re th e wi ne of
life is dr an k u p we are lik e p eo pl e into xi ,
pursui t s c u t o ff fr o m o u r cl o s e st ti e s t h at p assi o n l o o s e ns it s
, ,
o f o t h e rs t he v o ic e o f e xp e ri e nc e h as no e ff e c t up o n u s wh at
, ,
”
‘
5 r e fl e c ti o n is S o am no t I ! T he id e a o f d e ath i ns te ad o f ,
o f th e w an to n e x t r av ag an c e o f o u r pre t e n si o n s o r t h at th e ,
t o t he s till ne ss o f th e gr av e !
L i f e ! t h o u s t r an g e t h i n g t h o u h as t a p o w e r t o f e e l
,
T hou p e rc e iv e t h at h e rs ” 1
art , an d to ot are .
1 Fa wce tt s ’
A rt of War ,
a po e m ,
I 7 94 .
2 32 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
T h e s t o c k d o v e p l ai n am i d t h e f o r e s t d e e p
(2
,
T h at dr o wsy r u s t l e s t o th e sigh i n g g al e
to t rav e rs e d e s e rt wild er ness t o lis te n to th e mid night ch o ir to , ,
’
visi t ligh te d h alls o r pl u nge i nto the du ng eo n s gl o o m o r sit in
, ,
, , ,
1
sp ear e and b e l o ng to th e s am e S p eci e s as Sir I s aac N e wt o n to
1 La dy \V o rt le y M o n ta g
s ays in o ne o f h e r l e t te rs th at S h e wo u ld m u ch
ue , ,
, , ,
l anc e o f r an k an d se x br e ak s o u t e v e ry wh e re in th e se L ett s ” Sh e is c o n “
er .
h ad it n o t b e e n f o r t h e goo d n a tu e o f m an k i nd t h e s e t wo s p e ri o r b e i ng s we r e
-
r
,
u
e n t i t l e d by t h e ir bir th an d h e r e di t ary f o rt u n e t o b e o n ly a c o u pl e o f li n k b o ys
” -
.
, ,
e s t im at e ; an d t h e wo rld r ais e d th e au t h o rs t o t h e r an k o f s u p e ri o r b e i ng s in ,
c aprici o u s wo r k i n g s o f h e r v an i ty sh e p e rs ad e s h e rs e lf th at C lariss a is v e ry
,
u
is o n e o f th e b e au t i e s an d adv an t ag e s o f li t e rat u r e th at i t is t h e m e an s o f ,
o f e n abli n g u s t o j d g e o f t r u th a n d e xc e ll e n c e by t h e ir i n h e r e n t m e ri t s al o n e
u .
be and t o do all
this and th en in a m o m e nt to b e no thi ng to h av e
, ,
’
it all s natch e d fro m o ne lik e a j uggl e r s b all o r a ph antasm ag o ri a ;
t r e at e d as lo w pr e t e nd e rs wh o h av e e n cro ach e d u p o n t h e pr o vi n c e s o f th e ir
b ette rs S u pp o s e R ich ards o n t o h ave b e e n ac q u ai nt e d wi t h th e g re at m an s
.
’
e n t r o o ms o f t h e s am e h o u s e wh o di n e d o n t h e s am e l u x u ri e s at diff e r e n t t abl e s
, ,
t h e au t h o r B u t if t h e l at te r sh e ws th e s e in t h e hi g h e s t d e g r e e it is as k e d wh at
.
,
T h at i s s u ffi ci e nt ; an d we h av e n o ri g h t t o q u e s t i o n t h e g e n i u s f o r want o f
th e gent i l ty u n l e ss t h e f o rm e r ran in f amili e s o r c o u ld b e b e q u e at h e d wi th a
'
z , ,
b e n o pr e te n d e rs t o t as t e o r e l e g an c e b u t th o s e wh o s e nam e s w e r e f o u n d in
t h e c o u r t lis t N o o n e o b j e c t s t o C l au d e ’s L an dsc ap e s as th e wo r k o f a p as t ry
.
wit n o r a p o e t wh o was n o t a l o rd
, N o b o dy b u t hims e lf an swe re d t o his o wn
.
z ,
20 dis ti nc t and fr e sh t h ey s e e m b u t o f y e s te rd ay — t h e ir v e ry
,
~
’
5 the Tro j an war ; and e v e n th e n N e s to r was o ld and dw e lt
,
w e r e no m o r e ; — wh at w o nd e r th at s ee i ng t his l o ng li ne o f
,
a b o y whil e t he e v e nt s o f th e p e ri o d
,
all th at had happ e ne d
,
’
an d im agi nati o n c o uld b e cr o wd e d i nto a m o m e nt s c o mp ass ,
2 36 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
1
fro m c o rrup ti o n and the rud e grasp o f D eath .
o n th e br ai n We r e p o s e o n t h e m wi th a s o rt o f v o luptu o us
.
is as fix e d as if it w er e m arbl e we l o i te r in dim C l o is te rs l o si ng ,
p at io n o f th e ir mi nds wi th vivid im ag e s wi th li tt l e o f th e w e a n d t e a o f th e b o dy ?
r-a -
r
,
THE F E E LI N G OF I M M O RTA LIT Y I N Y O UT H 2 37
b efo r e we mi ngl e with the w o rld and are e mbr o il e d in its af fairs 5 ,
“
s o m e m o r e liv e ly pursuit to b eguil e the sl o w and cr ee pi ng
,
”
h o urs o f tim e and argu e th at i f it m o v e s o n alw ays at this
,
l e ft and c anno t e nj o y e v en wh at r e m ai ns o f it
,
I .
in h and wi th th o s e o f the h u m an r ac e th at l o ng b e f o r e my e y e s
,
F ro m th e d u n g e o n o f t h e t o w e r t i m e r e nt -
,
T h at f e ar fu l v o i c e a f am ish d fath e r s c ry
,
’ ’
,
”
2 38 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
in D o n C arl o s s e nt i nt o th e s o ul ! I n t h at h eadl o ng c ar ee r o f
2
5 an d p u t t i ng t h e m i nto f o rm t h at migh t liv e I t i s thus t h at
.
,
o u r n am e s at l e ast t o p o s te ri ty
. A s l o ng as we c an k eep aliv e o u r
30 ch e rish e d t h o u gh t s and ne ar e s t i nte r e s t s in the mi nds o f o th e rs ,
,
.
b e i ng pr e s e nt at a fi ne pl ay — wh at b e au ty wh at s u blimi ty , ,
wh at s o o t hi ng wh at h ear t r en di ng e m o ti o n s ! Yo u w o uld su p
,
-
,
p o s e th e s e w o u ld l as t f o r e v e r o r at l e as t s u bd u e the mi nd to
,
“
’
0 c o u ld e v e r af te r sh ak e o u r r e s o l u ti o n t h at t r e as o n d o m e stic
, ,
”
and qu e rul o us e v e ry o bj e ct
,
r e v e rbs i ts o wn h o ll o wne ss and ,
)
no t pl ays ar o u nd t h e m . This is to b e at p e ac e . Wi t h o u t t his
,
A nd wh at of t his ne w b o o k t h at , th e wh o l e w o rl d m ak e s u c h a ro u t
about ? S T ER NE .
all t h o s e t h at h av e g o n e b e f o r e I c an c o n c e iv e ho w th e y S h o u ld
,
no t wish t o r e ad th e s am e w o rk t wic e o v e r ; b u t wh e n I c o n
pl ai nts t h at I h e ar m ad e t h at S ir W al te r wri te s no m o r e
,
th at
th e pr e ss is idl e t h at L o rd Byr o n is d e ad If I h av e no t r e ad .
a b o o k b e f o r e it is ,
t o all i nte nt s and p u rp o s e s n ew t o m e
, , ,
is f ar th e r r e m o v e d fr o m o th e r w o rks th at I h av e l ate ly r e ad ,
1
’
0 w o m e n th e w o rs e f o r b e i ng o ld ; t h at th e y h av e a pl e asur e in
,
b e i ng r e ad f o r th e firs t t im e ; th at th e y o p en th e ir l e av e s m o r e
c o rdi ally ; t h at the spiri t o f e nj o ym e nt w e ars o u t wi t h the S piri t
o f n o v e l ty ; an d t h at af te r a c e r tai n age it is high t im e t o pu t
, ,
th e m o n the S h e lf This c o nc e i t s e e ms to b e f o ll o w e d u p in
.
1 La ws are n o t li k e wo m e n , the wo rs e f or b e i ng o ld .
”
l e D u ke f
o B u ck
in g/ ’
l a ne s S ee d: in
p Me H o u se of L ds ,
or in C/z a rle s t/ze S e c on d ’5 t im e .
2 42
244 S E L E C TI O N S F RO M H AZ LITT
’
fr o m o th e rs ; if we m ak e h as te we m ay dic tate o u r s to t h em
, .
I t is no t a r ac e th e n f o r pri o ri ty o f i n fo rm ati o n b u t f o r
, , ,
20 a l o ss and d u mb f o u nd e d -
wh en all ar o u n d us are in th eir
,
gl o ry and figuri ng aw ay o n n o o th e r gr o u n d th an t h at o f
, ,
Co pi e s _ o f th e E di n b u i /i [ Review are o r w e r e c o v e t e d ? Th at
g
ON R EA D I N G N E W B O O KS 24 5
app e ar o n the s am e da
y as the o rigi nal w o rk so t h at the ,
m o d e r n w o rk is e xpr e ssly ad ap te d to m o d e r n r e ad e rs I t . IO
the s am e s o u rc e s as o u r d aily t h o u gh t s Th er e i s th e r e fo r e.
, ,
‘5
’
y o u ng l adi e s fr o m the b o ardi ng sch o o l o r milli ne rs girls -
, ,
’
o r ag ai ns t ; the wri t e r s n am e must b e w e ll k no w n o r a gr e at
b o o ks t h at app e ar t h an we c an r e ad all t he o ld o ne s th at h av e
,
ho t—
pr e ss e d p o e m o r o th e r p o p u l ar w o rk ? N o t g ene r ally
, ,
’
t h e r e n o t a M an uscrip t o f C ic e r o s t alk e d o f as h avi ng b ee n
in o u r t im e o r n e ar it A N o bl e L o rd ( which m ay s erv e t o
.
a ru n in th at w a I t ri e d to re ad s o m e o f the Di al o gu e s
y .
“ ” 1
no thi ng o f it : the l o gic was so di f fe r e n t fr o m o urs ! A
l
a on g wi t h the din and s tir o f nati o n al j e al o u sy and pr e tensi o n .
no v e l ty hu nti ng ; b u t t h o u gh o pp o s e d it is sc arc e ly a m at ch
-
, ,
f o r it in a g e ne r al and p o p u l ar p o i nt o f vi e w I t is no t l o ng .
’
t h e s am e ac t iv e mi nd e d p e rs o n o f a n igh t s r e s t by te llin g
-
t as te s f o r th e ne w and th e o ld at o n c e I f e ar it is b u t a .
t h e y r e q u ir e to b e b o ls te r e d u p in s o m e m e asur e by th e e mb e llish
I n s o m e v e ry j u s t an d agr e e abl e r e fl e c t i o n s o n t he s to ry o f
Ab el ard and El o is e in a l ate numb e r o f a co n te mp o r ary p u bli
,
O m axim e c o nj u x !
O t h alam is i n dig n e m e i s ! IIoc j u ri s h ab e b at
-
ON R EA D I N G N EW B O O K S 2 49
I n t antu m f o r tu na c ap u t ? C u r i mp l a nu psi ,
S i m i se r m f ac tu r a f u i ? N u n c ac c i pe paenas
u ,
S e d q u as S p o nt e l u am P H A RSA L I A l i b 8
.
”
, . .
Wh at s o u ndi n g li ne s ! Wh at a p o mp an d ye t wh at a famili ar ,
”
b o ld ne ss in t h e ir applic ati o n pro ud as wh en blu e I ris b e nds !
T he re adi ng t his acc o u nt br o ught fo rcibly to mi nd wh at has
struck m e o f te n b e fo r e the u nr e as o nabl e ne ss o f the c o mpl ai nt IO
he r as he r her mi nd m u s t h av e b ee n fu ll o f
d aily t h o u gh t s ;
t h e m to o v e rfl o wing and at the s am e t im e e n rich e d wi t h o th e r
'
a fi n e m o r al s en t im en t o r a no bl e im ag e n e rv o usly e xpr e ss e d in
”O
G o ths and V and als I t is tr u e we h av e l o s t S igh t o f and neg
.
, ,
“
to g e t h e r in t h e ir tim e lik e s u nk en wr eck and suml e ss tr eas
,
’
to b e v e ry di f fe ren t fro m Sir T ho m as L awr e nc e s ye t the o ne
was th e fav o uri te p ai nte r o f H enry V I I I as th e o th e r is o f .
,
“
has gro w n s o m ewh at mu sty ; o f m anne rs t h at are e xpl o d e d ,
“ ”
0 thro ugh the bl az e o f war Bo o ks o f d e v o ti o n are no l o nge r
.
’
r ead ( if we r ead I rvi ng s O rations i t is m e r e ly th at we m ay go
,
( e qu al in wi t and m o r e th an e qu al in l e arn i ng
, ) re p o s e qui e tly ,
ON R EA D I N G N E W B O O KS 2 53
’
b een e xci te d and P asc al s P rovi ncial L etters h av e b een o n ce
,
’
us to see the B egga rs Opera c u t d o w n to two ac ts b e c aus e s o m e ,
’
in A m e ric a th at V an D ie m e n s L an d o f l e t te rs this st e rli ng
s at ir e is h o o t e d o ff the st ag e b e c aus e f o r tu nat ely th ey h av e no
, , ,
’
w o rk o f which the fl occi na u ci nik i/ip ilij i catio n in S h e ns to ne s
,
- -
,
on th e
w alls o f P aris o r S t P e t e rsb u rgh I d are no t m ent i o n
. .
a b o o k m ay b e c o n sid e r e d to h av e p ass e d th e o rd e al t h at is
’
is no t e v en a dr eam a b o y s c o n ce i t ; and p o sthum o us f am e
'
1
[ O is no m o r e r e gard e d by the au t h o r t h an by his b o o ks e ll e r .
25 ity ,
no t a v e ry f o rmid abl e riv al t o o u r s e lf l o v e as we at t rib -
30 do rc e t and o th e rs w e r e to b e gi n a new r ac e o f m en — a ne w
,
t hr ee y ea rs f
a te r h e was d ea d h e an sw r
e e ,
d N o t t hr e e d ays S
,
i r ! ”
T his was ,
t h e B o u l e vards
2 56 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
”
u nde r the h o o fs o f a swi nish mul ti tu d e I w o u ld r ath e r e ndur e
.
o r sh ad o w o f e xc e ll e n c e it is b e tte r t o le t t h e m r e m ai n as t h ey
,
w er e ; f o r it i s b et t er to h av e s o m ethi ng to admire th an no t hi ng
— nam e s if no t t hi ngs — the sh ad o w if no t the subst an c e
, ,
th e t i n s e l if no t th e go ld
,
All c an no w r ead and wri te e qu ally ;
.
and it is t h e r e f o r e pr e s u m e d e qu ally w e ll
,
A ny t hi ng sh o r t o f
,
.
1
a sur e t i tl e to public c o nte m p t and o bl o q u y T h ey cry yo u up .
,
y o u h av e gl e ane d it is b u t squ e ez i ng y o u
,
and spu ng e
y ou , , ,
”
sh all b e dry ag ai n A t firs t th e y thi nk o nly o f the pl e asur e o r
.
I s no t this p ar tly o wi ng
1 t o th e disapp o i n tm e nt of th e p u blic at fi n di ng any
d e fe c t in th e ir id o l ?
ON REA D I N G N E w B O O KS 2 57
1
th at sh o uld b e hu nt e d o u t o f s o ci ety H enc e m e n o f l e tte rs .
,
o f cru s ad e s an d a t o da — u
f es th e no bl e r r ev e ng e o f o u r an c e s t o rs f o r a di f fe re n c e
-
c an m ak e a P ar t hi an re t r e at an d sh o o t p o is o n e d arr o ws b e hi n d th e m
,
T he go o d .
Cl o w n s and no bl e s wi th a ro d o f ir o n !
, ,
260 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
o pp o r tu nity to do th e m a g o o d turn if it w e r e in o u r p o w e r
;
b u t w e c anno t ge t b e yo nd t his : th e u tm o s t we c an do is t o s ave
app e ar an c e s and no t c o m e to an o p en rup tu r e wi t h t h e m
, .
o ught
) wi t h us Th e y h av e d o ne wh at t h e y did fr o m a s e ns e o f
.
IO o u r i nfirmity ; o r t hey h av e dr o pp e d s o m e hi n t by t he wa
y or ,
th e b e s t i n t en t i o n s in th e w o rld c o nt riv e t o m ak e e v e ry t hi n g
,
dis tr e ss an d t ak e p ai n s to r e m o v e it ; bu t t h ey h av e no s at is
,
“
°
5 l en c e o f s o u l and disco urs e o f r eas o n l o o ki ng b e f o re and ,
”
af te r
,
t hey are c o n ti nu ally r e mi ndi ng y o u o f s o m e thi ng th at h as
g o ne wro ng in tim e p as t o r t h at m ay do so in th at which is to
,
o f th e irs do e s no t h it an
y o ne e ls e T hey are us e f u l b u t n o t
.
,
O N D I SA G R E EA B L E P EO P L E 26 1
co l o ur o f yo ur m e nt al o r o th e r dis o rd e rs T he wh o l e nee d .
no t a physici an ; and b e i ng o nc e pl ac e d at e as e an d c o mf o rt
, ,
th ey h av e no f ar th e r u s e f o r yo u as subj e cts f o r t h e ir si ng u l ar I S
b ene fi c e nc e and y o u are no t s o rry to b e qui t o f t h e ir tir e s o m e
,
i nt e rf e re nc e T he o ld pr o v e rb A f riend
.
,
need is a f riend
“
A s wh e n in p ri m e o f J u ne a b u r n i sh e d fl y
, , ,
S p r u n g f r o m t h e m e ad s o e r wh i c h h e sw e e p s al o ng
’
, ,
2
5
C h e e r e d by t h e b re at h ing b l o o m an d v i tal sk y
‘
T u ne s up a m i d t h e s e ai ry h alls h i s s o n g ,
S o o t h i n g at fi rs t t h e gay r e p o si ng t h r o ng ;
A nd o f t h e si p s t h e i r b o wl o r n e arly d r o w n e d
, ,
H e t h e n c e r e c o v e ri n g d riv e s t h e i r b e ds a m o n g ,
A n d s c ar e s t h e i r t e n d e r sl e e p wi t h t r u m p p r o f o u n d ;
T h e n o u t ag ai n h e fl i e s t o wi n g h i s m az y r o u n d
”
.
T H O M S O N S C A ST L E O F I N D O LEN C E
’
the gr o u nd .
and i nf o rm at i o n ab o u n d in a k no wl e dg e o f ch ar ac te r h av e
a f u nd o f ane cd o te are u n e xc e p t i o nabl e in m anne rs an d
m a tter— f f ad i zerr fro m which the spiri t and e ffe c t are b anish e d
o , ,
e ne mi e s wh e r e v e r t h e y c o m e Th e r e are y o u r bl u n t h o ne st
.
,
-
[O , ,
s o ns h o w e v e r are m o r e av e rs e to c o ntradic ti o n t h an th e s e s am e
, ,
”
o u r h e ar t o f h e arts .
, ,
h ri c h th e sh o p s
t at e n ,
T h at p as s wi th ap p r o b at i o n t h ro u gh th e l an d ;
l
n o r, I fe ar ,
c an it b e add ed
T h at b ri n g t h e i r au t h o rs an i m m o r tal f am e .
”
ad o p te d th e au th o rs g ai n li ttl e by it and th e ir n am e s r e m ai n in
, ,
O N DI SA G R EEA B L E PE O P L E 26 5
“ ”
co ur teo u s r ead e r and the g o o d n at ur e d au t h o r are w e ll -
’
t h at W alt o n s A ngl e r is no t a b o o k o f this l ast d e scripti o n
T h at d al l i e s wi t h th e i nno c e n c e of t h o u gh t ,
”
L i k e the o ld age .
1
5 pr o p e r acts as a pro v o c ati o n to it : th e f e ar o f c o mmi tti ng a
blu nd e r i s so stro ng th at in t h eir agi tati o n t hey b elt o u t wh at
,
’
b e so to o W e e nj o y a fri end s s o ci e ty o nly in pr o p o r ti o n as h e
.
’
t h at t h ey do n o t giv e y o u a m o m e nt s r e st Ev e ry t hi ng go e s .
di ne wi th t h e m at a tav e rn in o rd e r to b e m o r e at y o ur eas e
, ,
’
an i n s e c t s wi ng are t h o s e who in t he o pp o sit e spiri t will h av e
, , ,
5
2 in the h e at o f an argum ent — who k ni t th e ir bro ws and cl e nch
t h e ir t e e t h in s o m e sp e c u l ativ e discussi o n as if th ey w e r e eng age d ,
’
and e v e ry b o dy e ls e s co m fo r t M o u nte d o n an abstr ac t pr o p o si
.
e difyi ng sp e ct acl e . IO
and wh e n y o u l e av e t h e m it is wi t h a fee li ng t h at t h ey c an do
,
n o r abs e n c e o f mi n d ; b u t th e y are i n t e n t s o l e ly o n t h e ir o wn 2 0
o r th e d e lic acy o f c o mm o n d e c e n cy
“
t h at w h e th e r t h e y
,
he w
”
the g o ds ,
th e O p e r at i o n o n y o ur f ee li ngs and y o u r s e n s e o f o bli
o u d ar e no t go n e ar th e m o r f e e l as u ne asy in th e ir c o mp any
y ,
as if y o u s to o d o n th e e dg e o f a v o lc an o T hey h av e th e ir zem
.
‘
s am e t hi ng as a go o d j o k e o u t o f sh ee r imp e r ti ne nc e c o nstitu
, ,
N o t to a d m i r e i s all th e art I k n o w
To m ak e m e n h ap py o r t o k e e p t h e m
, so ,
”
d o te s t o l o v e .
o t h e rs Th e r e sh o uld b e a t i ng e o f the c o xc o mb an o il o f s e lf
.
,
gl o o m n o m o r o s ene ss no shy ne ss — in sh o r t t h e r e sh o u ld b e
, , ,
t i o n as it m ay s av e a w o rld o f us e l e ss p ai n s and an xi e ty
,
.
”
D esire p lease a nd y o u will i 72fi zlli/2ly p lease
,
is a t ru e ,
no m o re b e c o mm and e d th an g o o d h e al th o r go o d l o o ks ; and
th o ugh the pl ai n and sickly nee d no t disto rt t h e ir f eatur e s and
'
disc o nt ente d but amusi ng p e rso ns who are i nfatu at e d with th eir
,
and l o o k up o n it a s a m o m e nt ary d e l u si o n Le t a do u b t b e
. 1
fr o m u nl o o k e d f o r b u rs t s O f pr o sp e ri ty as s o m e thin g O f which
-
,
’
h e r e sp o k en o f are l e ss d eligh te d at o th e r p eo pl e s misfo r tu ne s
t h an t h e ir o wn Th eir n eighbo u rs m ay h av e s o m e pr e te nsi o ns
.
c arv e di als q u ai nt ly p o i nt b y p o i nt S H A K ES P EA RE
”
To out , . .
o
' '
H ora s 72072 n u m er m o t t o o f a su n di al
nzsz serenas is th e -
”
m o st cl assic al I c o u nt o nly the h o urs t h at are s e re ne Wh at
. .
’
0 it it h as th e p o w e r o f w af ti ng m e i nto th e r e gi o n o f pur e and
,
2
5 the s u n o r hi s fl o w e rs sc e nte d th e b almy air f el t a mild l ang u o r ,
274
2 76 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
t e nds t o c o u n t th e pr e ci o us m o m e nt s t ak e n u p in att e nt i o n t o,
o f asc e r tai ni ng th e t im e b e f o r e we c an r e c o v e r o u r r e ck o ni ng
”
[
5 sitio n in this c o mp ani o n o f the l o ne ly h o u r as it has b ee n ,
1
c all ed which no t o nly s e rv e s to t ell ho w the t im e go e s but to
, ,
s ee m to h o ld as if it w e r e a s acr e d d e p o si t o f t he v e ry grai ns
.
n o t b e th e l e ast fl aw o r e rr o r in t he acc o u n t ! Wh at a s tr o ng
s e ns e m u st b e br o ugh t h o m e to the mi nd o f the v alu e and irre
c o v e r abl e natu re o f the tim e th at is fl e d ; wh at a thrilli ng inc es ,
’
n arily ass o ci ate d wi th th e scy th e O f Tim e and a D e ath s h e ad -
,
1 O nc e m o re c o mp an i o n o f
, th e lo ne ly h o u r ,
I ll t u r n th e e u p ag ai n ”
’
.
B loong
fl e ld ’
s P o ems Tli e Widow t o lze r H ou r-gla ss
ON A S U N D IA L
-
2 77
’
C upid i s r o wi ng al o ng wi th the m o tto L A m o nr f a iz passer le ‘
, ,
, ,
( )
at t e m p t to b e s e ri o us b e y o nd m e r e g o o d s en s e th ey are e i t h e r
an t hi n g b u t to t e ll the h o ur — g o ld r ep e at e rs w a t ch e s wi th 30
-
y ,
o bs t r u c t s th e m o v e m e nt o f th e w at ch
) is n o t to h u sb an d t im e
, ,
it is s tar ti ng a di f f e re n c e o f o pi n i o n o n th e s u bj e c t and I am ,
p e a t in g w at ch e s . T h e o nly pl e as an t ass o ci at i o n I h av e wi th
to go to b e d an d c o nt i nu e d r e adi ng o n t ill m o r ni ng
,
Ye t ho w .
3 0 cri e d o u t,
h a lf a n gry an d a sh am e d — A llo ns m o n fi ls ; 7e s nis
“
,
,
2 80 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
’
my nati v e c o u ntry the w o o dsm an s art the N o rm an w arri o r
, ,
’
arm e d f o r th e b at tl e o r in his f e s t iv e h all t he c o nqu e r o r s iro n ,
’
r u l e and p e as an t s l amp e x ti nguish e d all s tar t u p at the cl am ,
h alf o bs o l ete cust o m Th at tlzi ngs sno nld oe t/z at a re now no more
-
.
,
ab o u t th e f u t u r e to wh at is to h app e n to t h e ms e lv e s o r to the ,
p ar t t h e y are to ac t in t he busy sc e ne Fo r my o wn p ar t I do ; .
,
and so for t h
” ’
C o l e ridg e c alls th e m
. th e p o o r m an s o nly m u sic .
p a n im e nt s T im e is a
. m o r e s t aid p e rs o nag e a n d n o t so f u ll o f ,
wi th us o n t he c o ntr ary as t h ey c o m e in e v e ry t hr ee o r f o ur
, ,
c o u nt ry pl ac e s A t n o o n t h e ir d e s u l to ry trivi al s o ng is diffus e d
-
.
, ,
i nspir e d do t age ,
S i ng th o s e w i tty rhym e s
A b o u t t h e c r az y O ld ch u rc h cl o c k -
A nd t h e b e wilde r d c h i m e s
’ ”
.
”
O th e rwis e th e s o u n d o f the b ell f o r M ac he ath s e x e cuti o n in
,
’
”’
t he Be ggar s O p e r a o r f o r t h at o f the C o nspir ato rs in V e nic e
,
” ’
P r e s e rv e d wi th the ro ll o f th e dr u m at a s o ldi e r s f u ne ral an d
, ,
and ri ngi ng o u t th e O ld y e ar .
Why d an c e y e, m o r tal s ,
’
o e r th e gr av e of Tim e ? ”
’
30 S t . lls o nly f o r the d e ath o f o u r English ki ngs o r
P aul s b e ll to ,
1
a dis ti ng u ish e d p e rs o nage o r two wi t h l o ng i n t erv als b e tw e en , .
,
s on 7n a /ou rs
t on
nze n t a
fl e et é, ” & C .
2 84 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
I
S fu lly t o wi n d up his w atch a t n ight a n
,
d wi t h l ack —
lustr e eye
’
m o re th an o n c e in t he c o urs e o f th e day l o o k to s ee wh at o cl o ck
it was Yet he h ad n o thin g e ls e in his ch arac te r in c o mm o n
”
’
f o r my o wn o r the r ead e r s s at isfac ti o n it w o u ld b e afte r the
,
o f t he ki n d o nc e b e fo r e and w e r e I t o r e s u m e the s u bj e ct h e r e
, ,
I f to w e r e as e asy as
do to te a c h o t h e rs wh at w e r e g o o d t o b e d o n e ,
c h ap e ls h ad b e e n c h u rc h e s , an d p o o r m e n s c o ttag e s p ri n c e s p al ac e s
’ ’
.
”
”
to see ho w a C hristi an c o uld die ! I see no i n c o nsist ency no r
hyp o crisy in this A m an m ay b e a go o d C hris ti an a s o u n d
.
,
H is d o i ng wh at i t c o nd e m ne d was no pr o o f o f any s u ch t hi ng :
”
T he S pirit was willi ng bu t the fl e sh was w e ak
,
H e is a .
28
5
2 86 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
O pi ni o n s which in t h e ir h e ar t s th e y dis o w n .
'
[O t i o n to t he l e ng th t he o ne g o e s th e O pp o si t i o n o r r e ac t i o n O f
,
th at no o ne m ak e s s u ch go o d r e s o lu ti o n s as th e so t and the
gambl e r in t h eir m o m ent s o f r e p e nt anc e o r c an b e m o r e im ,
”
i nfirmi ty t h at m o st e asily b e s e t him th at was the to rm ent o f
,
, , ,
”
I S o f I nd o l e nc e
( a subj e ct o n which his p en ran ri o t
, ) as i ndulge d
h ,
God
W h o sh o n e all gl i s te n i ng wi t h u ng o dly dew ,
I f a t igh t d am s e l ch an c e d t o t ri p p e n by ;
20 W h i c h wh e n o b s e rv e d h e sh r u n k i nt o h i s m e w
, , ,
A nd s t r aigh t w o u l d r e c o ll e c t h i s p i e ty an e w
”
.
o f e xp o si ng th e ms e lv e s ; b u t no t m o r e to bli nd o th e rs th an as a
o f c o mm o n s en s e and d e c en cy .
as a p e rf e c t Th e ist o r an abs o l u t e A t h e is t ; t h at wh at e v e r m ay
,
it : a fi t O f the g o u t a sh o w e r o f r ai n sh ak e s o u r b e st e st ablish e d
,
-
”
[O H e re ,
u pon this b ank and sh o al o f tim e the u tm o st we c an ,
’O
C at h o lic church th e e l e v ati o n o f the h o s t amids t th e s o u nds
,
o th e r f ai th ,
wh o has br e ath e d no o th e r atm o sph e r e and all ,
e xpr e ss e s wh at he f ee ls
( and b e e asily m ay f o r it is th e abstr act
, ,
’0
up and wi th o u t which it w o uld c o m e to a st and : the s e nsu al
,
so t h at t he mi nd s e e s no thi ng b ey o n d its e lf
( o r th e pr e s e n t ,
30 th e m as te ry I by no m e an s t hi nk a S i ngl e b ad ac t i o n c o n d e m n s
.
a m an f o r h e pr o b ably c o n d e m ns it as m u ch as y o u do ; no r a
,
si ngl e b ad h abi t f o r he is pro b ably tryi ng all his life to get rid
,
has no t e e n the
v wish to b e wh at he app e ars The gr eate st .
e rr : fi e n ds o nly m ak e a m o ck at g o o d ne ss .
b e m et wi t h in a den o f r o bb e rs ; nay m o de s ty in a br o th e l ,
.
’
but is a pro o f o f the h er o ic al disi nte r e ste d ne ss o f m an s nat ur e ,
294 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
o f S h ak e sp e ar e t h a
“
,
t e v en wh en h e kill e d a c alf he m ad e a ,
”
sp ee ch and did it in a gr eat styl e .
t ai n t h at t he gr e at dr am a o f h u m an lif e is e ntir e ly a m at t er o f
’
c apric e an d f an cy N O o ne will ass e rt th at R aph ael s his to ri e s
.
,
’
t h at C l aud e s l an dsc ap e s are n o t b e tte r t h an a d aub : b u t if th e
’
20 e x pre sswn i n o ne o f R aph ae l s f ac e s is b e t te r th an t he m o s t
t h e r e is no di f fe r e n c e b e t w ee n m an ki nd and the b e as ts t h at
p e rish -
I S h o uld s ay t h at this dis ti nc ti o n is e q u al l y pr o v e d if
, ,
29 6 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
w o rd th o ught o r ac ti o n u nd e r no le ss a r e sp o nsibili ty th an o u r
, , ,
a pr o fo u nd s e cr e t b o th h e r e and h e r e af te r This is a s tr o ng .
20 in th e w o rld I do thi nk th e r e is a gr e at d e al o f ea nt —
“
,
c an t re
”
ligio u s c ant p o litic al c ant lit e r ary
, , &c a s L o rd Byro n s aid
,
.
, .
b ette r t h an we are and affect a gre ate r admir ati o n o r abh o rr enc e
,
’
an e ffe c t at all Th e r e w as f o rm e rly th e two h o urs s e rm o n the
y .
,
o f ( an ,
t th at is o f m awkish af f e ct at i o n and s e n sibili ty ; b u t he
,
has no t si nc e ri ty e no u gh to b e a lzypoerite t h at is he h a s no t, ,
F o o d w arm t h sl ee p
, , , and a b o o k ; t h e s e are all I at pr e s ent
ask — th e u lti m a tau le of my w an d e rin g d esir e s D o y o u no t .
h
t en wish f or
A f ri e n d y o u r r e t r e at
in ,
Wh o m y o u m ay wh i sp e r s o l i t u d e i s sw e e t
,
? ”
”
I k no w t h e e ! Wh en I c an j udge o f the h ear t fr o m the f ac e ,
o f wi nt e r an d s ee m t o h av e dru n k up th e f u ll dr aught o f j o y
,
“ ” ’
no w t h e cr e dul o u s h o p e o f m u tu al mi nds is o e r and I t ur n ,
2
5 I qu aff my lib ati o ns o f t e a in a m o r ni ng I l o v e to w atch th e ,
”
sl o w ly u p this way I n this h o p e whil e
. fi e lds are d ank and ,
”
w ays are mire I fo ll o w the s am e dir e c ti o n to a ne ighb o u ri ng
,
29 8
300 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
h
t at no t hi ng sh o u ld e v e r dis t urb m e agai n and I w o u ld b e c o m e ,
”
[0 wi t h o u t vi o l e nc e to O p e n all the c ells wh e re m e m o ry sl e pt
,
.
ci ty t o w e rs o v e r t h e ir gre y t o ps .
Of all t h e c i t i e s i n R o m an i an l an d s ,
T he ch i e f an d m o s t re n o wn d R av e n n a s t an ds ’
.
”
’
pri nt cl o s e to my e y e s l au n ch i n to the f u ll t id e O f D ryd en s
,
W h i c h wh e n I I o no ri a
-
v ie w
’
d,
T he fres h i mp u ls e h e r f o rm e r f righ t
'
re n e w
’
d .
”
T/z eo do re an d H o n o ri a
A FA R E W E L L T O E S S AY -
W RITI N G 30 1
A nd m ad e t h i n s u lt wh i c h i n h i s gri e f ap p e ars
’
, ,
The m e an s t o m o u r n t h e e wi t h my p i o u s t e ars .
”
S igi s m o n da an d Gu i sc a rdo
o f t h e v e rs e and m ak e m e d we ll wi t h a s o r t o f t e n d e r i nte r e s t
, 5
o n th e difficul ti e s and d o ub ts o f an e arli e r p e ri o d o f li te r atu r e .
’ ’
wi th L e igh H u nt s m en ti o n o f M o o r e s i n v o l u ntary admir ati o n
’
o f D ryd e n s fr ee u nsh ackl e d v e rs e and o f his r e p e ati ng eo n
, ,
L et h o n o u r an d p r e f e rm e n t go f o r g o l d ,
Bu t gl o ri o u s b e au t y i s n t t o ’
b e so l d ”
.
tim e .
’
F all n was G le n art ny
’
s s tat e ly t r e e
Oh ! ne e
’
r to se e L o rd R o n al d m o r e 30
o f d o u bt a s I do no t imp o s e my o pi n i o n o n o th e rs wi tho u t
,
”
t o b acc o pip e s I f an ci e d mys e lf a L e ib n i tz
-
,
H e did n o t S O m u ch .
a s k no w t h at I h ad e v e r r e ad a m et aphysic al b o o k : — was I
t h e r e f o r e o u t o f c o mpl ais an c e o r d e f e r e n c e to him t o f o rg e t
, ,
7
0 h av e d o ne H e i s p u z z l e d t o r e co n cil e the s hy n e ss o f my pre
.
f ri e nds ) Why ? B e c au s e I h av e o th e r re s o u rc e s o r at l e as t
.
, , ,
t i o n to b e e x t r e m e and e v e n m o rbid ,
t h at I h av e br o o d e d o v e r
’
to ge t rid of th e anno y an c e
This pr o b abl y tickl ed M r H u nt s
. .
A u t Ce sa r a u t n u llu s I h av e no no ti o n o f d o i ng no thi ng wi t h
.
A s to mys e lf an y o ne k no ws wh e r e to h av e m e Wh at I h av e
,
.
A FAR E W E L L T O E S S AY -
W RITI N G 30 5
”
w o r th th at his tr ag e dy o f A nto n i o c o u ld no t f ail o f succ e ss
, .
th at I th o u gh t t h is a natu r al c o ns e q u e nc e ; f o r ho w c o u ld any
o n e h av e a dr am at ic tur n O f mi nd wh o j u dge d e nt ir e ly o f o th e rs 10
o f his w o rk ; b u t h o w c o u ld he k no w t h at o t h e rs w o u ld b e c o n
o pp o n e n ts wi th bi tte r disd ai n 20
”
Nor c an I t h i n k wh at t h o u gh t s t h e y c an c o n c e iv e .
wh e th e r t h e y w e r e c u rre ntly ad o p te d o r no t T o ge t o th e rs to .
’
N o t f ar fro m the sp o t wh e r e I w ri te I firs t r e ad C h au c e r s ,
A nd y
a e n, m e t h o u gh t sh e s u ng cl o s e by m i n e e ar,
”
’
pre ssi o n c o nv ey e d i n D ryd en s v e rsi o n and th e r e fo r e no thin g ,
th e re fo r e m ai n t ai n t h e m wi th gr e ate r v e h e m e n c e an d te naci o us
n e ss ? O h n o ! Bo th r at h e r wi th l e ss no w th at th ey are b e fo r e ,
I t is in l o o ki ng b ack to s u ch sc e ne s th at I dr aw my b e s t c o n
s o l ati o n f o r the f u t ur e L ate r impre ssi o ns c o m e and go and
.
,
”
o u r s o uls are c o nq u e r e d dism ay e d
“
th e b o dy o f this d e ath , , ,
308
T H E S I C K C H A M BE R 3 09
wh en o u r b o di e s wri th e wi th p ai n ? T 0 wh at p u rp o s e inv o k e
th e e ch o O f s o m e rich str ai n o f music wh e n we o urs e lv e s c an
,
(
all o th e r t hi ngs b u t p ai n and th at which we s u ff e r m o st acut ely
) ,
app e ar to h av e l o st th e ir pi th an d p o w e r to i nt e r e st Th e y are
.
m o o d wi th o ut gh o stly advice
, ,
to b e tak e o urs elv e s to th e lif e of
”
h e rmi t p o o r ,
In p e n s iv e p l ac e o b sc u r e ,
”
m ad e in p ai n as vi o l en t and v o id are g ene r ally o f sh o r t d u ra
,
( wh at ev e r it m ay b e) and an ut te r i n c ap aci ty t o l o o k b ey o nd it
,
.
T h e D e v il was s i c k th e D e v i l a m o n k w o u l d b e :
,
The D e vi l gr e w w e l l t h e D e v i l a m o n k was h e !
,
e v e ry thi ng : wh e n it is g o ne t h ey are no t hi ng ,
We t oss and .
o n o u r f ace s ; we wr ap o u rs e lv e s u p u nd e r the cl o th e s to
e xcl u d e the c o ld we t hro w t h e m o ff t o e sc ap e th e h e at an d
,
o u t o f b e d we w alk u p and d o w n th e r o o m wi th h as ty o r f e e bl e
,
e v e ry m o m e nt is as much a s we c an b e ar and y e t t h e r e s ee ms
‘
,
31 2 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
5 dis app ear the sky is in s tantly o v e rc ast and bl ack I w alk o u t
,
.
This will p erh aps expl ain why all ac t u al pu nishm ent has so li ttl e
e f f e ct ; i t is a st at e c o n tr ary t o nat u r e ali e n t o the will I f it ,
.
ho w c an it to uch th e m ?) it g o e s f o r no t hi ng ; and wh e r e t h e s e
’
O are it r at h e r s e a rs and h ard e n s th e m
,
T he gyv e s t he c e ll the .
, ,
sc o rn and l aught e r ,
L i k e S am s o n h i s gr e e n wy th e s ” 1
.
i n prac t ic e as i t h as f o u n d at i o n in th e o ry .
TH E SI C K C H A M B E R 31 3
or
y and quick e r appre h e n si o ns T o the firs t t he pl e asur e o r
.
p ai n is no thi ng wh e n o n c e o v e r ; to t he l as t it is o n ly th en th at
th ey b egi n to exist T he li ne in M e tas tasi o
.
,
The w o rs t of e v e ry e vi l i s th e f e ar ,
”
o n c o mi ng o u t o f a sick ro o m wh e r e o ne has b e e n p e nt so me
-
,
IO
,
I S
and who imp art o u r im p e rf e ct f ee li ngs o f e xist e nc e h e al th and , ,
m o t io n to o th e rs O r i t m ay b e th at the vi o l e nc e and e x e r ti o n
.
o f the p ai n we h av e g o ne t hr o u gh m ak e c o mm o n e v e ryd ay
side re d as at all r e s to r e d to o u rs e lv e s A nd e v e n th e n o u r .
”
pur e and go o d in t o which we e n t e r wi th all o u r h e ar ts aft e r
, ,
s aid to bri ng b ack and b e fri endly to the guil el e ss and enthu si
astic to ne o f f ee li ng wi th which w e f o rm e rly r e ad th e m S ick .
”
fo r e go ne c o nclusi o n R e turni ng b ack to lif e wi t h h alf s tru ng
.
-
r e c e iv e d a sh o ck and it m o v e s o n m o r e t r e m u l o usly t h an b e fo r e
, ,
o f d e at h ,
we are willi ng to ge t a s f ar fr o m i t a s we c an by
m aki ng a pr o xy o f o u r f o rm e r s e lv e s ; and fi ndi ng the pr ec ari o us
t e nur e by which we h o ld e xis te n c e and it s l as t s an ds ru nni ng
,
o u t we g at h e r u p and m ak e t he m os t o f th e fr agm e nt s th at
'
2
s We se e t h e c h il dr e n sp o r t i n g o n t h e sh o r e ,
A n d h e a r t h e m igh t y w at e rs r o ari n g e v e rm o r e ”
.
50
— twe nty y e ars ago A r o s e sm ells d o u bly sw ee t af te r b e i ng
.
,
an d q u o t at i o n s R e fe re c e s
. n in t h s
e e n o t e s o
t W o rk s
”
are always t o this e di t i o n .
T h e i n s t an ce s o f my i nd e b te d n e ss to th is e di t i o n are too nu m e r o u s t o m e n t i o n .
s earch o f m any e di to rs .
H A M L ET
Th e only c ri t i c is m o f H am l e t b y H az l i tt i s th e r e v i e w o f K e an s pl ay ’
i ng wh i c h ap p e ar e d i n t h e M o rn i ng C/z ro n i c le M arc h 1 4 1 8 1 4 Th e
, , , .
p r e s e nt i ss u e i s p ri nt e d f r o m t h e firs t e d i t i o n o f t h e C h ar ac te rs o f
”
S h ak e sp e ar w h i c h i s a r e p ri nt u s u ally w i t h sm all c h ang e s o f
, ,
t h e t h e at ri c al r e v i e ws ap p e a ri n g i m m e d i at e ly af t e r t h e p e r f o rm an c e
o f t h e p l ays .
I n h i s p r e fac e to t h e p u bl i sh e d v o l u m e C h ar ac t e rs o f S h ak e sp e ar
“ ”
, ,
H az l i t t s ays T h e o n ly w o rk wh i c h s e e m e d t o s u p e rs e d e t h e n e c e ss i ty
o f an att e m p t l i k e t h e p r e s e n t w as S c h l e g e l s v e ry a dm i r abl e L e c tu r e s
’
o n t h e D r am a wh i c h giv e by f ar t h e b e s t a c c o u n t o f t h e pl ays o f S h ak
’
,
S p e r e t h at h as h i t h e r t o a p p e a r e d . T h e o nly c i rc u m s tan c e s in wh i c h
i t was t h o u gh t n o t i m p o ss ibl e t o i m p r o v e o n t h e m an n e r i n wh i c h th e
G e rm an c ri t i c h as e x e c u t e d t h i s p ar t o f h i s d e sig n w e r e i n av o i d i ng a n
,
t h e m s e lv e s o f wh i c h S c h l e g e l s w o rk f r o m t h e e x t e n siv e ne ss o f h i s pl an
’
, , ,
d i d n ot ad m i t W e wi ll at t h e s am e t i m e c o n f e ss t h at s o m e l i ttl e j e al
.
,
r
o u sy o f th e c h ar ac t e r O f t h e n at i o n al u n d e rs t an d i n g was n ot w i t h o u t it s
sh ar e I n p r o d u c i n g th e f o ll o w i n g u n d e r t aki ng f o r we w e r e p iq u e d
,
‘ ’
t h at it sh o u l d b e r e s e rv e d f o r a f o r e ig n c ri t i c t o giv e r e as o n s f o r t h e
‘
fai t h wh i c h we Engl i sh h av e i n T h e n H az l i t t p ri nt e d a
l o n g p ass ag e f r o m S c hl e g e l and c o nt r as t e d h i s e s t i m ate o f S h aksp e r e
w i t h t h at o f S am u e l J o h n s o n m u c h to t h e d is adv antag e o f t h e l at te r
,
.
31 7
318 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
1 3 t h at f am ou s s ol i l oqu y : I I I i 5 6 , , .
1 4 t h e adv i c e t o t h e p l ay e r s I I I ii , .
1 4 t h i s g oo dl y fr am e I I i i 31 0 , ,
.
1 7 m an del i gh t ed not
"
I I i i 32 1 , , .
1 9 gr av e di gg e rs : V i
-
, .
1 23 t oo m u ch i ’ t h ’ s u n
"
I ii 67 , , .
3 10 w e h av e t h at w i t hi n I ii 85 , ,
.
3 27 wh e r e h e k il l s P o l o ni u s I I I iv , .
3 28 alt e rs t h e l ett e rs : I V v i ; V i i 5 1 , , , .
3 33 r e f u s e s t o k i l : I I I I v ; ls
l a o H e
, k e l s a d p ay s
n e n r
”
.
5 33 t h e Whol e Du t y o f M an w as a t r e at i s e p u bl ish e d i n 1 6 59 T h e .
au t h o r i s u n k n o w n I t w as v e ry p o p u l ar o n e i m p r e ssi o n o f 1 7 1 7
.
,
ap p e ari n g wi t h t h e all u ri n g t i t l e T h e W h o l e D u t y o f M an c o n si d e r d
’
,
u n d e r i t s t h r e e p ri n c i p al an d g e n e r al div is i o n s n am e ly T h e D u t i e s w e ,
o we t o G o d O u rs e lv e s an d N e i g hb o rs F ai t h f u lly e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h at
, ,
e x c e ll e n t b o o k so e n t i t l e d an d p u bl i sh e d f o r t h e b e n e fi t o f t h e p o o r e r
s o r t T h e b o o k h as b e e n att rib u t e d to R o b e r t N e l s o n E s q t o R o b e r t
.
”
, ,
N o r t o n H e n ry H am m o n d an d o t h e rs I t w ill b e r e m e mb e r e d as o n e O f
, ,
.
t h at i nt e r e s t i n g c o ll e c t i o n o f b o o k s o f L yd i a L an g u i sh i n S h e ri d an s
’
,
R iv al s I 2
”
, , .
5 33 A c ade my of C om pl i m ent s o r t h e W h o l e A rt o f C o u rt sh i p b e i n g ,
t h e n e ar e s t an d m o s t e x ac t w ay o f w o o i n g a M ai d o r \Vi do w by t h e ,
way o f D i al o g u e o r C o m pl i m e nt al E xp r e ss i o n s L o n d o n ( no d at e ) . .
T h e r e w e r e e d i t i o n s i n 1 6 4 0 1 6 50 , .
6 21 l v
I o ed Op e h l i a
”
V i 292 , , .
6 26 S w eet s t o t h e sw eet V i 2 66 , , .
7 1 3 h i s adv i c e t o L ae rt e s : I i i i , .
7 14 advi c e t o t h e K i ng I I ii , .
7 28 K e mb l e : J o h n P h il i p K e mbl e ( 1 7 5 7 t h e c e l e b r at e d E n gl ish
M rs S a r ah K e mbl e S i dd o n s H e m ad e h i s deb u t as H am l e t at D r u ry
. .
D r u ry L an e an d l at e r o f C o v e nt G ard e n h e w o n a r e p u t at i o n p art ic u ,
larly at t h e O p e n i n g o f t h e n e w C o v e nt G ard e n T h e at e r wh e n t h e o ld “
r e gr e t K e m b le s r e t i r e m e n t f r o m th e s tag e in th e Ti m es f o r j u n e 2 5
’
,
7 n ot e Th e r e i s a w il l o w I V vi i 1 6 7 , , .
32 0 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
s ay o f h i ms e l f an d S ir R o b e r t W al p o l e : R o b i n an d I are two h o ne s t
m e n t h o u gh h e i s f o r K i n g G e o rg e an d I f o r K i n g J am e s Of him
”
'
,
.
,
in d e p e n d e n c e o f m i n d
”
.
1 2 23 P ereant i s t i c o n fo u n d th e f e ll o ws wh o h av e s ai d o u r g o o d
t h i n gs b e f o r e u s ( H az li tt ) .
p r o s e w i t h t h e t i t l e T h e F abl e o f t h e B e e s o r P riv at e V i c e s P u bl i c
,
“
, ,
B e ne fi t s
”
.
h e h as b e e n s o m e t i m e s c all e d t h e f o u n d e r o f t h e p o l i t i c al p amp h l e t .
H is s t yl e was si m pl e an d f u l l o f w it H i s c o l l e c t e d p am p hl e t s ap p e ar e d
.
i n 1 7 00 an d are i nt e r e s t i ng .
1 3 7 Co wl ey : A b r ah am C o wl e y ( 1 6 1 8 a r o y al i s t p o e t an d o n e
O f t h e firs t wri t e rs o f t h e E n gl i sh e ss ay .
b u ry ( 1 6 7 1 —1 7 1 3 ) h e p u bl i sh e d a b o o k wh i ch b e c am e v e ry fam o u s an d
h ad m u c h i n fl u e n c e o n th e t h o u gh t o f t h e e i gh t e e n t h c e n tu ry C h ar ,
ac t e ris t i c s o f M e n M ann e rs O p i n i o n s T i m e s H e w as e m i n e n t
"
, , (171 ,
as a p h ilo s o ph i c al e ss ay i s t H e w as O p p o s e d t o H o bb e s an d m ai nt ai n e d
.
t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a m o r al s e n s e .
1 3 no te N am qu o dc u nqu e &c : Lu c r e t i u s I I I 7 5 2 .
, , .
1 4 6 t h e Tat l e r : t h i s f am o u s p ap e r i n s t i tu t e d by R i c h ard S t e e l e c o n
, ,
t i nn e d f r o m A p ri l 1 2 1 7 09 t o J an u ary 2 1 7 1 1
, ,
I n all t h e r e w e r e 2 7 1
, .
n u mb e rs o f wh i c h S t e e l e c o n t rib u t e d 1 8 8
,
S e e t h e e di t i o n s o f S t e e l e
.
a nd A dd is o n i n t h e A t h e n az u m P r e ss S e ri e s S e e als o t h e e d i t i o n o f .
th e
“
T at l e r by G A A i t k e n
. .
1 4 7 S p e ct at or c o nt i n u e d f r o m M a rch 1 1 7 1 1 t o D e c e mb e r 6 1 7 1 2 , , , ,
an d f r o m J u n e 1 8 , t o D e c e mb e r 2 0 1 7 1 4 T h e l ar g e r n u mb e r o f
,
.
14 1 2 h
t e p"
e rf e c t s py 0
’
t h ’
t im e
”
M acb e t h I I I i 1 29 ,
”
, , .
b e fo r e u s .
N O TES 32 1
1 4 26 I aa s c B ic k er staf f ,
Es q . : i n s t ar t i n g t h e
ss u m e d T at l e r , ” S te e l e a
th e n am e o f t h e as t r o l o g e r I s aa c B i c k e rs taff r e n d e r e d f am o u s by S wi f t
, , ,
wh o p r o f e ss e d t h at B i c k e rs t af f was a t r u e as t r o l o g e r d isg u s t e d at t h e ,
l i e s t o l d by i m p o s t o rs S e e S wi ft s P r e d i c t i o n s f o r t h e Y e a r
.
’
,
1 4 32 T e m pl e B ar : t h e fam o u s g at e w ay b e f o r e t h e T e m pl e i n L o n
do n wh i c h f o rm e rly d iv i d e d F l e e t S t r e e t f r o m t h e S t r an d
, .
1 5 9 h e dw e ll s w it h a secr et s at s act i on :
i f T at l e r ”
N o 1 07 D e c e m , .
,
b er 1 7 09
4, 1 .
1 5 14 Th e cl u b at t h e T r u m p et :
“
T at l e r ,
”
No . 1 3 2, wh e r e the club
i s d e s c rib e d .
t h e O ld S i g n o f t h e T ru mp e t to t h e l as t as it fig u r e d in L im b ard s M o i rr r ” ’
,
in a
pic tu re wh e re it is pl ac e d sid e by sid e wi th a vi ew o f th e h o u s e in F u lwo o d s ’
R e n t s wh e r e p ap e rs f o r t he S p e c t at o r ” we r e t ak e n in
“
.
A i t k e n s e di t i o n o f T atl e r I l l 98 99 ’
,
”
,
-
.
1 7 09 .
1 5 20 t h e h l s t er e r and h is com
up o i s 1 5 5 1 60 1 7 8 pan on T at l e r , ” N o s .
, , .
1 5 21 Gr e en P ark : a l a rg e p a rk in L o n d o n b e t w e e n B u c k i ngh a m
P al ac e and P i c c ad illy I t w as e sp e c i ally p o p u l ar i n t h e e igh te e nt h
.
c e ntu ry .
1 5 28 b u rl e s q u e c opy of v ers e s : T at l e r N o 2 38 O c t o b e r 1 6 1 7 1 0
”
.
, , ,
.
S w i f t wri t e s ( J o u r nal O c t o b e r 1 0 1 7 1 0 )
, I am n o w w ri t i ng my p o e t
,
i c al d e s c ri p t i o n o f a S h o w e r i n L o n d o n an d w ill s e n d it to t h e
‘ ’
1 5 31 t h e Gr e c ian c of f ee h ou s e : p r o b ably th e m o s t an c i e nt O f t h e
-
c o ff e e h o u s e s I t g o e s b ac k t o ab o u t 1 6 5 2 I t s t o o d i n D e v e r e u x C o u r t
-
. .
an d h ad i t s n a m e f r o m a G r e e k C o n s t ant i n e w h o k e p t it , , .
T at l e r ann o u n c e m e n t s o f all a c c o u n t s o f l e a r n i ng w e r e
“
I n the to
b e u n d e r th e t i t l e O f t h e G r e c i an ; s e e al s o T at l e r No 6 W h il e
” “
,
”
. .
o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e to w n are am u s e d wi t h t h e p r e s e n t ac t i o n s [ o f t h e
[ t h e G r e c i an] i n i nq u i ry i nt o an t iq u i ty an d t h i n k any t h i ng n e w wh i c h ,
giv e s u s n e w k n o wl e dg e I n D r K i n g s A ne c d o t e s t h e r e i s a s to ry
.
”
.
’ ”
o f tw o g e n t l e m e n fri e n ds wh o d isp u t e d t h e r e ab o u t t h e ac c o u n t o f a
G r e e k w o rd t o s u c h a l e n g t h t h at th e y w e nt o u t i nt o D e v e r e u x C o u r t
an d d r e w sw o rds wh e n o n e o f t h e m w as k il l e d o n t h e sp o t
”
, .
32 2 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
1 5 32 Wi ll s ’ : th e c o ff e e h o u s e
-
on th e n o t r h s i de of R u ss e ll S t r e et,
C o v e nt G ard e n , at t h e e nd o f B o w S tr e et
m e d f o r it s fi rs t . I t was na
p r o p ri e t o r W ill i am U rw i n I n t h e s e v e n t e e nt h c e ntu ry it b e c am e t h e
, .
c h i e f r e s o r t o f t h e p o e t s an d c a m e t o b e k n o w n as th e w z ts c o ff e e ’
’
1 6 7 M r L il l y : f o r S p e c t at o r N o 1 38 A u g u s t 8 1 7 1 1 S t e e l e
” “
.
, .
, , ,
wr o t e t h e f o ll o wi n g adv e r t i s e m e n t : T h e e x e rc i s e o f t h e s nu ff b o x ac -
c o rd i n g t o t h e m o s t fash i o n abl e ai rs an d n o t i o n s in O p p o s i t i o n t o th e ,
e x e rc i s e o f th e f an w ill b e t au gh t wi t h t h e b e s t p l ai n o r p e r f u m e d s nu ff
,
at C h a rl e s L illi e s p e r f u m e r a t t h e C o r n e r o f B e au f o r t B u il di n gs i n t h e
’
, ,
S t r an d
”
.
6 S A i k s d i i 1 1
’
6 —
7 1, 1 7 . e e t e n e t o n 1 3 1 64 , , .
1 6 8 M rs Ol dfi e l d : A n n e O l dfi e l d ( 1 68 3
. a c e l e b r at e d a c t r e ss .
T av e r n r e c i t i n g p ass ag e s f r o m B e au m o nt an d F l e t c h e r s p l ays H e sp o k e
’
.
f av o r ably o f h e r to V an b r u gh w h o i n tu r n p r e s e nt e d h e r to C h ris t o p h e r
,
R i c h m an ag e r o f D r u ry L an e
,
.
1 6 9 Wi l l E s t c ou rt : R i c h ard E s t c o u r t ( 1 6 68 ac t o r an d d r am at i s t .
S p e c t at o r N o 4 68 A u g u s t 2 7 I 7 1 2
“ ”
See , .
, , .
1 6 1 0 To m Du rf e y : T h o m as D Urf e y ( 1 6 53 d r am at is t and s o n g
’
wri t e r o ft e n r e f e rr e d t o i n t h e T at l e r e g N o s 1 1 1 4 3 & c H e
, ,
”
. . .
, , , .
wr o t e T h e M o d e r n P r o p h e t s wh i c h was p r o d u c e d in 1 7 09 A t h i s
“
,
”
.
d e at h h e le f t h is w at c h an d c h ai n to S te e l e w h o w o r e it at t h e f u n e r al
.
, .
1 6 1 1 Du k e of M arl b or ou g h : J o h n C h u rc h i l l fi rs t D u k e o f M arlb o r o u gh ,
6
( 5 1
1 0 — th e d i s t i n g u is h e d g e n e r al i n t h e W ar o f t h e S p an i s h S u c
c e ss i o n T h ac k e r ay h as giv e n a v iv i d p e rh ap s n o t a f ai r p i c tu r e o f h i m
.
, ,
i n H e n ry E sm o n d .
”
a rm i e s o f F r an c e in 1 6 6 0 ; h e w o n m an y b ril li ant v i c t o ri e s .
1 6 1 2 V anb r u g h : S i r J o h n V an b r u gh ( l 6 6 1 o r 1 6 6 6 a p ro m i .
r
n e n t d r am at i s t an d arc h i t e c t o f t h e t i m e o f t h e R e s t o r at i o n O ne o f h i s .
m o s t fam o u s b u il d i n gs was B l e n h e i m n e ar O x fo rd gi v e n by t h e C r o w n ,
t o t h e D u k e o f M arlb o r o u gh .
1 7 18 h o s p i t al i t y : S p e c tato r N o s 1 0 6 1 07 J u ly 2 3 1 7 1 1 ,
”
.
, , , , .
32 4 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
20 8 S ir Is aa c N e wt o n ( 1 64 2 th e g r e at e s t of n at u a r l p h il o s
o p h e rs .
20 10 H e r al d’s Co ll e g e : C o lle ge o f A rm s an an c i e nt r o y al c o rp o r at i o n ,
i n s t i tu t e d by R i c h ard I I I i n 1 4 8 3 B e h i n d L i t t l e K n igh t R i d e r S t r e e t .
“ -
,
t o t h e e as t o f D o c t o rs C o m m o n s i s t h e H e r a l d s C o ll e g e ( L e igh
’ ’ ”
,
H u nt , T he T o w n c h ap i i T h i s b o o k c o n tai n s a n i n te r e s t i ng
,
”
. .
ac c o u nt o f t h e p l a c e ) .
20 1 2 Th e Gu ar di an : c o nt i n u e d f r o m M arc h 1 2 1 7 1 3 t o O c t o b e r 1 , , ,
1713 . O f t h e 1 7 6 nu mb e rs S t e e l e wr o t e 8 2 an d A d di s o n 5 3 .
20 1 6 t h e Rambl e r : a s e ri e s o f p a p e rs in i m i tat i o n o f t h e Sp e c
“
‘
t at o r app e ari n g e v e ry T u e sd ay an d S at u rd ay f r o m M a rc h 2 0 1 7 0 t o
”
, 5 , ,
M arc h 1 4 1 7 5 2 A ll t h e p ap e rs e x c e p t fi v e w e r e w ri tt e n by S am u e l
, .
J o h ns o n .
22 1 7 Th e e l e ph ant ” P aradi s e L o s t I V 3 4 5 ,
”
, .
23 1 0 If h e w er e t o w ri t e a f abl e ” : B o sw e ll ( e d i t e d b y H i ll ) I I 2 3 1
" “ ”
.
, ,
.
24 7 Ras s e l as J o h n s o n s m o s t p o p u l ar w o rk I t i s t h e s to ry ’
.
o f t h e w an de ri n gs o f t h e P ri n c e o f A byss i n i a in s e a rc h o f h ap p i n e ss .
24 1 2 pat ron i s ed L au de r : B o sw e ll I I 2 2 8 —2 3 1 ,
”
,
T he Re v . Dr Dou . g l as h vi ng wi t h
co mm o n acu te n e ss cl e arly d e t e c te d
,
a ,
un
,
as a pl ag iary fr o m c e rt ai n m o d e rn L at i n p o e t s J o h n s o n w h o h ad b e e n so f ar , ,
v e ry mis e rably ab o u t th e y e ar 1 7 7 1 .
24 20 th e k i ng of g oo d f e ll ow s
T h e re s ’
au ld R o b M o rris th at wo n s in y o n g l e n
He ’
s the K i n g o f g u d e f e ll o ws an d wal e [ pic k] o f au ld m e n .
B u rns A ld R o b M o rris ,
"
u ,
”
1 . 2
24 28 r
"
o
’
s m
t h e Eb
t e p e r ”
: n o o n e s e e m s t o u n d e rs tan d wh e r e H az l i tt
s e c u r e d t h is e xp r e ss i o n M r G o ll an c z i n h i s e d i t i o n o f H az litt s \V it
. .
,
’
asks t h e q u e s t i o n wh e t h e r t h is m ay b e a v e ry i n ac c u r a t e
”
and I I u m o u r ,
m i sq u o t i n g o f th e l i n e in O t h e ll o V i i 2 5 2 :
” “
, , ,
It is a swo rd of Sp i
a n, th e ic e -br o o k s t mp r
’
e e .
25 l w i nd i nt o a s u b j e ct
Do e s h e B o sw e ll II ”
,
”
, 2 60 .
25 3 If t h at f e ll o w ”
B u rk e I b id I I 4 50 . .
, .
(1 .
, .
N O T ES 32 5
25 20 N ow I t h i n k I am a good— h u m o u r ed f el l o w ibi d I I .
, 36 2 .
25 22 h i s q u i tt i ng t h e s oci et y of Garric k ib id I 20 1 : .
, .
25 23 di nin g w i t h Wil k e s : ib i d I I I 6 4 .
,
.
25 24 s i t t i ng w i t h t h e y o u ng l adi e s : ibi d I I 1 2 0 .
, .
a c c o u n t o f t h e l e c t u r e s by H az l i t t w r o t e : ,
26 7 “
wh e r e t h ey i n t r em b l i n g h ope r e po s e ”
: G r ay s
’
E l e gy , T h e
”
E p i t aph .
26 1 3 Th e A dv ent u r er : N o v e mb e r 7 , 1 7 5 2 , t o M arc h 9 , 1 7 54 , by J o h n
H awk e sw o rth ( 1 7 1 5
26 1 6 T h e Wo rl d : J an u ary 4 1 7 5 2 to M arch , , 9 , 1 7 5 4 by E dw ard M o o r e
,
( 7
1 1 2 —1 7 5 7 ) i n c o ll ab o r at i o n w i t h L y tt l e t o n , C h e s t e rfi e l d , and H o r ac e
W al p o l e .
by G e o rg e C o l m an an d B o n n e ll T h o r nt o n I t c o ntai n e d \V illiam C o w .
p e r s fi rs t p o e t ry T h e s t at e m e n t i n th e l as t o f t h e s e t h e r e i s o n e g o o d
’
.
,
i d e a r e f e rs to a p ap e r by M o o r e i n t h e IVo rla N O 1 7 6
”
,
’
, . .
26 23 C i ti z e n of t h e Wo rl d t h e t i t l e giv e n t o a c o ll e c t i o n o f
p ap e rs fi rs t p u bl i sh e d as C h i n e s e L e tt e rs .
”
c r i M e rc h an t o f V e n i c e
” “ ”
26 24 g o
“
a b ou t t o o z e n e pu t at o n 11 :
, ,
i x 37
,
h sh all o ab u
f or w o g o t
To c o z e n f o r t ne u an d b e h o no u rabl e
\V it h o u t t h e s tamp o f m e ri t ?
26 27 P e rs i an L et t e rs ( 1 7 3 5 ) L e tt e rs f r o m a P e rsi an i n E n gl a n d to
h i s f ri e n d I sp ah an by L o rd Ly ttl e to n ( 1 7 09
at ,
”
27 21 W e are po s it iv e wh en w e s ay : ibi d L e t te r V . .
27 25 B e au T ibbs : ib i d L e t t e rs X X I X L I V L V L X X I
.
, , , .
32 6 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
, , , .
27 32 L a Ro ch e : i n t h e M i rro r N o s 4 2 4 3 44 , .
, , .
27 33 L e F evr e : L e F e v e r i n S t e r ne s T ri s t r am S h an dy VI 6 ’
,
”
, .
i ng ( I 7 7 1 ) all by H e n ry M ac k e n z i e .
C H ARAC T ER O F M R . B UR K E
, , , , .
p e are d o n t h e fif t h o f t h e f o l lo wi n g O c t o b e r i n t h e Clz a mp z o n u n d e r
’
the t i tl e C h ar ac t e r o f M r B u rk e I n 1 8 1 9 it was p u bl i sh e d i n t h e
”
. .
v o l u m e P o li t i c al E ss ays wi t h S k e t c h e s o f P u bl i c C h ar ac t e rs ” Th e
,
“
, .
t e x t O f 1 8 1 9 i s h e r e r e p ri n t e d .
Edm u nd B u r k e ( 1 7 2 9 t h e c e l e b r at e d E n gl ish o r at o r an d s t at e s
m an H az litt s r e l at i o n t o B u rk e i s i nt e r e s t i n g as w e ll as v e ry c h ar
’
.
l o n g e x t r ac t f r o m B u rk e s f am o u s L e tt e r t o a N o bl e L o rd I t w as
’
.
”
t h e fi rs t t i m e t h at H az l i t t h ad r e a d a l i n e o f B u rk e s T o fi nd s u ch
’
.
t o th e y o u n g r e ad e r b u t at t h e s am e t im e fill e d h i m wi t h d e sp ai r t h at h e
,
sh o p B u rk e s R e fl e c t i o n s o n th e R e v o l u t i o n i n F r an c e ( 1 7 9 0 ) an d
’ “ ”
wr o t e o f it w i t h e nt h u si asm T h r o u gh o u t h i s l i f e h e r e tai n e d a s i n c e r e
.
ad m i r at i o n f o r B u rk e s w ri t i n gs b u t r o u n dly c ri t i c i z e d h i s p o si t i o n o n
’
,
p u bl i c q u e s t i o n s an d d e c ri e d h i m as an e n e my o f th e p e o p l e S e e als o .
an o t h e r p ap e r \V o rk s I I I 3 2 5
, , ,
.
T h e v i e ws e xp r e ss e d i n t h i s e ss ay sh o u l d b e c o m p ar e d wi t h t h e
adm i r abl e sh o r t b i o gr a phy o f B u rk e by L o rd M o rl e y i n t h e E n gl i sh M e n
o f L e tt e rs S e ri e s .
aff a i rs an d W arr e n H as t i n gs s e e M o rl e y c h ap v i i , , . .
32 28 t h e w or d ab dic atio n : t h e s e c o n d c l ai m O f t h e R e v o l u t i o n S o
c i e ty i s a ri g h t o f c ash i e ri ng t h e i r g o v e r n o rs f o r m i s c o n d u c t P e rh ap s .
’
t h e a pp r e h e n si o n s o u r an c e s t o rs e n t e r t ai n e d o f f o rm i n g s u ch a p r e c e d e nt
as t h at o f c ash i e ri ng f o r m i s c o n d u c t was t h e c au s e t h at t h e d e cl ar at i o n
’
32 8 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
3 7 2O P l at o : “
X
T h e R e p u b li c ,
”
Bo o k .
3 8 1 9 L or d B aco n : ,
T h e A dv an c e m e n t of L e a r n i n g ” B o o k II , ,
c h ap i v s e c t 2 ff
.
, . .
T h at if i t w o u l d M i ds u m m e r N igh t s D r e am V i 1 9 ff
’ ”
39 3 , , , .
Th e fl am e 0 t h t ape r C y mb e l i n e I I ii 19
’ ’ ” ”
39 8 , , , .
f or t h e y are old l i k e h i m K i ng L e ar I I i v 29 1
”
3 9 26 “
, , , .
4 0 1 1 W h en L e ar s ay s of Edg ar : ibi d I I I iv 68
'
.
, , .
4 0 25 So I am ” K i ng L e a r I V v i i 70
“
,
”
, ,
.
Oh now f or e v er O t h e ll o 1 1 1 i i i 34 7 ff
”
40 3 1 , , , , .
4 1 10 N e v e r I ag o ” : ib i d I I I i i i 4 5 3 ff
“
,
.
, , .
41 2O B u t t h e r e wh e r e I h av e garner d ’
i bi d I V i i 5 7 .
, , .
s u p p o s e d t o b e t h e s t r o n g e s t l e ss o n ag ai n s t g ambl i n g e v e r
p r e ac h e d f r o m s tag e o r p u lp i t W i t h L y tt l e t o n C h e s t e rfi e l d and
.
, ,
H o r ac e W al p o l e M o o r e e d i t e d t h e I Vo rld f r o m 1 7 5 3 to 1 7 5 7
, G e o rg e
/ .
l i n e o f wh at was k n o w n as t h e d o m e s t i c d r am a T h e i n fl u e n c e o f h i s
“
.
”
m o s t p o p u l ar pl ay T h e L o n d o n M e rc h an t o r T h e H i s t o ry o f G e o rg e
,
B a r nw e ll w as c o n si d e r abl e .
4 2 1 8 A s M r B u r k e ob s e rv e s : S u bl i m e an d B e au t i fu l P art I
”
.
, ,
s e c t xv
.
y o u h av e c o ll e c te d y o u r a di e n c e j u s t at t h e m o m e n t wh e n t h e ir mi nds are e re c t
u ,
p o i n t o f b e i ng e xe c t e d in t h e ad j o i n i ng s q u are ; in a m o m e nt th e e mp ti ne ss O f
u
43 8 M as t e rl e s s pass ion ”
M e rc h an t of V e ni c e ,
”
IV i , , 50
—5 1 . In
S h ak sp e r e t h e l i ne s are
f o r aff e c t i o n ,
M is t re ss of p assi o n sways ,
it to th e moo d
Of wh at i t li k e s o r l o at h e s .
i g ht de sc endi ng Po pe 8 9—
”
43 27 No w n
”
, D u n c i ad , I , 90 .
4 3 30 T hr o w him o n t h e s t e e p C o ll i n s , O de t o F e a r ,
”
11 —1
. 14 5 .
N O T ES 329
43 3 3 I ngr at i t u de t h ou m ar b l e h eart ed
, K i ng L e ar -
,
”
1, iv , 2 5o :
I ng rat i t u d e th o u m arbl e h e ar te d fi e nd
,
-
,
M o re hid e o u s wh e n t h o u s h o w st t h e e in a child ’
T h an t h e s e a m o ns t e r -
.
p a i n t a p i c tu r e o n t hi s s u bj e c t sy mb o l i z i ng t h e d e v e l o p m e nt o f s o c i e ty .
R e m br an d t w as t h e gr e at D u t c h p ai nt e r an d e t c h e r ( 1 60 7
4 6 2 Doct o r Ch alm ers T h o m as C h alm e rs ( 1 7 8 0 c e l e b r ate d
S c o tt ish d iv i n e an d au t h o r p r o f e ss o r o f p h il o s o phy at S t A n d r e ws and
, .
at E d i n b u rgh H e w r o te
. D i sc o u rs e s o n C h ri s t i an R e v e l at i o n v i e w e d
i n C o nn e c t i o n w i t h M o d e r n A s t r o n o my w i t h t h e p u rp o s e o f ”
r e c o n c il i ng s c i e n c e wi t h th e c o n c e p t i o n o f C h ri s t i an i ty S e e H az l i tt .
,
S pi ri t o f t h e A ge
”
W o rks I V 1 8 5
, , , .
o u r f e ll o f h a i r M a cb e t h V v I I
”
46 13 z , , , .
fam o u s f o r T e D e u m and J u b il at e f o r S t C e c il i a s D ay .
’
,
4 6 19 t h e B e gg ar ’s Ope r a : by J o h n G ay ( 1 68 5 p r o d u c e d at
L i n c o l n s I nn F i e l ds J anu a ry 2 9 1 7 2 8 I t p r e s e n t e d t h e p e o pl e o f th e
’
, , .
p o l i t i c s T h e pl ay b e c am e v e ry p o p u l ar th r o u gh o u t th e e igh t e e nt h and
.
e arly n i n e t e e n t h c e n tu ri e s an d i s t h e s u bj e c t o f a nu m b e r o f H az li tt s
’
t h e at ri c al r e v i e ws S e e r e v i e ws o f it in
. T h e R o u n d Tabl e
”
W o rks , ,
4 6 23 Obsc u ri t y h er c u rt a i n r ou nd t h e m dr e w u sed ag ai n b y
“
H az l i tt i n h i s e ss ay O n t h e I de al F r o m a p o e m T o t h e H o n o r abl e
”
.
“
an d R e v e r e n d F C i n D o ds le y s C o ll e c t i o n o f P o e m s VI
” ’ “ ”
. .
,
1 38 . T h e p o e m ( an o n ym o u sly p u bl ish e d ) w as w ri t t e n by S n e y d D av i e s
1 0 —
( 7 9 1 7 6 9 ) and was ad d r e ss e d t o F r e d e ri c k C o r nw all i s af t e rw ard s ,
A rc h bi sh o p o f C an t e rb u ry S e e Gen t ly /M M : i/aga z z lz e I 1 7 4 an d
'
i
i
.
, , ,
N i c ho ls ,I ll u s t r at i o n s o f t h e L i t e r ary H i s t o ry o f t h e Eigh t e e nt h C e n
V o l I S e e als o W o rks X I 5 7 0
”
t u ry , . .
, , .
47 9 B et w ee n t h e ac t i n g J u l i u s C aes ar I I i 6 3—6 9 “
,
”
, ,
.
T ho u g h t s t h at v o l u nt a ry m ov e P ar a d is e L o s t I I I 3 7 ”
48 12 , , .
48 17 th e w or ds of M e rc u ry ” L o v e s L ab o r s L o s t V i i at c l o s e ’ ’
,
”
, ,
o f pl ay .
”
49 1 1 the s e cr et sou l of h arm ony M il t o n ,
’
L A lle gro , l . 1 44 :
T he hidd e n s o u l of h arm o ny .
3 3o S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
50 3 S ail i ng w i t h s u pr e m e do mi nio n ”
: G r ay , T he P r o gr e ss of
P o e sy ,
”
III , 3 .
5 0 1 3 Th e m e rch ant ,
as de scr i b ed in Ch au c e r : P ro l o gu e to
“
C ant e r
b u ry T al e s ,
”
1. 27 5
H is sp ak h e f l s o le m pne ly
re s o n s u ,
5 0 1 5 Ev e ry pro s e- w ri t e r h i s p ar t o f th e s u bj e c t i s t r e at e d at l arg e
: t
in H az litt s e ss ay
’
O n t h e P r o s e S tyl e o f P o e t s
, W o rks V II 5 ,
”
, , .
G az e tt e i n R hym e i n D r J o s e p h VV art o n ( 1 7 2 2 A n E ss ay o n
” “
.
t h e W ri t i ngs an d G e n i u s o f P o p e s e c t v p p 2 6 7 —2 68 : .
, .
h e wr o te it if t h e t im e w o u ld admi t it
, .
'
su z .
Bo il e au ,
L ’A rt P o ét i qu e ” ch ap ii
,
.
g
P r o r e ss , at t h e e n d
”
of P ar t I .
5 1 31 w s of Ca s t al i e C as tal i a was an an c i e nt f o u nt ai n o n th e sl o p e
de
o f M o u n t P ar nass u s s a c r e d t o t h e M u s e s an d A p o ll o B o t h c l assi c al an d .
m o d e r n p o e t s f r e q u e nt ly r e f e r t o it as a s o u rc e o f i n sp i r at i o n .
die o n t h e i sl an d o f L e m n o s S o ph o c l e s w r o t e a pl ay ab o u t h i m T h e
. .
s p e e c h e s r e f e rr e d t o by H az l i tt c o m e n e ar t h e cl o s e o f th e pl ay .
5 2 10 A s I w al k ed ab ou t
”
Ro b i ns o n C ru s o e P ar t I c h ap i i i ,
”
,
. .
C l a ri ss a I l arlo we -
S ir C h arl e s G r an d i s o n
5 2 32 g iv e an e ch o t o t h e s eat T w e l ft h N igh t II iv 2 1 ,
”
, , .
5 3 1 3 Ou por e sy i s as a gu m ”
T i m o n o f A t h e ns I i 2 0 ff ,
”
, , .
3 32 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
5 8 5 Dr a ke : Sir F r an c i s D r ak e ( 1 54 0 g r e at E n gl i sh d m i r al
a
an d c i rc u m n av ig ato r th e t e rr o r o f th e S p an is h I n d i e s i n
, t h e r e ig n
O f Q u e e n E l iz ab e t h
”
.
5 8 5 C o k e : S ir E dw ard C o k e ( 1 5 5 2 t h e j u ri s t c o nt e m p o r a ry , ,
o f S h aksp e r e an d B a c o n .
5 8 7 8 J on s on B e n J o n s o n ( 1 5 7 3— 1 637 ) B e au m ont F r an c i s B e au m o n t
-
, ,
( 5 4
1 8 — 1 6 1 6 ) F l e t ch e r J o h n F l e t c h e r ( 57 9
1 —1 6 2
,
M arl o w C h ri s t o p h e r M arl o w e ( 1 5 6 4
,
C h apm an G e o rg e C h ap m an ,
— y w h m s yw d —
( 5 59
1 I 6 34 ) H e oo d T o a H e o o 1
, 5 7 5 1 6 50 ) M i ddl et on ,
o f an Un f o r tu nat e L ady
”
1 71 : , .
5 9 30 dr a w t h e c u rt ai n of T im e f
T w e l t h N igh t , I v 2 49 ”
, , .
6 0 6 , 20 "
of po ri n g p edant ry ,
”
also "
po m p of e l d e r d ay s ”
: s o nn e t
w ri tt e n bl an k l e af D u gd al e , M o n as tic o n T h o m as W ar t o n
”
in a of ,
( 1 7 28
60 18 s acr ed in fl u enc e of l i g h t
th e P ar ad is e L o s t I I ,
”
, 1 034 .
nor c an w e t h i n k wh at t h ou gh t s D ryd e n , T h e i nd
”
6 1 2O H and
t h e P an t h e r I 31 5 : ”
, ,
N o r c an I t hi n k wh at th o u g h t s th ey c an c o nce ive .
6 1 29 Thi n k
s ay s S h ak e s pear : C ymb e l i n e I I I iv
,
”
,
”
, .
62 12 wh e r e P an kn i t w it h t h e Gr ac e s ,
P ar ad is e L o s t IV 2 66
”
, ,
.
63 8 m at chl e s s , di vi ne w h at w e w l il ”
P o p e I m i t at i o n s o f H o r ac e
, , ,
”
B o o k II E p i s t l e I l 7 0 :
, , .
S tyl e t h e divi ne ,
th e m atchl e ss wh at y o u will
, .
64 3 t h e y w er e s o u gh t af t er D r J o h ns o n . .
65 5 l e ss t h an t h e sm al l e s t dw arf s P ar ad is e L o s t I 7 7 9 ,
”
, .
65 7 de s iri n g t hi s m an ’s art ” S h ak sp e r e S o n n e t X X I V l 7 , , . .
L o n d o n,
6 5 27 r e w af t e r h im
d P ar ad i s e ”
L o s t,
”
I I 69 2 , .
6 6 1 V e nic e P r e s e rv e d p u bl i sh e d i n 1 68 2 ; a v e ry p o p u l ar pl ay e v e n
i n t h e e arly n i n e te e nt h c e nt u ry .
N O TE S 333
66 15 J s
l r
on o n s
’
c k : M i l t o n L A lle gro l 1 3
ea ne d s o ,
’
,
”
.
"
pene trab l e s t u f f H am l e t I I I iv 3 6 ”
6 9 12 , , , .
6 9 23 M y peac e I gi v e u nt o y ou J o h n xi v 2 7 , .
6 9 25 t h e y s h ou l d l o v e o ne anot h e r J o h n xv 1 2 , .
7 0 28 t o t h e J e w s a s t u mbl i ng bl oc k 1 C o ri n t h i an s i 2
3 , .
y e t n o o n e h as d is c o v e r e d t h e s o u rc e o f t h i s q u o tat i o n S e e [ Vo te a n d . s
Qu eri es n i n t h s e ri e s VI I 3 88
, , , .
so f t as s i ne w s H a ml e t I I I iii 7 1 ”
71 7 , , , .
7 1 26 T h e b e s t of m e n ” D e kk e r T h e H o n e s t W h o re P ar t I
“ “ ”
, , ,
A c t V s c e ne i i
, .
7 2 26 T ass o by F a i r f ax : E dw ard F ai rf ax ( 1 5 8 0 T h e fi rs t e di
t i o n O f h i s t r an sl at i o n o f T ass o J e r u s al e m D e l iv e r e d ap p e ar e d i n
“ ”
, ,
1 60 0 .
”
O dyss e y in 1 6 1 6 .
7 2 28 V i r g i l l ong b ef o r e : p r o b ably r e f e rs t o t h e t r an sl at i o n o f t h e
Ai n e id by G aw ai n D o u gl as ( 1 4 7 4 T h e t r an sl at i o n i n t o t e n
“ ”
7 2 28 Ov id s oon af t e r : O v i d was t r an sl at e d by A rt h u r G o l d i ng i n
I S6 S— 5 5
1 7
i n 1 6 1 1 th e l att e r in 1 6 0 3
, .
7 3 3 t h e s at iri s t A r et i ne : P i e t r o A r e t i n o ( 1 4 9 2 an I t al i an
wri te r O f t h e si x t e e nt h c e n t u ry au t h o r O f c o m e d i e s s o n n e t s l i c e n t i o u s
, , ,
f r o m A r e z z o o n ac c o u nt O f a s at i ri c al s o n n e t w h i c h h e c o m p o s e d ag ai ns t
i n d u lg e n c e s A c c o rd i n g t o s o m e ac c o u n t s h e d i e d by f all i n g f r o m a c h ai r
.
in a fi t o f l au gh t e r c au s e d by h e ari n g an i n d e c e n t s t o ry .
7 3 3 M achi av e l : N i c c o l o M ac h i av e ll i ( 1 4 6 9 t h e d i s t i n g u i sh e d
I t al i an s t at e s m an an d w ri t e r au t h o r o f I I P ri n c i p e (T h e P ri n c e ) 1 5 1 3
,
“ ”
, .
c all e d by t h e I t al i an s I l L ib r o d O rO ( T h e Bo o k o f G o l d ) an d was
’ ”
,
E n gl i sh by T h o m as H o by in 1 5 6 1 J o h n s o n c all e d it t h e b e s t b o o k
.
“
t h at e v e r w as wri tt e n o n g o o d b r e e di n g
”
.
7 3 5 R ons ar d : P i e rr e de R o n s ard ( 1 5 2 4 f am o u s F r e n c h p o e t ,
o ne o f th e a gr o u p o f s e v e n wri t e rs w h o app l i e d t o t h e v e r n ac
u l a r l ang u ag e t h e c ri t i c al p ri n c i p l e s wh i c h t h e y h ad l e a r n e d f r o m t h e
c l assi c s .
t h r o u gh t h i r t y e di t i o n s i n s i x y e a rs H e w as m u ch adm i r e d by S p e n s e r
.
,
B e n J o n s o n an d o t h e r E l i z ab e t h an p o e t s
, J o shu a S ylv e s t e r m ad e a .
t r an sl at i o n o f t h e b o o k in 1 5 9 8 :
7 4 22 P ro s pe ro ’
s En ch ant e d
Isl and : it h as b e e n t h o u gh t p r o b abl e t h at
S h ak sp e r e in w ri t i n g The Tem p est h ad b e f o r e h i m t h e a c c o u nt by
“ ”
J o u rd an O f t h e wr e c k o f S ir G e o rg e S o m e rs s S h i p in a t e mp e s t o ff th e ’
B e rm u d as u n d e r t h e t i t l e
, A D i sc o v e ry o f t h e B e rm u d as o t h e rwi s e
“
,
c all e d t h e I le o f D iv els e t c S e t e b o s an d p e rh ap s o t h e r n am e s h e m ay
,
”
.
h av e t ak e n n o t f r o m t h i s b o o k b u t f r o m E d e n s H is to ry o f T rav aile ” ’
,
1 57 7
7 4 26 Ri g ht w e ll I w ot e I I P ro e m I
F ae ri e Q u e e ne ,
”
Bo o k , .
T h e pl ay i s b as e d o n t h e H is t o ri a R e g u m B rit o n u m ( c 1 1 30 ) o f
“ ”
.
G e o ff r e y o f M o n m o u t h b u t S h aksp e r e p r o b ably t o o k t h e s t o ry f r o m
,
H o li n s h e d s C h r o n i c l e
’
.
7 5 29 Ot h e ll o on an I tal i an no v e l :
“ ”
T h e H e c at o m m it h i o f G iraldi
C i nt h i o ( 1 5 0 4 p u bl i sh e d in 1 5 6 5 .
76 8 Y o u r f ac e m y T h,
a ne
”
M acb e t h I v 60 ,
”
, , .
D i g h to n an d F o rr e s t at t h e o rd e r o f R i c h ard k i ll e d t h e p ri n c e s i n t h e
,
To w e r .
7 6 20 t hic k a n d sl a b ”
M acb e t h I V i 32 ,
”
, , .
P r o sp e c t o f Et o n C o ll e g e l l 38 4 0 : ,
”
.
S t ill h ey ru n th ey l o o k b e hi n d
as t ,
T h e y h e ar a v o ic e in e v e ry wi n d ,
A n d s nat ch a f e arf u l j o y .
3 36 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LI TT
a d m i r abl e w o r t h i e s o f t h e i r t i m e M r J o h n F l e t ch e r an d M r W ill i am , . .
S h ak e sp e ar e M o d e r n s c h o l arsh i p is d i sp o s e d t o a c c e p t t h i s g r an t i ng
.
”
,
t o F l e t c h e r t h e m o s t o f t h e p l ay S e e A H T h o r n d i k e s I nfl u e n c e o f . . .
’
B e au m o n t an d F l e t c h e r o n S h a ksp e r e ”
.
o f t h e c al e n d a r o n t h e s e v e nt e e n t h
, H o w e v e r i n p o p u l ar u s ag e t h e .
,
t i o n s w e r e f o rg o t t e n s o t h at m a s t e rs at e w i t h sl av e s an d t h e t o g a w as
no t w o r n H e n c e t h e p h r as e h as c o m e t o m e an ab s o l u t e u n r e s t r ai n t
. .
d u ri n g t h e r e ig n o f E l i z ab e t h I t i s a sh r e wd an d l iv e ly d r am at i c s at i r e
.
o n m an y o f t h e p o e t s an d p l aywri g h t s o f t h e p e ri o d li k e t h e G r e at ‘
,
A ssi z e s h o l d e n in P ar nass u s 1 6 4 5 an d S u c kl i ng s S e ss i o n o f th e ,
’
,
’ ‘
P o ets ( W C H az l i t t)
’
. . .
it s o w e d of m eat a d dr k C an t e rb u ry T al e s P ro l o gu e
” ”
7 8 30 n n i n , ,
34 5
7 8 34 as s erv e s : c f S p e c i m e n s o f E ngl i sh D r am at i c
M r L amb . ob .
P o e ts ,
”
L amb s n o t e att a ch e d t o M ars t o n s
’
W h at Y o u W il l ’
.
”
79 4 i n ac t and co m pl e m ent e x t e r n O t h e ll o I i 6 2 —6 3 : “
,
”
, ,
T he ive ac t an d fig u r e
n at of my h e art
I n c o mplim e n t e xte r n .
7 9 1 1 Deo k ar h as g iv en
mirabl e de scri pt i on of a m ad hou s e : an ad -
H o ne s t W h o r e P ar t I A c t V s c e n e i i
“ ”
.
, , ,
79 18 A M ad Wo rl d my M as t e rs a c o m e dy by T h o m as M i d dl e t o n
,
( I 6 08 ) .
80 1 1 l i k e bir dl im e I I i 1 28
, b r ai n s and all
”
O t h e ll o ,
”
, ,
.
b ut P an i s a Go d ” : J o h n L yly M i d as A c t IV s c e n e i
" ”
81 1 1 , , , .
ON TH E P L EA S U RE OF PAI N T I N G
Our p r e s e nt t e x t i s t h e fi rs t o f th e two p ap e rs i n T abl e T alk o n “
t h i s s u bj e c t O u r r e p ri n t i s f r o m t h e s e c o n d e d i t i o n O f 1 8 2 4 a r e p ri n t
. ,
o f t h e fi rs t e d i t i o n ( V o l I 1821 V ol I I T h e s e e ss ays ap p e ar e d
.
,
.
,
i n t h e L o n do n fl l a g m z z l w f o r D e c e mb e r 1 8 2 0
'
'
.
,
82 1 T h e r e i s a pl e a s u r e i n pai nt i ng
"
se e D ryd e n S p an i sh , ,
F ri a r
”
, II I ,
T h e re is a pl e as u re s r e ,
u ,
in b e i ng m ad, which n o ne but m adm e n k no w .
N O TE S 3 37
O r C o wp e r , T he Task , th e T i mep ie ce —
5 28 6 : ,
”
ll . 28
T h e r e is a pl e as u r e in p o e t ic p ai n s
Which o n ly p o e t s k no w .
8 2 15 “
s t udy w i t h j oy h er m anne r ”
: C o wp e r , “
T h e T ask ,
”
III ,
2 2 —
7 2 28 :
c k no wl e d g e s wi th j o y
a
83 1 6 m r o e t ed i ou s t h an a t w i c e-t o l d t al e K ing J o h n , ”
I I I iv , , 1 08 :
L if e is as t e di o u s as a t wic e to ld -
ta el .
83 n o te W e rt er : W e r t e r by G o e th e ( 1 7 4 9
T h e S o rr o ws of
T h i s e x t r ac t i s t ak e n f r o m L e tt e r V I I I M ay 2 6 T h i s b o o k w as p u b , .
lish e d i n O c t o b e r 1 7 7 4 an d m ad e G o e t h e wi d e ly f am o u s I t i s t h e b o o k
, , .
o f t h e age e xp r e ssi n g t h e p a i n u n d e r wh i c h t h e t h o u gh t f u l m e n o f th e
,
als o H az l i tt O n t h e G e rm an D r am a \V o rk s V 3 5 8 —36 4
”
, , , , .
84 1 1 P u r e in t h e l as t r ec e s s e s of t h e mi nd ” D ry d e n s t r an sl at i o n
’
o f t h e S e c o n d S at i r e o f P e rs i u s l i n e 2 A c c rd i n g t F r anc e s R e y
33 o o ,
.
mo l ds ( J o h n s o n i an M is c e l l an i e s ( e d i t e d by G B I I ill) I I 2
‘ ’
t he
‘
. .
, ,
l i n e s are q u o te d by J o h n s o n at th e e nd o f an e l o q u e nt e u l o gi u m o f
M rs T h r al e ( W o rks VI
“
,
.
,
85 8 pal pabl e t o f e e l i ng as t o s i gh t p e rh ap s r e m e mb e ri n g th e l i n e
f r o m O th e ll o I i i 7 6 : ,
”
, ,
’
T is pro babl e an d p alp abl e to t hi n k i ng .
o n e o f t h e o rigi nal m e mb e rs o f t h e R o y a l A c ad e my i n 1 7 6 8 H e h as .
s e e H az l i tt C o n v e rs at i o n s o f N o r t h c o t e \V o rk s V o l V I
“ ”
, , , . .
8 6 1 7 T h e fi rs t h ead I e v e r t ri e d t o p ai nt : M e m o i rs I 1 0 8 n o te ” :
, , ,
an o ld c o ttag e r h e m e t n e ar M an ch e s t e r S h e di e d v e ry s o o n af t e r h e r li k e n ss. e
Se e I nt r o d u c t i o n p x i x ; , l s o H az li tt
. a ,
“
C o n v e rs at i o n s of J am e s
N o r t h c o te ( e di t e d by E d m u n d G o ss e , p p xv i i ff
. .
338 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
86 32 I h ad mb randt at B u rl e i gh House : h e i s
s ee n an o ld h ead b y R e -
su p p o s e d t o h av e b e e n at t h e age o f ab o u t s e v e n t e e n ( 1 7
9 5 ) wh e n H az
li tt m ad e t h e v is i t t o B u rl e igh wh i c h l e f t s o v ivi d an i m p r e ssi o n u p o n
h i s m e m o ry H e m ad e h i s s e c o n d v i si t p r o b ably in 1 8 03 I n 1 8 2 4 i n
. .
,
e n c e b e t w e e n t h e e ff e c t t h e n an d n o w
T hy [ B u rl e i g h
s e] g ro v e s we re l e afl e ss th e n as no w : it was th e middl e o f
H ou
wi nte r twice th at I visi te d t h e e b e f o re ; b u t th e l ar k m o u nte d in th e s ky and th e ,
s u n sm o t e my y o u thf u l bl o o d wi t h it s sl an t ra
y an d t h e pl o u g hman whis t l e d as h e ,
8 7 4 S i rJ os h u a : S i rJ O S h u a R e y n o l ds ( 1 7 2 3—I se e C o n v e rs at i o n s of
J am e s N o r t h c o t e T h i s p o i n t i s d is c u ss e d in H az lit t s two p ap e rs o n S ir
.
” ’
I n c o nn e c t i o n w i t h t h i s t h e f o l l o wi n g p ass ag e i s i nt e r e s t i n g :
a t e i t i an d S h ak sp ari an
c rs c e e .
H e wa v e y imp at i e nt wi t h hims e lf an d wh e n h e c
s r ld n o t pro d c e th ffe c t ,
ou u e e
h d sir d h e h as b n k n wn t o
e e e ,
t t h c anv as i nt o ribb n s
ee T h e g ran d o b j c t
o cu e o . e
an d h e r e h n v e r in his e wn s t im at i n
e m ch a appro ach d s cc ss
,
o e o ,
so u s e u e .
y e t wh n h e h ad at t o m e a f e w t im s
e h g r w vid n t ly n asy wh n it wa
s e e e e e u e e s
a fin day t h at is wh n t h s n sh n i n t o th r
e , ,
m e th t w c
e ld n t p ai nt ;
u o e e oo ,
so a e ou o
and wh e n i t b e c am e cl o dy b g an t b st l e ab o t and a k m e if I w s n t g tt i ng
u
,
e o u u s a o e
re ady . B tw n my f ath r s l v e e f si t t i ng an d mi n e
ee f p ai nt i n g w h it
e
’
o o o ,
e
h ad as we c ld h p to i n th s e d g n e rat t im e s
”
e ou o e see e e e e .
T h e p e r at i n g o f t h e m g ilp h as n t b e n q i te so f t al in th e pr e s nt i n s tan c e
o e o e u a e
a ths p ai nt r s w rds mi g h t l av
e e
’
t o c n cl d e
o T h e pic t r e is s t ill in e xis t
e e us o u . u
e nc and al th o g h t h
e, d l t ri s l m nt in t h e o ld varn ish h ad nd o b t dly
u e e e e ou e e e u u e
9 0 n o te 1 . Th e famou s S ch ill e r k n e w S c h i ll e r s
( 1 7 59 H az l i tt
’
D o n C arl o s T h e R o bb e rs an d was m u c h i n fl u e n c e d by t h e
“ ” “
an d
v i e ws o f p o l i t i c al an d i nt e ll e c tu al l ib e r ty e xp r e ss e d by S c h i ll e r S e e
.
.
W o rks V 3 58—36 4
, ,
.
p ai nt .
9 0 n o t e 2 T i t i an ( 1 4 7 7 . Gi or gi o ne ( 1 4 7 7
9 1 8 old Ab rah am T u c k e r : B y 1 8 0 4 H az litt s ab ri dgm e nt o f T u c k e r s
’ ’
L igh t o f N at u r e R e v e al e d h ad b e e n b e g u n S e e W o rks I V 3 7 1 —3 8 5
”
.
, , .
no l ds ,
”
II 2 8 6 , .
n e rs O p i n i o n s an d T i m e s
, was t h e f am o u s w o rk o f t h e Earl o f S h af t e s
,
b u ry A n t h o ny A shl e y C o o p e r S e e p 1 3 an d n o t e H is w o rk was i ll u s
, . . .
th e c e il i n g o f t h e b an q u e t i n g r o o m i n W h i t e h al l .
e v e r i n t h e h au nch of w i nt e r si ngs 2 H e n ry IV IV iv 9 2
” ”
92 10 , , , .
9 2 20 C o rr e g g i o s e e V as a ri Lives ( e d i te d
”
[ als o am a , ,
( I al s o am a p ai n t e r )
“
'
”
A l z c k z o s o n p i ll o w .
au t h o r o f T h e S l e e p i n g B e au t y an d o t h e r pl ays
”
to n ( 1 7 7 1 .
9 2 30 t h e b att l e of A u s t e rl it z : D e c e mb e r 2 1 8 0 5 a gr e at v i c t o ry f o r , ,
N ap o l e o n .
d i e d J u ly 1 6 1 8 2 0 H e h ad l iv e d and p r e ac h e d i n th e v il l ag e o f W e m
, .
f r o m 1 7 8 7 t o 1 8 0 5 F r o m t h e r e h e m o v e d t o A ddl e s to n e S u rre y t h e n c e
.
, ,
t o C r e di t o n an d W i n sw o o d .
O N RE AD IN G O L D BO O K S
r e p ri nte d in T h e P l ai n S p e ak e r ( 1 8 2 6 ) as t h e t h i rd e ss ay in V o l
“ ”
ume I I T h e d i ff e r e n c e s b e tw e e n t h e t wo i m p ri nt s are i m m at e ri al O u r
. .
t e x t f o l l o ws t h at o f T h e P l ai n S p e ak e r
”
.
t h e t i tl e T al e s o f M y L an dl o rd c o ll e c t e d an d arr a n g e d by J e d i d i ah
“
, ,
C le is b o t h am b e gi nn i ng wi th B l ac k D w ar f an d O ld M o r tal i ty i n
,
” ” ”
N O TES 34 1
181 6, an d i n c l u di ng R o b R o y H e ar t o f M i dl o t h i an
“
B ri d e o f L am m e rm o o r an d Le g e n d o f M o nt ro s e
9 4 6 Lady M or g an ( 1 7 8 3 o r 1 7 8 5 S y d n e y O w e n s o n d au gh t e r ,
p o p u l ar i n h e r day .
w as r e c e iv e d m o s t f av o r ably an d w as assig n e d t o By r o n H o w e v e r i t s .
,
au t h o r was T h o m a s H o p e ( 1 7 7 4 ? T h e h e r o i s a s o r t o f o ri e nt al
G il B l as T h e b o o k was d is c u ss e d i n t h e E f i n /m g}: l ew ew M arch 1 8 2 1 ’ '
. l 2 t , , .
94 1 8 A ndr e w M il l ar ( 1 7 0 7 o n e o f th e m o s t e m i n e nt b o o k
s e ll e rs o f t h e e igh t e e n t h c e n tu ry p u bl ish e r o f F i e l di ng s w o rk s an d o f
,
’
D r J o h n s o n s D i c t i o nary D r J o h n s o n o n c e s a i d o f h i m
.
’
. . I r e sp e c t ,
M ill ar S ir h e h as r ai s e d t h e p ri c e o f l i t e r atu r e
, , S e e E M ars t o n .
”
.
,
S k e t c h e s o f S o m e B o o ks e ll e rs o f t h e T i m e o f D r S am u e l J o h n s o n .
( 1 90 2 )
9 4 1 9 Th u rlo e ’s S t at e P ap e rs : l e tte rs o f J o h n
a c o lle c t io n
'
of th e
—
T h u rlo e ( 1 6 1 6 1 6 6 8 ) p u bl i sh e d i n 1 742 H e was a v e ry c ap abl e s e c r e .
t a ry o f s t at e d u ri ng t h e P r o t e c t o r at e an d h as l e f t i n h i s p ap e rs a v al u abl e
r e c o rd o f th e d o i n gs o f t h e t i m e .
94 20 S ir W il l iam T e m pl e ( 1 6 2 8 1 6 99 ) h i s E ss ay s w e r e p u bl i sh e d ”
-
i n 1 68 0 an d 1 6 9 2 T e m pl e i s t o b e r e m e mb e r e d as a d i s t i n g u i sh e d d i pl o
.
m at an d t h e p at r o n o f D e an S wi f t .
9 4 21 S i r Godfr e y K ne ll e r ( 1 6 4 6 h i s o rigi n al n am e w as G o t t
f ri e d K h ill e r H e b e c am e f am o u s f o r h is p o r t r ai t s o f r o y al ty I t w as
. .
w h i l e si t t i n g t o K n e ll e r f o r a p o r t r ai t c o m m i ssi o n e d by P e pys t h at , ,
J am e s h e ard t h e n e ws o f t h e l an d i ng o f t h e P ri n c e o f O r ang e t h e ,
f u tu r e W ill i am I II .
9 5 20 rif ac c i m e nt os a n e w m o d e li n g o r r e c as t i n g o f a l i t e r ary w o rk .
T h e p r o p e r pl u r al a c c o rd i n g t o t h e I t al i an w o u l d b e 7 ffi zc zzm t i
'
'
1z .
I tal i an n o v e l is t o f t h e si x t e e n th c e ntu ry F o r an i n te r e s t i ng ac c o u n t o f .
t h i s l e g e n d an d i t s c o nn e c t i o n w i t h t h e d r a m a s e e P r o f e ss o r C I I I l e r , . .
t h e S i x t e e n t h C e n t u ry
”
.
9 6 1 1 B ru sc am b il le : S t e r n e T ri s t r am S h an dy i O O k I I I c h ap x x x v
“ ”
, , .
.
,
9 6 1 2 P er egri ne P ic k l e by T o bi a s S m o ll e tt ( 1 7 2 1
9 6 1 2 T o m J one s : M asq u e r ad e B o o k X I I I c h ap vi i ; T h rac k u m an d
, ,
.
S q u a r e B o o k I I I c h ap i i i ; M o lly S e a g ri m B o o k I V c h a p v i i i ; S o ph i a
, , .
, , .
.
34 2 S E L E C TI O N S FROM H AZLITT
Boo k V c h ap iv ; A u n t s
, .
’
L e c tu r e , B o o k VI I ch ap i i i , . . S e e H az l i tt,
W o rks V I I 3
, , .
r e m e mb e r e d t h at S c o tt ass u m e d t h e gr e at d e b t c au s e d by t h e f ail u r e o f
t h is c o n c e r n an d sp e nt th e m o n e y f r o m h i s b o o ks i n p ayi n g th e c r e d i t o rs .
9 7 21 C oo k e s po c k et edit ion : Co o k e s S e l e c t E d i t i o n o f B ri t i sh
’ - ’
N o v el s J o hn C oo ke ( 1 7 3 1 b o o ks e ll e r m ad e l a rg e f o r ,
t u n e s i n p u bl i sh i n g p o p u l ar w o rk s i n w e e kly p ar t s M r W C H az l i t t . . . .
s ays t h at H az l i tt b e c am e a c q u ai nt e d wi t h t h i s b o o k t h r o u gh h i s fath e r s ’
e d i t i o n o f t h e B ri t i sh p o e t s c a m e u p H o w I l o v e d t h e s e l i tt l e S ix
.
p e nn y n u mb e rs c o n tai n i n g wh o l e p o e t s ! I d o at e d o n t h e i r si z e o n
, ,
t h e i r wr ap p e r c o n t ai ni n g l is t s o f o t h e r p o e t s an d o n th e e n gr av i n gs
, ,
f r o m K i rk ( L e igh H u n t A u t o b i o gr ap hy , p .
9 7 24 R om anc e of t h e F o r e s t : p u bl ish e d 1 7 9 1 by M rs A nn R ad c l i ff e , .
( 1 7 64 wri t e r o f r o m an t i c t al e s wh i c h ab o u n d in d e s c rip t i o n s o f
s c e n e s o f mys t e ry an d t e rr o r .
9 7 25 s w eet i n t h e m out h b i t t e r in t h e b e ll y R e v e l at i o n x 9 , .
gay cr eat u r e s M il t o n C o mu s l 2 99 ”
9 7 27 “
, , . .
9 8 2 T om J one s di scov e rs S qu ar e : T o m J o ne s B o o k V c h ap v
”
, , . .
9 8 3 P ars on A dams : J o s e ph A n d r e ws B o o k I V c h ap xi v
“ ”
, ,
. .
9 8 6 J o s eph A ndr e w s : H e n ry F i e ld i ng s fi rs t n o v e l p u bl i sh e d 1 7 4 2
’
, ,
w as i n sp i r e d by t h e fi rs t E n gl i sh n o v e l P am e l a ”
by R i c h ards o n
,
“
.
9 8 1 3 M aj o r B at h : i n F i e l d i n g s n o v e l J o s e p h A n dr e ws
’ “ ”
.
,
9 8 14 Co mm odor e T r u nn i on : i n P e r e gri n e P i c kl e by S m o ll e t t ,
”
.
9 8 1 4 T ri m : i n S t e r n e s T ri s t r am S h an dy
’ ”
.
”
9 8 1 4 Uncl e T oby : i n T ri s t r a m S h an dy .
9 8 1 5 Gil B l as : i n L e S ag e s s at i r e o f s am e n am e
’
.
”
9 8 1 5 Dam e L o r en z a S e pho r a : i n G il B l as
“
.
9 8 1 6 L au r a : t h e l ady t o wh o m P e t r arc h wr o t e .
”
9 8 1 6 L u cr et i a : i n J o s e p h A n d r e ws
“
.
T r a c t s and P o s th u m o u s W o rks
”
9 8 3O Ch ubb ’s T r ac t s : by T h o m as ,
C h u bb ( 1 6 9 7 p u bl i sh e d in 1 7 5 4 H is t r ac t s wo n f o r h i m a pl a c e
.
am o ng t h e d e i s t s o f t h e e igh t e e n t h c e n t u ry .
”
99 5 f at e fr e e w ill
,
P ar ad is e L o s t I I 5 6 0
-
, ,
.
D r F au s tu s sc e n e xi x
”
,
. .
34 4 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
Be fo re w e nt t o L o n d o n in J u ly 1 8 2 2 h e h ad giv e n C arlyl e an i n t r o
he , ,
d u c t i o n t o J an e W e l sh H e alw ays l o v e d J an e W e l sh wh o s ai d o n o n e
.
,
o c c as i o n I f I h ad m arri e d I rvi ng th e t o n g u e s w o u l d n e v e r h av e b e e n
,
h e ard H is c ar e e r b e f o r e h e w e n t t o L o n d o n h i s p o p u l ari t y an d su c
”
.
,
c e s s t h e r e h av e m ad e h i m o n e o f t h e m o s t s t ri ki n g fig u r e s i n e c cl e s i as
,
t i c al h is t o ry T h e r e are m an y r e f e r e n c e s t o h i m i n L amb s L e t te rs an d
’
.
o f th e A ge ,
”
IV , 222 .
1 01 3 0 as h art t h at pant et h
th e P s al m xl i i I ,
1 01 32 S chi ll e r ’
s R ob b e rs : t h is p l ay was p ri n t e d i n 1 7 8 1 an d p r o d u c e d
T he Ro bb e rs was th e fi rs t pl ay I e v e r r e ad : an d th e e ff e c t it pro d c e d u p o n u
fro m my mi nd L e c tu r e s o n A ge o f E liz ab e t h ” L e c tu re V I I I
.
,
1 01 3 3 “
Gi v i n g my sto ck ”
A s Yo u L i k e I t,
”
II i , , 4 8 —49 :
G ivi ng t h y su m o f m o re
T o t h at which h ad t o o m u ch .
1 02 1 C l
o e r i dg e
’
s fi ne S onnet : t h is s o n n e t was p ri n t e d in 1 7 9 6 The .
n o t e a p p e n d e d s e e m s t o i mply t h at C o l e ri dg e wr o t e i t o n h is fi rs t r e a d
i ng o f T h e R o bb e rs
“
at C amb ri dg e n o t l at e r t h an 1 7 9 4
”
I f so h e .
,
c o u l d h av e k n o w n S c h i ll e r o n ly in t h e E ngli sh v e rs i o n .
1 02 7 I b e l i e v e I m ay dat e s e e M y F i rs t A c q u ai nt an c e w i t h P o e t s ,
”
p p 1 7 5 ff
. .
, ,
f o r Lo v e ( I 69 5) .
1 02 1 9 I ntus et in c u te : P e rsi u s S at i r e s I I I 30 :
”
, , ,
E go t e i nt u s et in c u te no vi .
I k ne w t h e e i nt imate ly an d in t h e sk in .
1 02 3 1 T h e S pe ct at or e t c : se e O n P e ri o di c al E ss ayis t s p 14 ”
.
, , . .
1 03 8 Cl ar i ss a : h e r o i n e o f C l a ri ss a H a rl o w e
1 03 8 Cl e m e nt i na : h e r o i n e o f S i r C h arl e s G r an di s o n ( I 7 53) .
1 03 8 P am e l a : h e r o i n e o f P am e l a ”
1 03 8 w i t h ev e ry t ric k A l l 5 W e ll I 1 1 0 7
’
.
”
, , .
V I I 50 1
, .
N O T ES 34 5
1 03 1 5 "
t h at l i g am ent , fi ne as i t w as ” :
“
T ri s t r am S h an dy ,
”
Bo o k VI ,
c h ap x .
, T he S t o ry o f Le Fev e r . T he s t o ry c o n t i n u e s f r o m c h ap v i . to
c h ap . xfi .
1 03 21 H is s tory of t h e Haw k : T h e D e c am e r o n by B o c c a c c i o fi f t h ,
”
,
day , n i nt h s t o ry S e e in L e c tu r e s o n A ge o f E l i z ab e t h
.
“
W o rks V ,
”
, ,
3 4 6 34 7 :
-
t h at t h i s w as t h e y e ar in wh i c h H az l i tt m e t C o l e ri dg e at S h r e wsb u ry
an d l at e r W o rd sw o r t h at A lf o x de n See M y F i rs t A c q u ai n tan c e wi t h
.
P o e t s p p 1 7 5 ff
,
”
. .
1 03 25 F ar qu h ar R e cr u i t i ng Of fi c e r : F arq u h a r ( 1 6 7 8 p ro m i
n e n t d r am at i s t o f t h e R e s t o r at i o n p e ri o d p r o d u c e d T h e R e c r u i ti ng “
,
O ffi c e r i n 1 7 06 W h i l e h e was i n t h e army an d s t at i o n e d at S h r e ws
”
.
b u ry h e w r o te th e pl ay .
1 03 26 at one p r ou d S woop M ac b e t h IV i i i 2 1 9 :
”
, , ,
At o ne f e ll swo o p .
1 03 28 B u r k e ’s Re fl ect i ons :
p p 2 9 ff an d n o te s see . .
1 03 n o t e D u ri ng t h e pe ac e of A mi e n s : t h e t e rm s o f t h e p e ac e o f A m i e n s
w e r e c o n cl u d e d in M arch 1 8 0 2 N e g o t i at i o n s w e r e o p e n e d by N ap o l e o n
, .
t o all o w h i m t i m e t o o rg an i z e h i s r e s o u rc e s I n M ay 1 8 0 3 E ngl an d .
, ,
’
ant i c i p at e d a r e n e w al o f h i s att ac k by a d e c l ar at i o n o f w ar S e e H az litt s .
a c c o u nt i n h i s L i f e o f N ap o l e o n c h ap s xxx an d xxxi ”
. .
,
a F e w M il e s ab o v e T i nt e r n A bb e y
” :
T h at t im e is p ast
A nd all it s di z z y rap tu re s .
1 04 5 mb alm ed w it h odou rs
e P ar ad i s e L o s t 1 1 8 4 3 ,
”
, .
1 04 1 4 Hi s fo rm h ad not y et l s o t ” P ar ad i s e L o s t I 59 1 ,
”
, .
1 04 18 f all s fl at ” : ib i d I 4 6 0—4 6 1
“
.
,
.
L i f e o f B u rk e by J o h n M o rl e y p 1 9 8 T h e r e ad e r sh o u ld c o m p ar e it
”
, , . .
1 04 33 J u ni u s : t h e sig natu r e o f t h e an o n ym o u s w ri t e r o f l e tt e rs wh o
h as s u c c e e d e d i n b afii i ng t h e c u ri o si ty o f c ri t i c s f o r m o r e t h an a h u n
d r e d y e ars T h e s e l e tt e rs att ac k i n g t h e g o v e r n m e nt ap p e ar e d in th e
.
, ,
1 7 6 9 t o J an u ary 2 1
, 1 772 T h e s e n s at i o n c r e at e d by t h e s e at tack s n o t
, .
o n ly o n p ar t i e s an d p o l i c i e s b u t al s o u p o n p r iv at e i n divi d u al s w as t re
p e rs o n s o f wh o m B u rk e was th e c h o i c e o f c o nt e m p o r ary O p i n i o n A t
, .
p r e s e nt th e s t r o ng e s t e v i d e n c e s e e m s to p o i nt to S ir P h ili p F ran c i s
( 1 7 40 a p r o m i n e n t W h ig p o l i t i c i an an d a s t r o n g p amph l e t e e r .
N at i o n al B i o gr ap hy u n d e r th e n am e o f F r an c i s V o l X X
”
, . .
h e l i k e an e ag l e C o ri o l anu s V Vi 1 1 5
”
1 05 4 , , , , .
1 05 1 5 E s s ay on M arriag e n o s u c h e ss ay by W o rdsw o r t h i s at p r e s e nt
k n o w n t o e xi s t I t w o u l d s e e m e i t h e r t h at M arri ag e i s a m i sp ri nt f o r
.
” “
s o m e o th e r w o rd o r t h at H az l i t t w as m is t ak e n in t h e s u bj e c t o f t h e
,
e ss ay r e f e rr e d t o by C o l e ri dg e H az l i tt i s p r o b ably r e c al l i n g a c o n v e r
.
s at i o n wi t h C o l e ri dg e i n S h r o p sh i r e at t h e b e gi nn i n g o f 1 7 9 8 ( s e e M y “
F i rs t A cq u ai nt an c e w i t h P o e t s p at wh i c h t i m e a L e tt e r t o t h e
”
.
,
w o r t h h ad p u bl i sh e d ( W o rks V I I , ,
L au d e rd al e ( 1 7 59 s u c c e e d e d h i s f at h e r i n A u g u s t 1 7 8 9 S e e , .
W o rks VII 50 1
, , .
1 06 1 3 L or d Cl ar endon’s ( 1 6 08—1 6 7 4 ) H i s t o ry o f t h e R e b e ll i o n an d
C iv il Wars i n E n gl an d
”
( 1 702
1 06 20 F ro i s s art : J e an F r o i ss art ( 1 338 F r e n c h ch r o n i cl e r an d
r ac o n t e u r .
1 06 20 Holl i ng sh e d : R al ph H o l i n sh e d ( d i e d ab o u t C h r o n i cl e s
”
o f E nglan de S c o t lan de a nd I r e l an d
, ,
1 06 20 S t o w e : J o h n S t o w ( I 5 2 5 P I 6 o 5 )
“
S u m m arie o f Engly s h e
-
,
C h r o n i cl e s
”
A S u rv e y o f L o n d o n
“ ”
1 06 20 F u e s W o rt hi e s : T h o m as F u l l e r ( 1 6 08
ll r T h e H is t o ry
’ “
o f t h e W o r t h i e s o f E ngl an d
1 06 23 A W i f e f or a M ont h
1 06 24 T hi e rry and T h e o doret
S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LIT T
P an B ac ch u s an d o t h e r my t h o l o gi c al s u bj e c t s i n t h e N at i o n al an d
, , ,
D u lwi c h G al l e ri e s i n Lo n d o n an d i n t h e L o u vr e in P ari s .
( I 8 20 ) pp 3 5 3 6
,
-
1 1 0 n o te M r . W e s t ( 1 7 38
West : A m e ri c an h i s t o ry
B e n j am i n
an d p o r t r ai t p ai n t e r w as b o r n at S p ri n gfi e l d P e n n sylv an i a
, I n 1 7 63 h e , .
s e tt l e d in L o n d o n as a h i s t o ri c al p ai n t e r an d b e c am e e m i n e n t ly s u c c e ss
f u l O n t h e d e at h o f S i r J o sh u a R e y n o l ds h e was e l e c t e d h i s s u c c e ss o r
.
as p r e si d e n t o f t h e R o y al A c a d e my an o ffi c e wh i c h h e h e l d f o r tw e n t y ,
e igh t y e ars H e d i e d i n 1 8 2 0 an d w as b u ri e d i n S t P au l s L o n d o n
’
. .
, .
1 1 1 1 2 P l ag u e of A t h ens t h e D e l u g e b o t h p i c t u r e s are i n t h e L o u v r e
, ,
G all e ry i n P aris N o s 7 1 0 an d 7 39 ( s e e H az l i tt I X
, . A r e p e ti ti o n , ,
p r e s e nt e d t o th e N at i o n al G all e ry in 1 8 3 8 T h e p r o p e r t i t l e i s P l ag u e .
a m o n g t h e P h il is t i n e s at A sh d o d (N o .
1 1 1 1 9 a p ic t u r e of A u ro r a : C e ph al u s an d A u r o r a by P o u ssi n in ”
, ,
t h e N at i o nal G all e ry ( N o .
1 1 1 22 Tit ho nu s : by t h e p r ay e rs o f E o s ( D aw n ) wh o l o v e d h i m ,
T i t h o nu s o b t ai n e d f r o m t h e g o ds i m m o r t al i ty b u t n o t e t e r n al y o u t h i n , ,
c o n s e q u e n c e o f wh i c h h e c o m pl e t e ly sh r an k t o g e t h e r i n h i s o ld age ;
wh e n c e a d e cr e p i t o ld m an was p r o v e rbi ally c all e d T i t h o nu s S e e .
T e nnys o n s p o e m o f t h at n am e
’
.
G all e ry W o rks I X 1 4
, , , .
112 8 L ap
e i ng“
l i k e w an t o n k id s ”
: S p ens e r F ae ri e Q u e e n e B o o k I ,
“
,
”
,
c anto v i s t anz a I 4 ,
.
1 1 2 24 p ic t u r e of t h e sh eph e r ds s e e H az lit t s e ss ay O n th e P r o gr e ss
’
,
i n W o rks I 1 6 3 T h i s p i c t u r e o f t e n m e n t i o n e d by H az l i t t i s
”
o f A rt , , , .
, ,
i n t h e L o u vr e ( N o I t e xp r e ss e d a c c o rdi ng t o s o m e t h e i d e a o f
. , ,
t h e sh o r t n e ss o f l i f e .
p i c tu r e o f s o m e A rc ad i an sh e ph e rd s s tan di n g n e ar a t o mb an d r e ad i n g
wi th s u rp ris e t h i s i n s c ri p t i o n u p o n it T h e s o u rc e o f t h e L at i n r e m ai n s .
c e di ng r e f e r e n c e s are giv e n .
1 13 5 w i hi “
t n t h e oo a db k n v o l u m e of t h e br a i n
”
H aml e t I v 1 ,
”
, , .
113 11 h e w h o k no w s of t h e s e de l i g h t s M i l to n S o n ne t t o ,
M r L awr e n c e
.
N O T ES 34 9
H e wh o o d e li g h ts c an j d g e
f th o s e u
,
an d sp are
To i nte rp o se t h e m o f t is n o t u nwise
, .
1 1 3 26 t h e C ar acc i : u s u ally sp e l l e d C a rr ac c i T h e r e w e r e th e b r o t h e rs .
Old Ge n i u s F ae ri e Q u e e n e B o o k I I I c an t o v i s tanz as
”
1 14 3 , , ,
31
—3 2 .
1 1 4 1 5 B l e nh ei m W o rk s I X 7 1 —7 5
: see , , .
1 1 4 16 M r A n g e r s t e i n : J o h n J u l i u s A ng e rs t e i n ( 1 7 3 5
. ri c h
m e rch an t an d p at r o n o f t h e fi ne ar t s H is c o ll e c t i o n o f ab o u t f o r ty
.
T h e P i c t u r e G all e ri e s i n E n gl an d \N o rks V o l I X
“ ”
See , ,
. .
s u c c e ss iv e F r e n c h v i c t o ri e s in d i f f e r e nt p ar t s o f E u r o p e I n 1 8 1 5 wh e n .
t h e al l i e s t o o k p o ss e ssi o n o f P ari s m o s t o f t h e s e p i c t u r e s w e r e r e t u r n e d
t o t h e c o u nt ri e s f r o m wh i c h t h e y h ad c o m e .
1 1 4 22 as a ri ch j e w e l in hi s Iron Cr o w n N ap o l e o n was c r o w n e d in
P ari s o n D e c e mb e r 2 1 8 04 A d e p u tat i o n o f t h e r e p u bl i c o f L o m
, .
s ai d t o b e c o m p o s e d o f t h e n ai ls o f t h e C r o ss T h e c e r e m o n y t o o k .
pl ac e in th e c at h e d r al o f M i l an T aki ng th e I r o n C r o w n f r o m t h e
.
h an ds o f t h e A r c hb i sh o p o f M i l an N ap o l e o n p l ac e d it u p o n h i s h e ad
, ,
c al l i n g al o u d D i e u m e l a d o n n ée ; g ar e a qu i Ia t o u ch e wh i c h e x
,
’
,
”
p r e ss i o n b e c am e t h e l e g e n d o f t h e O rd e r o f t h e I r o n C r o w n f o u n d e d ,
by th e E m p e r o r t o c o m m e m o r at e t h e e v e n t S e e H az l i tt L i f e o f .
,
“
N ap o l e o n d i e d at L o n gw o o d o n t h e i sl an d o f S t H e l e na o n M ay 5 .
,
1 82 1
O N T H E FE AR OF DE AT H
This ss ay o rigi nally ap p e ar e d as t h e l as t ( N o X V I I ) o f t h e s e c o n d
e .
v o l u m e o f T abl e T al k ( 1 8 2 2
“ ”
115 1 A nd o u r l i tt l e Iif e ” :
"
T he T e m p e s t
“
I V i 1 56 ; a p ar t ,
”
, ,
o f t h e f am o u s p ass ag e o n t h e m o n u m e n t t o S h aksp e r e i n W e s t m i n s t e r
A bb e y .
1 1 5 1 0 B ic k e rs t aff : s e e O n P e ri o d i c al E ss ayi s t s p 14 ”
. .
,
1 1 5 1 3 t h e Gl ob e : a fav o ri t e c o ff e e h o u s e o f G o l dsm i t h i n F l e e t S t r e e t ,
.
S e e F o rs t e r L i f e o f G o l d sm i t h c h ap xvi i p 2 7 0 S e e als o I im b s
” ' ‘
, ,
.
, . .
,
C l u bs an d C l u b L i f e i n L o n d o n p 4 04 ”
, . .
3 50 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
1 1 5 1 5 S t er ne b ro u gh t ou t the v l o um es : th e fi rs t tw o v o lu m es of T ri s
“
t a r m S h an dy a p p e ar e d in 1 7 6 0 , t h e t h i rd an d f o rt h
u in 1 761 , t h e fi ft h
an d S ix t h in 1 7 6 2 , th e se v e nt h an d e igh t h in 1 7 6 5, an d t h e l as t in 1 7 67 .
1 1 5 26 ri s e s atgor ge H aml e t V i 2 06 ”
,
”
, , .
1 1 6 6 perdus : l o s t i n v is ibl e , .
c o n s i s t i ng o f r e c u mb e nt fig u r e s in f u ll arm o r in t h e T e m pl e C h u rc h in
Lo nd on .
1 1 6 1 8 H ol y War : t h e w ars o f t h e C ru s ad e rs I t u s e d t o b e t h o u gh t .
t h at t h e c r o s si n g o f t h e l e gs o f t h e r e c u mb e n t fig u r e s o f k n igh t s i n t h e
b e n e at h h ad t ak e n p ar t in t h e C r u s ad e s .
Th e w ars we w e ll r e m emb e r F ae ri e Q u e e n e Bo o k I I
” ”
1 17 3 “
, ,
c ant o i x s tan z a 5 6 , .
1 1 7 33 T h e pr e s ent ey e T r o i l u s an d C r e ssi d a ”
I I I i ii 1 8 0 , , , .
Oh ! t h ou s tron g h e art l ” : W e bs t e r T h e W h i t e D e v il o r
“
118 7 , ,
V i tt o ri a C o ro m b o na V i i i 9 6 ( M e rm ai d e d i t i o n ) ,
”
, , .
1 1 8 29 t h e do wn f all of t h e B ou rb o ns : t h e n o bl e f am ily o f B o u rb o n
f r o m wh i c h s o m any Eu r o p e an k i n gs h av e sp ru n g t o o k it s n am e f r o m
a d is t ri c t i n F r an c e c all e d B o u rb o nnai s T h e f am ily d at e s f r o m t h e .
n i nt h c e ntu ry .
119 6 h s s s i bl w r m m t i ”
M e as u r e f o r M e as u r e III ”
'
“
T i e n e a o on : , ,
i 1 20
, .
t u rn t o w i t h e r e d w ea k and g r e y P ar ad is e L o s t X I 5 4 0
“ ”
1 19 8 , , , , .
T h at th o u am o ng th e waste s o f t im e m u st go .
119 no te Y o u ng , N igh t T h o u gh t s ,
”
I , 4 24 .
1 20 n o t e S ch i l l e r s Don C arl o s th e M a rq u i s i m p e rs o n a
’
, th e
i
t o n o f all t h at S c h i l le r c o n si d e rs m o s t no bl e i n m an , d i e s i n t h e fi rs t
sc e n e of Act V .
1 21 7 Z anetto , f asc ia : R o u ss e au ,
“
Co n fe ssi o n s ,
”
P ar t i e I I , L iv r e VII
( 1 7 43 1 7 44 1
-
l i tt I 1 7 0 T h i s r e f e rs t o t h e fi rs t s o n o f W i l li am H az l i t t wh o w as b o r n
,
”
,
.
,
S e l e c t i o n s f r o m D e Q u i n c ey ( e d i t e d by T u rk ) p p 6 s e q
”
o f d e at h .
, . .
352 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
ON LI VING T O O N E S S E LF
’ -
an d fi rs t ap p e ar e d as N o X i n V o l I o f T abl e T alk
”
. .
1 27 1 6 W i nt e rsl o w : af t e r t h e i r m arri ag e H az l i tt an d h i s wi f e w e nt t o
W i nt e rsl o w t o l i v e M rs H az l i tt h ad i n h e ri t e d s o m e c o ttag e s i n t h i s
. .
l i ttl e v i ll ag e ab o u t s e v e n m i l e s f r o m S al isb u ry o n th e A n d o v e r r o ad .
an d d i e d th e f o l l o wi n g J u ly A f t e r t h i s m is f o r tu n e th e H az lit ts i n v i t e d
.
t e rslo w t o S p e n d a f e w w e e k s T h e f o u r t e e n t h o f J u ly was s e t f o r t h e v i si t
.
,
b u t o n a c c o u n t o f t h e i ll n e s s o f M ary L amb t h e t ri p w as p o s t p o n e d ,
u nt i l t h e f o ll o wi n g O c t o b e r T h e r e w e r e m an y pl e as ant d ays t o g e t h e r
.
,
I n t h e J u ly o f t h e n e x t y e ar t h e L amb s ag ai n vi si t e d t h e H az lit ts at W in
'
t e rs lo w an d H az l i tt a c t e d as g u i d e t o t h e L ambs t o O x f o rd an d B l e n h e i m
O x f o rd i n t h e V a c at i o n ( E ss ays o f S e e al s o M e m o i rs o f
“ “ “
H az l i tt , I 1 6 8—1 7 5 ; al s o I I 2 2
”
, ,
A ft e r 1 8 1 9 H az l i t t sp e nt m u c h o f h i s t i m e at W i nte rsl o w H u t wh e r e ,
m an y o f hi s e ss ays w e r e wri tt e n II s e e H az l i t t , ,
O n t h e C o n v e rs at i o n o f A u t h o rs W o rk s V I I 2 4 ff ,
”
, , .
T h e f o ll o w i n g s e l e c t i o n i s f r o m th e p r e f a c e t o \V i n t e rslo w : E ss ays
an d C h a r a c t e rs W ri t t e n t h e r e by W i l l i a m H az l i tt C o l l e c t e d by h i s S o n .
T u do rle igh r o u n d N o rm an C o rt
,
A no th e r f e atu re was Cl are nd o n \Vo o d
u .
an d s o m ewh at f r th e r t h o s e o f W il t o n H o u s e
u B u t t h e chi e f h appi ne ss was t h e
.
an d f ro o f t h e L o n d o n m ails
, A m o ng th e s e [ s o m e L o n d o n fri e nds ] d e ar1y
.
,
-
c o n t ry pl ac e d e li g h te d and wo nd e ri ng and wo nd e re d at
u
, .
N O TES 353
1 27 1 7 “
Whil e H ea v ’ ’
n s ch anc e l v au l t - ”
: K e at s , “
H yp e ri o n,
”
II ,
6 —
3 38 :
Wh e n chill rai n b e g i ns at sh u t o f e ve
th e ,
T h e H e av e n i t s e lf is bli nd e d thro u g h o u t n i g h t
,
.
S am u e l R i ch ards o n .
1 29 1 6 who s e ey e
T h e m an W o rdsw o r t h L i n e s l e f t u p o n a S e at ,
in a Y e w t r e e 11 5 5—
”
59
-
, . .
t al i t y 11 1 7 0—1 7 1
”
.
, .
1 30 6 Ni cho l s on : W ill i am N i c h o l s o n ( 1 7 5 3
'
m an o f s c i e n c e
an d i n v e n t o r B e si d e s h i s i n v e n t i o n o f m any m at h e m at i c al i n s t r u m e nt s
.
,
h e wr o te b o o k s o n n atu r al p h il o s o p hy .
ne v e r e ndi ng b e g i nni ng D ry d e n A l e x an d e r s ’
1 30 9 “
s t ill , ,
F e as t ”
l 202
, . .
B e ll
”
, 1 26 5 . .
L i f e o f R e y n o l ds wh e r e t h e s c e n e i s l ai d at A n t w e rp T h e i n c i d e n t
' ’
, .
t h e s t o ry as t o l d by N o r t h c o t e a n d h e r e r e p e at e d by H az l i tt i s m u c h
e x agg e r at e d S e e P ri o r L i f e o f G o l dsm i t h
. I I 2 9 0—2 9 1 ; F o rs te r
,
‘
,
’
, ,
L i f e an d T i m e s o f O l i v e r G o l ds m i t h I I 2 1 7 ; B o sw e ll L i f e o f
‘ ’ ‘
, , ,
47 8 .
1 3 1 30 W h en B uonapart e go t i nt o hi s c a rr i ag e : s e e H az l i tt L i fe o f ,
N ap o l e o n c h ap s xl i i i and xli v
”
, . .
1 32 7 t h e i n s o l e nc e of o ffi c e H am l e t III i 7 3 “
,
”
, , .
1 32 1 9 a ft e r t h e h ea rt ach e s
“
i b i d III i 6 2 - .
, , .
a m ou s e : W e bs t e r T h e D u c h e ss o f M alfi I V i i p 2 07
” ”
1 32 29 “
, , , , .
( M e rm ai d e d i t i o n ) .
1 3 3 1 2 s ay s R ou ss e au : s e e L a N o u v e l l e H el o i s e P ar t i e V L e t t r e ,
”
,
h av e b e e n m u c h l i k e d by H az l i tt .
1 33 1 3 A c ou nt ry g e nt l e m an near T au nt o n : T au n t o n i s a f e w m il e s
-
s o u t h o f B ris to l H az l i tt h ad b e e n i n B ri s t o l i n 1 7 9 8 o n h is v i si t t o
.
C o l e ridg e an d W o rdsw o r t h .
3 54 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
1 33 1 7 “
S om e de m on whi s per d ’ ”
: Po p e ,
“
M o r al E ss ays , ” IV , 1 6 .
The l i ne in P o p e is :
So m e de m o n wh ispe r d V is to I h av e ’
. a t a te s .
1 33 1 8 A li t t l e Wi l son : a p i c tu r e by W il s o n , th e p ai nt e r ( s e e ab o v e ,
P 337 )
:
1 34 1 4 v r g d t e er s c e
i i ne i ’
i n
”
C o ri o l anu s V i i i 48 ,
”
, , .
1 34 1 5 Ho g art h : W i ll i am H o g ar t h ( 1 6 9 7 c e l e b r at e d En gl i sh
p ai nt e r an d e sp e c i ally f am o u s f o r h i s r e al is t i c p i c t u r e s o f e igh t e e nt h
c e ntu ry l i f e an d m an n e rs H o g art h i s o f t e n m e nt i o n e d by H az l i t t ( s e e
.
W o rks V o l V I I I ; al s o T h ac k e r ay s E n gl i s h H u m o u ri s t s o f th e
, .
’
E igh t e e nt h
1 34 1 5 W il ki e : S i r D avi d W il k i e ( 1 7 7 5 S c o tt i sh g e n r e p ai n t e r .
L e c tu r e V I I W o rks V o l V I I I
, , . .
1 34 1 7 t h e Cl ande s t i ne Ma rri ag e : a c o m e dy by G e o rg e C o l m an t h e ,
e l d e r an d D av i d G arri c k
, I t was fi rs t p r o d u c e d i n 1 7 6 6
. .
1 3 4 30 bab y of a girl ” M ac b e t h I I I iv 1 0 6
“ ”
, , ,
.
1 34 3 3 Wit h wh at a w av in g air
“
B W P r o c te r
. M i r an d o l a . .
, ,
”
A c t I p 20 ( ed iti o n of
, .
1 35 7 Th e fl y t h at s i ps
“
G ay T h e B e gg ar s O p e r a I I ii ,
’
,
”
, .
F r o m o n e o f M ac h e at h s s o n gs
’
.
1 3 5 1 7 y et t h e t i e i s f or l if e : H az lit t s o wn e xp e ri e n c e d o e s n o t s e e m
’
h ad s u c c e e d e d i n u nt yi n g it ; h i s d iv o rc e was gr an t e d i n 1 8 2 2 .
r th e d e ad we re gath e r’d t o th e d e ad
B e tt e ,
h er P ar adi s e L o s t, X 8 9 8 —9 08
” ”
1 3 5 24 F or ei t ,
.
1 36 2 t h e m adm an i n Don Qu i x ot e : c o n cl u s i o n o f t h e s to ry o f th e sh e p
h e rd e ss M arc e ll a : T h i s C h rys o s t o m e l o v e d w e l l an d was h at e d
h e ad o r e d an d was d i sd ai n e d h e b e g g e d p i ty o f c r u e l ty i t s e l f ; h e s t r o v e
,
t o m o v e o b d u r at e m arbl e ; p u rs u e d t h e w i n ds ; m ad e h i s m o an s t o s o l i
t ary d e s e r t s ( P ar t I c h ap xi i i )
”
e tc , .
,
. .
”
1 36 1 1 I v “
h a e not l v
o ed t h e w o rl d ”
By r o n C h i l d e H ar o l d , ,
r e v i e ws h i s p o e t ry T h e ar t i cl e s e sp e c i al ly i n s u l t i ng w e r e in B la de
of .
w o o ds A u g u s t 1 8 1 8 p r o b ably by L o c kh ar t an d i n t h e Qu a rterly by
, , , , ,
J W C r o k e r f o r A p ril b u t n o t p u bl i sh e d t i ll S e p t e mb e r 1 8 1 8
. .
, , , .
1 39 3 “
A b u d b it R o m e o an d J u l i e t I 1 1 3 7 —1 39 ,
”
, ,
.
A h u g e s i z e d m ons t e r ” T r o il u s and C r e ss i d a I I I i i i 1 4 7 :
”
1 39 1 0 “ -
, , ,
A g re at siz e d m o ns te r o f i ng rat i tu d e s
-
.
1 39 3 1 B u b Doddingt o n : G e o rg e B u bb D o dd i n g t o n ( 1 69 1 See
T h e D i ary of t h e L at e G e o rg e B u bb D o dd i n g t o n , B ar o n of M e l c o mb e
R e gis fro m M arc h 8 , 8 —1 7 49 , t o F e b r u ary 6 , 761 , fi rs t
1 74 1 no w pu b
li s h e d by W y n dh am
H e n ry P e n ru ddo c k e
1 40 2 t al k of t h e S cot ch N ov e ls : t h i s e ss ay was wri t te n i n 1 8 2 1 ;
“
Wav e rl e y t h e fi rs t o f S c o t t s n o v e l s h ad ap p e ar e d in 1 8 1 4
,
” ’
, .
1 40 25 B ol i ng b ro k e s R efl ec t i on s o n E x il e : t h i s p ass ag e i s t ak e n f r o m
’
p e rh ap s h i s m o s t f am o u s w o rk S e e W o rk s I 1 07 —1 08 ( e di t i o n o f .
, ,
O N TH E PA S T A N D F UT U R E
T h is
ss ay fi rs t ap p e ar e d in t h e fi rs t v o l u m e o f T abl e T alk “ ”
e
1 4 2 8 Wh e n S t e r ne : S e n t i m e nt al J o u r n e y C h ar ac t e r V e rs ai ll e s ”
, .
1 43 1 9 T h os e j o ys are lo dg d ” : t h e s o u rc e o f t h is q u o t at i o n i s
“ ’
u nk no w n
‘
1 44 1 2 T h e t h ou gh t s of which ”
P arad is e L o s t I X 9 1 2
”
, ,
l o ss o f th e e
Ye t
Wo u ld ne v e r fro m my h e ar t .
1 44 20 “
W h at t h ou g h th e r adi anc e \V o rdsw o rt h , I nt i m at i o n s of
I m m o r tal i ty ,
”
II
79 seq
. 1 . S e e H az litt
’
s e ss ay on Wo rdsw o r t h in S p i ri t
of t h e A ge ,
”
\Vo rk s , I V , 270 .
1 44 26 r et rac e i t s f oot st e ps XI P ar ad i s e L o s t,
”
, 3 29 :
I n y o n d r ne t h r w rld wh e r e h all I s e k
e e o s e
1 44 28 “
A nd s ee how dar k ”
: Wo rdsw o r th s ’ “
L i ne s wri t te n wh i l e
s ai li ng in a B o at at Ev e n i ng .
”
1 45 4 th e l as t of t h e R e v e ri e s : t h e s e w e r e w ri t te n in 1 7 7 5—1 7 7 6 .
L o rd M o rl e y c alls t h e m th e m o s t p e r f e c t o f R o u ss e au s c o m p o s i t i o n s
’
.
M ad am e de \Nare ns was t h e c o n fid an t e o f R o u ss e au H is fi rs t i n t e r .
v i e w wi t h h e r o n t h e 2 i s t o f M arc h 1 7 2 8 s tam p e d i ts e l f f o r e v e r o n , ,
ss
R o u e au s m i n d VVh e n h e s ays i n t h e F r e n c h s e n t e n c e q u o t e d by H az
’ ’
.
l i tt th at i t h as b e e n /i/Zi y e ars S i n c e h e fi rs t s aw M ad am e de W ar e ns a
/ ,
1 45 1 9 all t h e l i f e of l if e w as fl o w n ”
: Bu rns,
“
L am e n t f o r G l e n c ai r n
’“
Fo r ’
a th e life of lif e is d ead .
1 4 5 22 l one b ro w of No rm an C ou rt : se e M e m o i rs ,
”
II , 1 —
4 15
H o n o rabl e C h arle s W i n dh am wh o l iv e d t h e re at th at t im e wi th an o n ly d au g h t e r ,
wh o was his h e ir e ss .
At o ne t W i n dh am o ff e r e d t o pl ac e at H az litt s d i sp o s al
ime C h arl e s
’
an ap a r t m e n t o r tw o at N o rm an C o u r t T h i s h as b e e n m ad e v e ry c l e ar .
by M r R e e s in N o tes an d Qu eri es t e nt h s e ri e s X 6 3
.
, , , .
r u nning t hr ou gh th e s t o ry O t h e ll o 1 i i i 1 7 5 ff
”
1 46 1 9 , , , .
1 4 8 20 C al m cont em pl at i on W o rdsw o r t h L ao d am i a l 7 2 : , ,
”
.
C alm pl e as u re s th e re abid e m aj e st ic p ai n s .
1 49 1 8 c at ch g l im ps e s W o rdsw o r t h s ’
S o nn e t ,
“
T he W o rl d i s to o
m u c h wi t h us
Ha v e g l impse s th at wo u ld m ak e me l e ss f o rl o rn .
1 49 22 “
I
l s o w as an A rc adi an ” : s e e p 1 1 2 an d n o t e ; se e N o tes
a .
a n d Qu e ri es f o u r t h s e ri e s I
, 50 9 5 6 1 & c , , , , .
T o o n e o f h i s p o e m s S t e v e n s o n g av e t h e t i t l e E t t u in A rc adi a
“
,
”
V ix i s t i .
1 4 9 26 Q ue p ea de c hose : V o l tai r e ,
“
L e tt e r t o M a d am e da D e ffan d ,
”
O c to b e r 1 3, 1 7 59 . M arq u i s e du D e ff an d w as a d i s t i ng u i sh e d F r e n c h
igh t e e nt h c e n tu ry an d f ri e n d o f
[
w o m an o f the e , V o l tai r e D A le m b e rt ,
’
,
an d H o r ac e W al p o l e .
Au c to ru m .
”
t h e h i g h e ndeav ou r : C o wp e r T h e T ask V 90 1
” ”
151 5 “
, , , .
Oh God ! m et hi n k s 3 H e n ry V I II v 21 f ”
1 5 1 10 “ “
, , , .
1 5 2 10 t h e t “
e a r f o r g o t ”
: G r ay O n a D i s t ant P r o sp e c t o f E t o n ,
“
C o ll e g e s tan z a 5
”
.
,
1 5 3 1 9 it i s r e co r de d b y S pe nc e A n e c d o t e s O bs e rv at i o n s an d C h ar
“
, ,
ac t e rs o f B o o k s an d M e n c o ll e c t e d fr o m t h e C o n v e rs at i o n o f M r l o p e
’ ”
.
,
by J o s e p h S p e n c e ( e d i t i o n o f 8 —
7 88 :
-
pp .
a wh o l e e v e n i n g I c an ne v e r ge t a wi n k o f sl e e p all t h e n i g h t af te r
,
.
358 S E L E C TI O N S F RO M H AZ LITT
ON F AMIL I AR S T Y LE
T h i s was t h e tw e nt y -
f o r t h e ss ay
u of T abl e T alk .
”
In r e adi n g t h i s e ss ay an d r e r e adi n g it o n e h as t h e f e e l i ng t h at h e r e ,
a m an w h o h ad t h o u gh t o f s t yl e an d wh at i t m e an s I t i s i nt e r e s t i n g t o .
r e ad i n c o n ne c t i o n w i t h t h i s e ss ay T h e G e n t e e l S tyl e o f W ri t i n g in ,
L amb s T h e L as t E ss ays o f E li a
’ “ ”
.
1 5 6 n o t e M arl o w ’s l i ne s : C h ris t o p h e r M a rl o w e ( 1 5 6 4 p o et
an d d r am at is t .
di c t i o n P r o b ably h e n e v e r u s e d m o r e t h an a h al f d o z e n w o rds ab o u t
.
t h e p u ri t y o f wh i c h t h e r e was any q u e s t i o n an d in e ac h o f t h o s e c as e s ,
h e m ak e s a c ar e fu l n o t e o f h i s u s ag e .
1 5 8 3 1 S pani s h pi e c e s of e i g h t : t h e S p an i sh
”
d o l l ar o r p i as t r e “
,
” “
( pi e z a de a o ch o ) D o e s o n e e v e r f o rg e t t h i s c o i n aft e r r e adi n g
.
S t e v e ns o n s T r e as u r e I sl an d
’ ” 9
1 5 9 1 9 B u r t on : t h e s e are t h e s e v e nt e e nt h c e nt u ry au t h o rs t h at L amb -
s e e m e d t o li k e b e s t an d i m i tat e d H az litt s c o m m e n t o n th e q u ai n t .
’
p e c u l i ari ty o f h i s s t yl e in th e p r e f ac e t o t h e L as t E ss ays .
”
1 5 9 24 E l ia : L amb s fi rs t E l i a e ss ay ap p e ar e d i n t h e L o n do n M aga
’
z in e f o r Au gu s t 1 8 2 0 w i t h th e t i t l e
, R e c o l l e c t i o n s o f t h e S o ut h S e a
, ,
-
H ou se T h e h i s t o ry o f L amb s p s eu d o nym i s t o l d i n a l e tt e r t o J o h n
” ’
.
T ayl o r t h e p u bl i sh e r i n J u ly 1 8 2 1
, , ,
H avi n g a br th r n o h e re [ at t h e S o u th S e a H o u s e] and d o b ti ng h o w h e
e ow t -
u
a scriv e n e r l i k e m ys e lf
,
I we nt th e o th e r day ( n o t h avi ng s e e n him [ E li a]
.
all h e h as l e f t m e .
M r L u c as
. a dd s in a no te :
M rs C
. o wd e n C l ar k e r e c o rd s i n a m ar g i n al n o t e t o h e r c o py o f P r o c t e r s
’
c c o u n t in L u c as L i f e o f L am b I I 4 2 ff
S e e th e a , ,
”
, .
1 5 9 29 A w e l l of nat i v e E ngl i sh ” S p e n s e r
“
F ae ri e Q u e e n e , ,
”
B o o k I V c ant o i i s t an z a 3 2 :
, ,
36 0 S E L E C TI O N S FRO M H AZ LITT
to d a
et h . L e t t e rs ”
( e di t e d by C o lvi n ) —2 2 6
,
.
W h y t h i s p r o j e c t w as n o t c a rri e d o u t i s n o t k n o w n .
I t i s i n t e r e s t i ng al s o t o fi n d in R o u ss e au s u c h e n t h u si as t i c p r ai s e of
w alk i ng
Ne ve r did I thi n k s o m u ch e xist so m ch b e mys e lf so m u ch as in t he
,
u , ,
o f ag r e e abl e vi e ws o p e n ai r g o o d app e t i t e t h e fr e e d o m o f t h e al e h o u s e t h e
, , , ,
Wh e n I c am e t o a pl ac e I o nly th o u g h t o f e at i n g an d wh e n I l e f t it I o nly ,
t h o u g h t o f wal k i ng C o nf e ssi o ns I V 2 7 9 ff ”
. .
, ,
163 5 “
Th e fi e l ds h is st u d y ”
: B l o o mfi e l d ,
“
T h e F arm e r
’
s Boy,
”
Sp ri ng, 3 1
1 6 3 14 a r t
f r i end i nC o wp e r my R e t i r e m e nt
ret e a l l 7 4 1 —7 4 2 , ,
”
. .
1 6 3 22 M ay pl u m e h er f eat h ers M il t o n Co mu s II 3 7 8 ff
”
, , . .
1 6 3 27 i n a T il b u ry : a gig o r t w o wh e e l e d c arri ag e wi t h o u t a t o p I t -
.
was n am e d f o r t h e i n v e nt o r a c o ac h b u i l d e r o f th e e arly n i n e t e e nt h
,
c e ntu ry .
1 6 4 8 s u nk en wr ac k : H e n ry V I i i 1 65
”
, , , .
1 64 15 l eav e m e t o my repos e l : th e r e f r ai n o f t h e P r o ph e t e ss
“ ”
i n G r ay T h e D e s c e nt o f O di n T h e l i n e i s q u o te d by B u rk e i n
“ ”
.
,
L e tt e r t o a N o bl e L o rd ( W o rks B o h n e di t i o n V
“ ”
, , ,
o r pr o f an e t o v e
,
t h e s e p u lchr e an d by t h e ir s o rc e ri e s t o c all u p t h e pr o ph e t ic
x ,
L e av e m e o h l e av e o r pos
”
“
,
m e t e e .
1 6 4 29 s u ch h alf f ac ed f e ll ow ship : 1 H e n ry I V I i i i 2 08
Out u pon - ” “
,
”
, , .
165 2 L e t m e h av e a c om pa o
“
n i n
”
i S vt e e n s o n W alk i g o u rs
n T ”
,
“
.
1 6 6 8 M y old fri e nd C C o l e ri dg e S e e t h e e ss ay M y F i rs t “
,
.
A cq u ai ntan c e w i t h P o e t s p 1 7 5 ; se e al s o I n t r o d u c t i o n p xv i
,
”
.
,
. .
1 6 6 12 He t a ed l“
k f a r a b o v e s i n g i ng : B e au m o nt an d F l e t c h e r
”
,
Ph ilas t e r,
”
V , 5 :
I did h e ar y o u ta l k f ar ab o v e si ng i ng .
”
1 6 6 16 “
t h at fi ne m adnes s D r ay to n , C e ns u re of P o e ts :
1 6 6 20 “
He r e b e woods ” “
T h e F ai th f l u S h e ph e rd e ss
”
by
J o hn F l etc h e r I iii —4
( 579
1 , , 27
3 .
L am b spl e nd i d c h ar ac te ri z at i o n L a mb
’
1 67 8 L . S e e H az litt s of
in
“
S pi ri t of t h e A ge ,
”
W o rks I V , , ff 36 2 .
1 6 7 20 “
ta k e one s ’
ease
”
: 1 H e n ry IV , I I I i i i 93 :
”
, ,
F a lst afl
'
pic k e d P
1 6 7 27 c u ps t h at ch ee r : C o wp e r T h e T ask IV 39 —4 0
“
Th e ”
, ,
”
, .
sq u i r e o f D o n Q u i x o t e in C e rv ant e s s r o m an c e o f t h at n am e T h e ’
.
r e fe r e n c e h e r e is t o D o n Q u i x o te P ar t I I ch ap xl i x
”
, , . .
1 6 8 1 Proc al : t h i s p ass ag e i s q u o t e d o f t e n by H az l i tt T h e c o m pl e t e .
l i n e s are
P ro c u l 0 p ro c u l e s te pr o f a i
“
,
n
”
, ,
C o nc lam at v ate s t o t o qu e ab s is t it e l u c o
,
”
f E ne id V I 2 5 8 .
, ,
.
T h i s was t h e r e g u l a r w ar n i ng in r e l igi o u s c e r e m o n i e s t o th e i m p u r e
o r u n i n i t i at e d t o k e e p al o o f l e s t t h e c e r e m o n y b e de fi le d
, .
u nho u s e d f r e e co ndi t i on O t h e ll o I i i 26
” ”
1 6 8 21 , , , .
1 6 8 23 l or d of one’s se lf ” : D ryd e n T o m y H o n o u r d K i n sm an
“
,
“ ’
,
J o h n D ride n 1 1 8 :”
, .
L o rd o f y o u r s e lf u nc u m b e r’d wi th a Wif e ,
.
1 6 9 10 S t N eot . w n n e ar P e te rb o r o u gh I t w ill b e r e m e mb e r e d
’
s : a to .
t h at H az l i tt h ad w alk e d i n t o t h i s p ar t o f th e c o u nt ry s o m e t i m e n e a r
17 6
9 . See T h e P i c tu r e s at B u rl e igh H o u s e
“ ”
W o rk s I X 6 3 A ls o , , , .
s e e I nt r o d u c t i o n p xv , . .
1 6 9 1 3 W e s tall : R i c h ard W e s t al l ( 1 7 6 5 a p r o m i n e n t h i s to ri c al
p ai nt e r Early in th e n i n e te e nt h c e n tu ry h e d e v o te d h i ms e l f c h i e fl y to
.
d e sig n s f o r i l l u s t r at i o n o f e d i t i o n s o f th e E ngl i sh p o e t s H is p i c tu r e s in .
1 6 9 1 9 P au l and V ir g i ni a at an i nn at B r i dg e w at e r : P au l e t V i r
gi n i e b y B e r nard i n de S ai nt P i e rr e ( 1 7 3 7
”
, ap p e ar e d in 1 7 88 It .
was t r an sl at e d i nt o E n gl i sh i n 1 7 9 6 b y H M W ill i am s . . .
1 6 9 22 C amill a : t h i s n o v e l by F an ny B u r n e y was p u bl i sh e d i n 1 7 9 6 .
1 6 9 23 N ew E l o i s e at t h e i nn at L l an goll en : se e t h e e ss ay My “
F i rs t A cq u ai n t an c e w i t h P o e ts
p 1 8 6 R o u ss e au s ,
”
. .
’ “
N e w H el o i s e
was fi n ish e d i n 1 7 5 9 an d p u bli sh e d e arly i n 1 7 6 1 .
1 6 9 25 St P r e u x de s cr ib e s hi s f e e l i ngs : R o u ss e au
. L a N o u v e ll e ,
“
H el o i s e ” P a r t i e I V L e tt r e X V I I
'
, , .
1 6 9 34 gr e e n upl d s w ll s
“
a n e
”
C o l e ri dg e O de o n t h e D e p ar t i ng ,
Y e ar V I I 4—6
”
, ,
.
W all e n s t e i n V i ,
”
, .
B ey ond H y de P ark T h e M an o f M o d e by S ir
” ” “
1 7 1 12 “
:
G e o rg e Et h e r e dg e ( 1 6 3 5 A c t V s c e n e i i p 3 6 1 ( e d i t e d by , , .
V e ri ty )
D o rm iem t t o H a mi e t . Wh ate ’e r yo uy I k no w all b eyo n d
sa ,
H yd e Par k ’s a
d e s e rt t o you , an d h
t at n o gall ant ry c an draw yo u fu rth e r .
See al so O n L o n d o ne rs W o rk s V I I 6 7 an d C o u nt ry P e o pl e ,
”
, , .
1 7 1 1 2 S ir T opli ng F l u tt e r : sh o u l d b e S ir F o pl i n g F l u tt e r .
1 72 16 T h e m i nd i s it s ow n pl ac e P aradi s e L o s t I 2 54
”
, , .
1 7 2 1 8 I o nc e t oo k a part y : s e e I nt r o d u c t i o n p xxv ; al s o O n th e , .
C o n v e rs at i o n o f A u t h o rs W o rks V I I 2 4 4 4 ; M e m o i rs I 1 7 2 ;
— ”
,
”
, ,
“
, ,
L amb s L e tt e rs
’ “ ”
A u g u s t 9 1 8 1 9 ; L u c as L i f e o f C h arl e s L amb
,
”
, ,
“
,
I , 300 .
1 7 2 21 “ ‘
W i th g l i s t e r i ng s pi r e s P ar adi s e L o s t,
”
II I , 5 50 .
f o r gu i d e so n am e d o n a c c o u nt o f t h e p r o v e rb i al t al k at iv e n e ss o f
“ ”
,
t h o s e wh o d e s c rib e t h e an t iq u i t i e s an d c u ri o s i t i e s o f m u s e u m s .
1 7 3 1 0 wh e n I fi rs t s et my f oot : N o t e s o f a J o u r n e y t h r o u gh F r an c e
an d I taly
”
W o rk s I X 30 2 :
, , ,
T h i s was t h e o c c as i o n of h i s g o i ng to P aris ( O c t o b e r ,
1 802 ) to s tu dy
at t h e Lou v re .
1 7 3 33 Dr . J oh nson r em ar k ed : B o sw e ll
’
s Li fe ”
( e di t e d by H i ll ) , III ,
30 1
S o it rav e lli ng a m an m st c arry k nowl e d g e wi th him if h e wo u ld bri ng
is in t ,
u ,
h o m e k no wl e d g e .
Al s o
T im e m ay b e e mpl o y e d t o m o r e advantag e fro m n i ne t e e n t o twe n ty f o u r alm o s t -
ag ain s t d o i ng n o thi ng i t is b e tt e r t o b e s u r e b u t h o w m u ch m o r e w o u ld a y o u n g
, ,
36 4 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LI TT
1 77 2 II y a des impressio ns ”
R o u ss e au , Co n fe ssi o n s
Th e re are impre ssi o ns th at n e i th e r t im e s n o r circ ms tan c e s c an e f fac e We re u .
no r e v e r b e o bli te r at e d in my m e m o ry .
1 77 5 W h en I got t h e r e
l i ttl e c h u rc h o n H igh S t r e e t S h r e wsb u ry
th e , ,
i s s t i ll u s e d by th e Un i tari an c o n gr e g at i o n T h o u gh al t e r e d b o t h wi t h i n .
an d wi t h o u t it r e t ai n s t h e s a m e p u l p i t an d b e n c h e s t h o u gh t h e b ac ks
, ,
o f t h e p e ws h av e b e e n c u t d o w n O n t h e w all at t h e r e ar o f t h e p u lp i t
.
1 7 7 7 his t ext : J o h n v i 1 5 , .
1 7 7 14 of o ne cr y i ng M att h e w i i i 3 4
“ -
, .
as t h o u g h h e sh ou l d ne v e r b e o ld : S i d ne y s A rc ad i a
” ’ ”
1 7 7 26 “ “
,
Lib I . .
1 7 7 32 S u ch w e r e t h e not e s
“
P o p e E p is t l e t o R o b e r t Earl o f , ,
O x f o rd
”
1 1, .
S u ch w e r e th e n o t e s t h y o n c e l o v e d P o e t s n g -
u
,
1 7 8 12 “
Li k e t o t h at s ang u i ne L y c i d as ,
”
l . 10 6 .
I 7 S 25 “
As are the chil dr en ”
: T h o m s o n,
“
The C ast l e of I nd o
l enc e , I I s tanz a xxxi i i
”
, .
1 7 8 28 A c e rt ai n t ende r ”
“
ib i d I 5 7 .
, .
1 7 9 16 C ol er i dg e w as at t h at t im e f o r i nd e p end e nc e o f h i s
v i e ws C o l e ri dg e h ad b e e n e xp e l l e d f r o m C am bri dg e an d h ad e nt e r e d a
r e gi m e nt o f dr ag o o n s En c o u r ag e d by th e C ap t ai n wh o h ad f o u n d birri
.
,
r e ad i ng P l at o i n G r e e k C o l e ri dg e l e ft t h e army an d e nt e r e d i nt o t h e
,
s c h e m e o f t h e P an t is o c r acy W h e n t hi s p l an f ail e d t h e y o u n g e n th u si
.
,
as t b e g an a s e ri e s o f m e e t i n gs i n v ari o u s E ngl i sh c i t i e s f o r t h e p u rp o s e
o f d iss e m i n at i n g h i s v i e ws o n p o l i t i c s an d r e l igi o n I n t h at c ap ac i ty h e .
h ad b e c o m e w e ll k n o w n an d it i s n o t s t r ang e t h at t h e p e o pl e at
,
S h r e wsb u ry e ag e rly aw ai t e d h i s c o m i ng .
wh e r e h e s tu d i e d u n d e r A d am S m i t h ( 1 7 2 3 t h e c e l e b r at e d
S c o t t i sh p o l i t i c al e c o n o m i s t F o r an a c c o u n t o f t h e l i f e o f H az lit t s
’
.
m o t h e r o f t h e s e c o n d w i f e o f S h e ll e y S h e was th e au t h o r o f th e .
“
V i nd i c at i o n o f t h e R igh t s o f Wo m e n ”
1 8 1 1 0 M ac ki nt o sh : S ir J am e s M ac k i nt o sh ( 1 7 6 5 p h il o s o ph e r
an d h is t o ri an I n 1 7 9 1 h e p u bl i sh e d i n an sw e r
“ ”
. V i n dic iae G allic ae
R e fl e c t i o n s o n t h e R e v o l u t i o n i n F r an c e
’
t o B u rk e s
”
S e e H az litt s
’
.
e ss ay i n t h e S p i ri t o f t h e A ge W o rk s I V 2 7 9 ,
”
, , .
1 8 2 24 m ak i ng h im an o f f e r : C o l e ri dg e p r e ach e d at S h r e wsb u ry o n
S u n d ay J an u ary 1 4 1 7 8 9 O n t h e l o t h J o si ah \V e dgwo o d h ad w ri tt e n :
, ,
.
,
f o r l i f e o f £ 1 5 0 t o b e r e g u l arly p ai d by u s n o c o n d i t i o n wh at s o e v e r ,
b e i ng an n e x e d t o it S e e M rs H e n ry S an d f o rd T h o m as P o o l e an d
.
”
.
,
wo o d ”
T h i s l e t t e r r e ac h e d S to w e y ( C o l e ri dg e s h o m e ) o n S atu rd ay t h e 1 3 th
’
,
C o l e ri dg e d e c i d e d t o ac c e p t t h e gi f t an d o n t h e 3 o th wr o t e t o T h e lw all
, ,
A s to n i sh e d agi t ate d an d f e e l i ng as I c o u l d n o t h e l p f e e l i ng I ac c e p t e d
, ,
th e o ff e r i n t h e s am e w o r t hy sp i ri t i n wh i c h it w as m ad e On his
”
.
r e tu r n f r o m S h r e wsb u ry h e w e nt t o T o m P o o l e s h o u s e t o m e e t T o m ’
W e d gw o o d t o m ak e h i s p e rs o n al ac k n o wl e dgm e nt s o f th e o ff e r o f t h e
“
annu i t y wh i c h h e ad j u s t m a d e u p h i s m i n d t o ac c e p t
”
h .
1 8 2 30 De v a : t h e an c i e nt L at i n n am e f o r t h e D e e a ri v e r o f N o r t h ,
W al e s wh i c h fl o ws p as t C h e s t e r i n t o t h e I ri sh S e a .
1 8 3 3 S h eph e r d on t h e D el e c t ab l e M o u nt ai ns in P ilgri m s P r o gr e ss ’
C h ri s t i an an d H o p e f u l c o m e t o t h e S h e p h e rd s o f th e D e l e c t abl e M o u n
t ai n s i m m e di at e ly af t e r t h e y h av e e s c a p e d f r o m G i an t D e sp ai r .
1 8 3 1 3 C as s andr a : i n C a ss an d r e
”
by L a C alp re n ede
“
I c o n f e ss I .
“
\Y o rk s X I I 6 1
, , .
S o u ndin g on hi s way ” : C h au c e r s d e sc ri p t i o n o f t h e M e r
’
1 8 3 21 “
c h an t P r o l o g u e 1 2 7 5
, ,
”
. .
1 8 3 34 H u m e E s s ay on M i r acl e s : D avi d H u m e ( 1 7 1 1 th e
fam o u s S c o tt i sh p h il o s o ph e r an d h i s to ri an k no w n c h i e fl y as t h e e x ,
p o u n de ro f sk e p t i c al v i e ws i n p h i l o s o ph y H is gr e at w o rk T r e at i s e o n
.
,
H u m an N at u r e was p u bl i sh e d V o l s I an d I I i n 1 7 39 V o l I I I i n 1 7 4 0
”
, , .
, . .
1 84 1 So u t h s S e rm ons ’
R o b e r t S o u t h ( 1 6 34 t h e n o t e d E n gl i sh
d iv i n e wh o b e g an a c o n t r o v e rsy o n th e T ri n i ty w h i c h ar o u s e d s u c h ,
b i tte r ne ss t h at t h e k i ng i nt e rv e ne d .
36 6 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H A Z LITT
L e t th e J ew A p e lla b e li e v e it , I will no t .
1 84 1 0 Essay o n Vis io n by G e o rg e B e rk e l e y ( 1 6 8 5 I ri sh bi sh o p .
E ss ay o n V i si o n was p u bl i sh e d i n 1 7 0 9 ; T h e o ry o f M att e r an d
”
H is
S p i ri t i n 17 33 T h e aim o f B e rk e l e y t hr o u gh o u t h i s wri t i ngs i s t o
”
.
att ac k m at e ri al i sm an d h e i s t h e r e f o r e o p p o s e d t o H o bb e s
, .
Th u s I conf u t e h im B o sw e ll L i f e ( e di t e d by H ill ) I 4 7 1
”
1 84 1 4 , , , .
1 84 1 6 Tom P ai ne : T h o m as P ai n e ( 1 7 3 7 A n gl o A m e ri c an -
p o l i t i c al wri t e r an d f r e e t h i n k e r H e s u p p o r t e d t h e c au s e o f th e A m e ri
.
c an C o l o i s n e a n d p bl ish d
u e R igh t s o f M an in 1 7 9 1 —1 7 9 2 F o r t h i s
“ ”
.
h e w as o u t l aw e d f r o m E n gl an d .
1 8 4 20 B i sh op B u t l e r : J o s e p h B u t l e r ( 1 6 9 2 E ngl ish t h e o l o gi an ,
b i sh o p o f B ri s to l an d o f D u rh am H is m o s t f am o u s w o rk was T h e .
A n al o gy o f R e l igi o n ( I 7 36 ) F i f t e e n S e rm o ns P r e ac h e d at th e R o lls
.
C h ap e l ( 1 7 2 6 ) i s r e f e rr e d t o in t h i s p ass age
”
.
h e h ad b e e n t h i n k i n g it o v e r f o r y e ars .
1 8 5 1 6 S i dne y : b e si d e s S i d n e y s p r o s e it wi ll b e r e m e mb e r e d t h at h e
’
,
w r o t e th e f am o u s s o nn e t s e q u e n c e A s t r o p h e l an d S t e l l a ,
“ ”
1 8 5 21 P al e y : W i ll i a m P al e y ( 1 7 4 3 E n gl i sh t h e o l o gi an an d
p h il o s o p h e r .
1 8 5 29 “
K in d and affab l e P arad is e L o s t V I I I 6 4 8—6 5 0 ,
”
, .
1 8 6 5 h e h as s o m e wh e r e to l d h i ms e lf B i o grap h ia L i t e r ari a c h ap x ”
, . .
1 8 6 1 3 t h at ot h e r V i s i on of J u dg m ent : s e e an ac c o u nt i n t h e Edi n
b u rg/z R ev i ew J u n e 1 8 2 2
, ,
1 8 6 3 2 L l ango l l en W al e s ab o u t t h i r ty si x m il e s f r o m W e m
V al e : in ,
-
.
an d l at e r c o m pl e t e i n a q u a r t o t e x t .
1 8 7 7 t h ou g h t o f T om J one s : T o m J o ne s B o o k X c h ap v T h i s
”
, , . .
was o n e o f H az lit t s f av o ri te b o o ks
’
.
1 8 7 9 at T e w k e sb u ry : a c c o rdi n g t o h i s e ss ay
”
O n G o i n g a J o u r ne y , ,
i t was at B ri dg e w at e r S e e p 1 6 9 . . .
36 8 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
a m o s t i m p o r tant e v e n t .
b u i g/z fl /aga z i u e A p ri l I 1 8 1 7 , , .
1 9 2 28 Ga s pe r P o u s s i n 6 — F r e n c h l an ds c ap e p ai n t e r
( 1 1 3 1 6 7 5) ,
1 9 2 28 Do m en ic h i no : o r D o m e n i c o Z am p i e ri ( 1 5 8 1 n o t e d I t al i an
p ain t e r fam o u s f o r t h e c o rr e c t ne ss o f h i s d e si g n
, .
1 9 3 26 D eath of A b el : by S o l o m o n G e ss ne r ( 1 7 30 wh o w as a
S wiss i dyl l i c p o e t an d l an ds c ap e p ai n t e r H is b e s t k no w n p i e c e i s T o d .
-
Ab e l s a p r o s e i dyl .
T h e S e as o n s b y J am e s T h o m s o n ap p e ar e d 1 7 2 6
“ ”
1 9 3 34 S eas o ns : , ,
S e e H az litt s c ri t i c i sm o n T h o m s o n an d C o wp e r L e c tu r e s On
’
17 0
3 .
,
E n gl i sh P o e t s L e c t u r e V W o rks V 8 5
”
, , , .
,
( 1 7 56 p u bl i sh e d i n 1 7 9 4 G o dwi n w as o n e o f t h e i m p o r tant m e n .
A ge ,
”
W o rks IV 200 S e e al s o C K e g an P au l W i ll i am G o dwi n
, , . .
,
“
,
h i s F ri e n d s an d C o n t e m p o r ari e s
1 94 n o t e B u ff am alc o : B u o n am i c o B u ff alm ac c o ( 1 3 1 1 F l o re n
”
t i n e p ai n t e r c e l e b r at e d f o r h i s j e s t s i n B o c c a c c i o s D e c am e r o n
’
,
See .
V a s a ri L iv e s o f th e P ai nt e rs S c u l p to rs an d A rc h i t e c t s
, , ,
.
”
I f e ar th e e an ci e nt M ari ne r !
,
I fe ar t hy s k i nny h and
A n d th o u art l n g an d l an k an d bro wno ,
A s is th e ribb e d se a sand -
.
In a no te C o l e ri d g e s ays , F o r th e l as t t wo l i ne s o f th i s s t anz a I am
i nd e b te d to Mr . \V o rds w o rth .
”
1 9 5 3 4 R e m o rs e h is pl ay w as p r o d u c e d at D r u ry L an e J an u ary 2 3
: t , ,
sh ar e C o l e ridg e r e c e i v e d £ 400 .
1 9 6 1 M r El l i s t on : R o b e r t W ill i am E ll i s t o n ( 1 7 7 4
. H e w as a
fav o ri te ac t o r o f L am b s a n d pl ay e d th e t i tl e p ar t i n L am b s f arc e
’ ’
N O TES 36 9
by C o l e ri dg e S e e L u c as L i fe o f Lam b I 34 1
.
, ,
”
,
m i s c e ll an e o u s w ri t e r an d a c t o r B e c au s e h e e mb r ac e d t h e p ri n c i pl e s o f
, .
t h e F r e n c h R e v o l u t i o n h e w as i n di c t e d f o r h igh t r e as o n an d i m p ri s o n e d
f o r a sh o r t t i m e H az l i tt wr o t e a li f e o f h i m S e e W o rk s I I 1 —
. 28 1 .
, , .
B u t t h er e i s m att e r : W o rdsw o r t h H ar t L e ap W e l l
” ”
1 96 17 “
,
“ -
,
II 9 5—
.
96 :
B u t t h e r e is m at te r f o r a s e c o n d rhym e ,
A n d I t o this w o u ld add an o th e r t al e .
M ER R Y E N G L A N D
This ss ay fi rs t ap p e ar e d i n th e N ew [ W
e e n t/
y [ Maga z i n e f o r D e c e m
21
b e r 1 8 2 5 ; i t w as p u bli sh e d i n S k e t ch e s an d E ss ays
”
,
1 97 1 S t G e o r g e f o.r m e rry E n g l an d ”
: S t G e o rg e was r e c o g n i z e d
-
.
as t h e p at r o n s ai n t o f E n gl an d f r o m t h e t i m e o f E dw a rd I I I ( 1 3 2 7
p r o b ably b e c au s e o f h i s b e i ng ad o p t e d as p at r o n o f t h e O rd e r o f t h e
G ar t e r T h e p h r as e
. m e rry E ngl an d app e ars in C urs o r M u n d i
” “ ” “
,
1 300 1 4 00 ; als o in
-
A L y t e l l G e s t e o f Ro b i n H o o d S e e N o tes a n d
“ ”
.
Qu eri es t e nt h s e ri e s X 8 8
, , , .
L u eu s , a gr o v e i s d e riv e d f r o m lu ee re t o sh i n e b e c au s e t h e r ays
,
”
,
“
,
”
o f th e s u n are s u pp o s e d r a r e ly t o sh i n e t h r o u gh i t s f o l i ag e .
2 H e n ry IV V iii 42
”
1 9 7 24 S ilenc e : , , , .
1 9 7 28 t h e r e we r e p i pp i n s M e rry W iv e s I i i 1 2
”
, , ,
.
( e di t e d by M o l e sw o r t h ) I V 50 , , .
”
T h e y ” s ay s F r o i ss ar t : al s o q u o t e d i n T h e R o u n d T abl e
“
1 9 8 26 “
,
.
S e e \Y o rk s I 4 3 1 ,T h i s w e l l k n o w n s ay i n g i s w r o ngly at t rib u t e d t o
, .
-
1 9 9 6 B lindm an’s b u f f : s e e S t r u tt S p o r t s an d P as t i m e s
-
( e di te d by ,
H o ne , p 39 2 . .
1 9 9 6 h u nt t h e sl i ppe r : i bi d p 3 8 7
- -
. . .
1 99 7 h ot coc k l e s : ib i d p 39 3
-
. . .
w o rd , s u gg e s t s n o o t h e r
b ut .
1 9 9 7 s nap dr ag on : ib i d p 39 7
-
. . .
re c o rd i n D r u ry L an e was T h e C o c kp i t wh e r e i n t h e d ays o f t h e C o m , ,
c o n v e n i e nt b u i l di n g w as e r e c t e d in t h e s am e s t r e e t an d o p e n e d A p ri l 8 ,
1 6 63 . I n J an u ary 1 6 7 1 —1 6 7 2 t h i s t h e at e r t o o k fi re an d was e nt i r e ly de
, ,
~
s t r o y e d T h e n e w t h e at e r u n d e r th e d i r e c t i o n o f S ir C h ris t o p h e r W r e n
.
, ,
m o r e c o m m o d i o u s b u il di n g m igh t b e e r e c t e d o n t h e s am e si t e T h i s n ew .
fi re o n F e b r u ary 2 4 1 8 09 T h e i n c i d e n t i s w e ll k n o w n o f S h e ri d an i t s
, .
,
m anag e r r e f u s i n g t o p o s t p o n e a d e b at e in th e H o u s e o f C o m m o n s wh e n
,
th e fi re was d is c o v e r e d T h e n e w t h e at e r was r e o p e n e d i n O c t o b e r 1 8 1 2
.
,
.
T h e C o v e n t G ard e n T h e at e r was o p e n e d f o r i t s fi rs t p l ay o n O c t o b e r
2 17 2
, 3 I t was b u r n e d o n S e p t e mb e r 2 0 I 8 O 8 T h e c o r n e r s t o n e o f t h e
.
,
.
n e w b u i l d i n g w as l a i d wi t h gr e at c e r e m o n y by t h e P ri n c e o f W al e s o n
D e c e mb e r 3 1 o f t h e s am e y e ar F o r a sk e t c h o f t h e s e two t h e at e rs i n .
t h e e igh t e e n t h c e n t u ry s e e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o B ak e r s
’
, B io grap h ia D ra
m at i c a I t i s n o e x agg e r at i o n t o s ay t h at t h e h i s t o ry o f t h e s e
t w o t h e at e rs f r o m t h e R e s t o r at i o n t o t h e n i n e t e e n t h c e nt u ry w i t h t h e ac ,
c o u n t o f t h e i r m an ag e rs an d a c t o rs i s th e s t o ry o f d r am at i c p r o d u c t i o n ,
i n E n gl an d d u ri n g t h at t i m e S e e als o C o ll e y C ib b e r s A p o l o gy
’ “ ”
.
1 99 33 J ac k -o ’— t h e Gr ee n : S t r u tt p 3 58 : -
, .
an d s u fli c ie n t ly l ar g e an d hi g h t o r e c e iv e a m an T h e fram e is c o ve r e d wi t h g r e e n .
m ay b e c o mpl e t e ly c o n c e al e d wh o d an c e s wi t h his c o mp an i on s an d t h e p o p u l ac e
, ,
t r am l i n e t h r o u gh t h e gr o u n d a p e e r i n P arl i a m e n t in o u t sp o k e n o pp o s i
,
t i o n e xc l ai m e d L o rd s i s o n e o f t h e m o s t s ac r e d sp o t s in E n gl an d
“ ’ ”
, .
I n 1 7 8 7 t h e fi rs t L o rd s gr o u n d w as l a i d O ff o n t h e s i t e o f wh at i s n o w
’
D o rs e t S q u ar e ; it was ag ai n m o v e d i n 1 8 1 1 an d t o th e p r e s e nt pl ac e i n ,
1 8 1 4 i n S t J o h n s Wo o d L o n d o n I t t o o k t h e n am e f r o m T h o m as L o rd
’
, .
, .
,
a p r o m i n e n t c ri ck e t e r an d k e e p e r o f gr o u n ds in t h e e igh t e e n t h c e n t u ry .
W o rks X I I 1 , ,
.
37 2 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
p u bl i sh e d in 1 8 1 2 t h e t h i rd in 1 8 1 6 th e f o u r t h in 1 8 1 8
, D o n J u an , .
“
,
”
c ant o s i an d i i in 1 8 1 9 ; i i i —v in 1 8 2 1 ; v i xiv in 1 8 2 3 ; xv xv i in 1 8 2 4 -
, .
S h e S t o o p s t o C o n q u e r ; Lu b i n L o g in L o v e L aw an d P hys i c
” “ ”
, ,
by J am e s K e nn e y ( 1 7 8 0
208 20 ff M rs J or dan : M rs J o rd an w as t h e ass u m e d n am e o f D o r o t hy
. . .
B l an d ( 1 7 6 2 an I ri sh a c t r e ss d i s t i n g u i sh e d f o r h e r R o s al i n d an d
,
V i o l a T h o m as K i n g ( 1 7 30
. J o h n B an n i s t e r ( 1 7 6 0 1 8 3 6 ) was a -
p u p i l o f D av i d G a rri c k H is r e t i r e m e n t f r o m t h e s tag e at D r u ry L an e
.
was d e s c rib e d by H az l i tt i n t h e E xa m i i i e r J u ne 4 1 8 1 5 W o rk s VI I I -
, , , , ,
2 29 R i ch ard S u e tt ( 1 7 5 5 1 8 0 5 ) h ad a p ar t i n t h e fi rs t pl ay wh i c h
.
-
H az l i tt e v e r s aw ( I n t r o d u c t i o n p p xi v an d xliv ) J o s e p h M u n d e n ( 1 7 5 8
’
, . .
W i lli am D o d d ( 1 7 3 0 W i ll i am P ars o n s ( 1 7 36 J o h n E m e ry
( 1 777 E l i z ab e t h F arr e n ( 1 7 5 9
208 27 ff N e ll & c . N e l l in
,
T h e D e v i l t o P ay o r T h e W iv e s M e t a
.
,
m o rp h o se d by C o ffe y a p ar t t ak e n by M rs J o rd an ; L i tt l e P i ckl e i n
”
, , .
“
T h e S p o i l e d C h il d ; T o u c h s t o n e i n
”
A s Y o u L i k e I t ; S ir P e t e r “ ”
T e az l e i n S c h o o l f o r S c an d al by S h e ri d an ; L e n i t iv e i n T h e P ri z e
,
”
,
”
by P ri n c e H o ar e ; L i ng o i n T h e A gr e e abl e S u rp ri s e by O K e e f e ;
“ ”
,
’
C r ab t r e e i n S c h o o l f o r S c an d al by S h e ri d an ; N i p p e rk i n in S p rigs
”
,
o f L au r e l T h e R o ad t o R u i n a c o m e dy i n fi v e a c t s by
” ”
; D o rn t o n i n
“
,
T h o m as H o l c r o f t ; R ang e r i n T h e S u sp i c i o u s H u sb an d by
”“
H o ad ly ; C o p p e r C ap t ai n i n R u l e a VVif e an d H av e a W i f e by F l e t ch e r ;
“ ”
,
L o rd S an ds i n S h ak sp e r e s K i ng H e n ry V I I I F il ch i n G ay s B e g
’ ’ “
g ar s O p e r a ; M o s e s in S ch o o l f o r S c an d al ; A c r e s in S h e ri d an s
’ ” “ ” ’
T h e R iv al s E lb o w i n S h aksp e r e s M e as u r e f o r M e as u r e H o dg e
’
L o v e i n a V i ll ag e a c o m i c o p e r a by I s aa c B i c k e rs t a ff ;
“ ”
in
F l o r a in T h e Wo nd e r by M rs C e ntliv re ; D u e nna i n D u e nn a
“ ” ” “
, .
(177 a t h r e e a c t c o m i c O p e r a by S h e ri d an ; L a dy T e az l e i n
-
Schoo l
f o r S c an d al ; L ady G r ac e i n T h e P r o v o k e d H u sb an d o r A J o u r n e y
”
,
to L o n d o n by V an b r u gh an d C i bb e r
,
”
.
I ,
2
5 .
209 1 6 Wh at ’
8 our B ri t ai n ”
C y mb e l i n e ,
”
I I I iv , , 1
38 :
I
w o rld s v o l u m e
’
th e
’
O u r B ri tai n s e e ms as o f i t b u t n o t in t ;
’
,
T h e r e s liv e rs o t o f B ri tai n
’
u .
N O TES 37 3
209 22 M rs A b i ngto n . : F r an c e s A bi ng to n ( 1 7 37 fl o w e r s e ll e r ,
s t r e e t si ng e r c o o k m ai d
, , an d c o m e dy q u e e n . H az l i tt w r o te :
I wo u ld rath e r h av e s e e n M rs . A bi ng to n s ’
M illam ant h
t an any R o a n s li d th at
e v e r app e ar e d o n th e s tag e .
Se e L e c tu r e s W ri te rs W o rks V I I I 7 4
on Co m i c ,
”
, , .
t h e c l e v e r i m p e rs o n ato r o f M o l i er e s h e r o i n e s at t h e T h éfi t re
’
a c t r e ss
.
21 0 7 A s I w ri t e t hi s t h i s p ap e r w as wri t t e n a p p a r e n t ly at V e v e y i n
th e s u m m e r o f 1 8 2 5 M e m o i rs V o l I I c h a p xv S e e al s o
“ ”
See .
, .
, . .
W o rk s I X 2 8 1
, , .
21 0 1 3 A nd gau dy b u tt e rfl i e s ” f r o m o n e o f P o l ly s s o ngs in T h e ’
B e gg ar s O p e r a A c t 1 s c e ne 1
’ ”
.
, ,
OF P ER S O N S ONE W O UL D W I S H TO H AV E S EEN
This e ss ay ap p e ar e d fi rs t i n t h e A ’ew [ W 21
o n t/ y fl /aga z i n e f o r J an u a ry ,
was r e p u bl i sh e d i n L i t e r a ry R e m ai n s
”
1 826 ; it ( 1 8 3 6 ) an d in \V in
”
t e rs lo w
This e r e ad in c o nn e c t i o n wi t h t h e two in T h e P l ai n
ss ay sh o u l d be
S p e ak e r O n t h e C o n v e rs at i o n o f A u t h o rs
” “ ”
, .
M y att e n t i o n h as b e e n c all e d by M r J R o g e rs R e e s o f S al i sb u ry . .
,
E ngl an d t o wh at i s c e r tai n ly t h e s o u rc e o f t h e i d e a o f t h i s p ap e r I n
, .
1 7 6 8 t h e r e ap p e ar e d a w o rk by A b r ah am T u c k e r Th e L igh t o f N at u r e ,
o f t h i s v e ry p o p u l ar w o rk T h e t w e nt y t h i rd c h ap t e r o f V o l I I h ad t h e
.
- .
h e ad i n g T h e V i si o n an d b e g an as f o ll o ws :
, ,
”
g
O ne day af t e r h avi n my t h o u h t s i nt e n t all th e m o rn i n g s bj e c t o f g p u on th e u
g g
t h e two f o re o i n g
ch ap te rs , I we nt o u t in t h e e v e n i n to a n e i g hb o r s h o s e t o
’
u
T h en are s u m m o n e d t h e sh ad e s o f L o c k e N e w t o n an d o t h e rs m e n , ,
t io n e d by H az l i t t i n h i s d e l i g h t f u l e ss ay .
21 2 1 . Com e l i k e sh ado w s ”
“
M acb e t h IV i 1 1 1 ,
”
, , .
f ro m 1 80 1 to 1 8 09 . T h o u gh
s ays t h is d is c u ssi o n t o o k plac e H az l i t t
t w e n t y y e ars ago wh i c h w o u l d b e ab o u t 1 80 6 M r L u c as t h i nk s it
“ ”
, , .
m ay h av e b e e n as l at e as 1 8 1 4 S e e h is L i f e o f Lamb I 3 80
‘
”
,
. .
,
21 2 3 Gu y F au x : G u y F awk e s ( 1 5 7 0 S e e H az litt s e x c e l l e n t
’
ar t i c l e s o n h i m W o rks X I 3 1 7 334 ; t h r e e p ap e rs t h at ap p e ar e d in
, , ,
-
t h e E xa m i n er N o v e mb e r 1 1 18, 2
5 1 8 2 1 T h e u n s u c c e ss f u l att e m p t , , , .
o f F awk e s t o s e t fi re t o t h e H o u s e o f P arl i am e n t ( N o v e mb e r
5 1 60 5 ) ,
s t art e d t h e c e l e b r at i o n wh i c h i s O b s e rv e d e v e ry y e ar I n e v e ry t o w n .
t h e day r e s e mbl e t h o s e o f t h e F o u r t h o f J u ly in A m e ri c a .
21 2 1 7 A W ill i am A y rt o n ( 1 7 7 7 —1 8 5 8 ) th e m u si c i an an d m u si ,
c al c ri t i c di r e cto r o f m u si c at K i n g s T h e at e r an d e di t o r o f C h arl e s
,
’
H e was a f ri e n d o f t h e B u rn e y s S e e L u c as L i f e o f L amb
” ”
o u r s et . .
, ,
I , 2 37 ff .
21 3 8 Knelle r ’s po rt r ai t s : t h e p o rt r ai t o f N e w t o n is at K ad e , an d his
b e s t p o r t r ai t o f L o c k e i s at C h ris t C o ll e g e , O x o rd f .
—
21 3 21 S ir T h om as B r ow n ( 1 6 0 5 1 68 2 ) o n e o f C h arl e s L amb s f av o r
’
it e wri t e rs , au t h o r o f R e ligi o M e d i c i
”
( 1 6 4 2 ) an d H yd ri o t aph i a o r
Urn B u ri al S e e t h e l e tt e r p r o b ably by M i t f o rd q u o t e d i n
”
, ,
L u c as , fe o f L amb I I 1 68 Li ,
”
,
.
an d f ri e n d o f Q u e e n E l i ab e t h an d o f S ir P h ili p S id n e y wh o s e l i f e h e
z
wr o t e H e h e l d i m p o r tant p o s i t i o n s i n c l u di ng t h at o f C h an c e ll o r o f t h e
.
,
E xc h e q u e r H az l i tt o ft e n m e n t i o n s h i m in h i s w o rk s
. .
I l P e ns e ro s o
”
21 4 8 A nd c al l u p h im w h o l e f t h alf to l d II 1 09 -
, .
1 10 .
21 4 28 Dr J o h n D o n ne ( 1 5 7 3
. Donne : o n e o f t h e s o c all e d -
m e t ap hys i c al p o e t s t o wh o m we are l a r g e ly i n d e b t e d f o r t h e u s e o f
,
c o n c e i t s in t h e s e v e n t e e n t h c e n tu ry S e e t h e e d i t i o n o f h i s p o e ms by .
E K C h amb e rs in t h e M u s e s L ib r ary
. . .
21 4 33 b e au t y of t h e po rt r ait : s e e n o t e o n p 2 7 6 V o l 1 M e m o i rs .
, .
,
“
o f H az l i tt
”
:
scribbl e d y o u r b o o k S T C 2 d M ay 1 8 1 1 .
”
. . .
,
.
He r e l i es ”
A n E p i t h al am i o n F r e d e ri c k
“
21 5 3 “
a She S un - :
on
21 8 1 0 M i ss D M rs . y
R e n o l ds . See
“
L i te r ary R e m ai n s , ”
II ,
T h i s was t h e
l ady wh o h ad b e e n L amb s s c h o o l m i s t r e ss H e r ’
342 . .
M ay 3 1 1 7 4 5 e n c o u r ag e d C h arl e s E dw ard S t u ar t an d t h e J a c o bi t e s i n
, ,
S c o t l an d t o p u sh f o rw ard T h i s m o v e m e nt r e s u l t e d in t h e b at t l e at .
C u ll o d e n M o o r J anu ary 2 3 1 7 4 6 S e e B o sw e ll J o h n s o n ( e di te d by
” “
, , .
,
H ill) I 1 7 6 ff , ,
.
21 9 3 L o r d C o r nb u r y : H e n ry H yd e ( 1 7 1 0 f ri e n d o f B o l i ngb r o k e
an d L ady M o n t ag u .
De s p i s e low j o y s I m i tat i o n s o f H o r ac e B o o k I e p i s t l e v i ”
21 9 5 , , ,
II 6 0 —6 1
. .
21 9 9 L o r d M an s fi el d ( 1 7 33 L o rd C h i e f J u s ti c e of th e C o u rt
of Co mmon P l e as .
21 9 1 8 W h y r a il t h e y t h e n ”
Ep i l o gu e to S at i r e s ,
”
D i al o g u e II ,
II 1 8 —1
.
3 39 .
220 1 4 Gay ’s v e rs e s t o h i m : M r P o p e s W e l c o m e f ro m G re e c e “
.
’
.
A C o py o f V e rs e s w ri tt e n by M r G ay u p o n M r P o p e s h avi ng fi ni sh e d . .
’
h i s T r an sl at i o n o f H o m e r s I li ad S e e G ay s P o e m s ( e di t e d by U n d e r
’
.
’
h ill ) I 2 07 , ,
.
i nt i m at e f ri e n d o f th e B u rn e y s T h i s m ay b e th e o n e wh o wi t h M ar t i n .
221 9 n i g h s ph e r e d i n H e av e n C o ll i n s
-
O de o n t h e P o e t i c al ,
C h ar ac t e r
”
1 66 , . .
221 1 3 J F B arr o n F i e l d ( 1 7 8 6
. S e e L i t e r ary R e m ai n s ,
”
E ss ays o f E l i a
”
I I e rtf o rds h i re See . .
221 1 6 A b e l Dr u gg e r : i n B e n J o n s o n s A l c h e m is t
’ “ ”
221 21 S h u t e r : c o m i c ac t o r o f t h e s am e t i m e .
221 21 We s t on : T h o m as W e s t o n ( 1 7 3 7 o ne o f th e b e s t
c o m e d i an s o f h i s t i m e .
221 22 M rs Cl iv e : c all e d K i t ty C l iv e i n c o m e dy
.
, .
222 2 g e n u i n e fi re o f t h e a c to r
ces tus : t h e .
222 1 5 Ro sci u s : f ri e n d o f C i c e r o an d gr e at e s t c o m i c ac t o r o f R o m e .
( L o rd B r o o k e ) .
( 6 —
1 5 4 1 59 3 »
222 25 t h e s e x t on of S t A nn s : H az l i t t i s b u ri e d i n S t A nne s
.
’
.
’
C h u rc h S o h o L o n d o n
, , .
J an u ary 1 9 1 6 1 9 B e n J o n s o n w e nt t o v i s i t t h e p o e t D r u m m o n d o f
, ,
H aw t h o r n d e n T h e n o t e s wh i c h D r u m m o n d m ad e o f t h e i r t al k f o rm t h e
.
m ai n s o u rc e o f th e b i o gr ap h y o f J o n s o n S e e C o n v e rs at i o n s w i t h .
“
D r u m m o n d o f H aw th o r n d e n ( e d i t e d by L ai n g ) .
i d e al i z e d p o r t r ai t i n B u lw e r L y tto n s n o v e l o f th e s am e n am e’
223 9 A dm ir ab l e Cr ich t on ”
“
J am e s C ri ch t o n ( 1 5 6 0—1 58 5 P) s u r n am e d ,
T h e A dm i r abl e o r t h e W o n d e r fu l by S ir T h o m as U rq u h ar t in 1 6 5 2
, ,
.
a d e l igh t fu l pl ay ab o u t h i m .
223 22 J onat h an E dw ar ds ( 1 7 0 3 A m e ri c an t h e o l o g i an an d
p h i l o s o ph e r au t h o r o f F r e e d o m o f t h e W i ll
,
”
224 9 J J h as n o t b e e n i d e nt ifi e d .
t h e f o rm e r o f t h e t h i r t e e n t h an d t h e l at t e r o f t h e n i n t h c e nt u ry .
224 21 D u ch e s s of B ol t on : L av i n i a F e nt o n ( 1 7 08 1 7 60 ) pl ay e d fi rs t -
t h e p ar t o f P o lly in G ay s B e gg ar s O p e r a
’ ’
of T h e R o wl e y P o e ms ”
.
224 27 T homs on f el l a sl e ep : J am e s T h o m s o n ( 1 7 00 au t h o r o f
T h e S e as o n s was p r o v e rb i ally i n d o l e nt
“ ”
.
,
I 33—3 5 ( A l di n e e di t i o n)
, .
37 8 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
225 9 F ornar i na : i s s ai d t o h av e b e e n a b ak e r s d au gh t e r wi t h ’
She
n am e w as giv e n t o R ap h ae l s f am o u s p i c t u r e ab o u t 1 7 50
’
.
p ar t in th e h i s t o ry o f h e r day .
t e e t o f S t P e t e r s R o m e J anu ary I 1 5 4 7
’
.
, , , .
wh o s e w o rk was th e i n sp i r at i o n f o r t h e gr e at e r m as te rs wh o s u c c e e d e d
th e m .
wh i ch h e t h o u gh t b e l o n g e d t o D an t e Wall e r and G l o v e r p ri nt a f ew .
a b o o k as p r o o f o f t h e s tu p e n d o u s p o w e r o f t h at p o e t ; b u t n o s u c h l i n e s
,
are t o b e f o u n d i n th e t r an sl at i o n wh i c h h as b e e n s e arc h e d f o r th e ,
p u rp o s e I m u s t h av e d r e am e d t h e m f o r I am q u i t e c e r t ai n I d i d n o t
.
,
.
f o rg e t h e m k n o wi ngly W h at a m i s fo r tu n e t o h av e a lyi ng m e m o ry
.
”
( H az l i tt W o rks X 4 0 5
, , ,
L e g e nd of Good Wo m e n C h au c e r s w o rk wri t t e n ab o u t 1 38 5
’
226 2 “
, .
S e e S k e at W o rks o f C h au c e r V o l I I I
, ,
”
. .
adm i r e d i n h e r day .
226 8 M rs H u t chi n s on : L u cy H u t c h i n s o n ( b
. a m o s t i nt e r e s t .
i ng an d w e ll e d u c at e d w o m an o f t h e s e v e n t e e n t h c e nt u ry S h e wr o t e
-
.
t h e l i f e o f h e r h u sb an d t h e P u ri t an c o l o ne l i n 1 6 6 4 1 6 7 1 b u t it was
, ,
-
,
t h e gay s e v e nt e e n t h c e nt u ry s o c i e t y as w e ll as t h e l e ad e r o f f ash i o n in
-
l o n g f ri e n dsh i p wi t h S ai n t Ev re m o nd -
.
o f t h e f o u r t e e n t h c e n tu ry T h e n am e h as b e c o m e v u lg ari z e d i nt o
.
T am e rl an e o r T am b e rlan e H e h as b e e n a p o p u l ar s u bj e c t f o r t r ag
.
” ’
M o n k L e wi s s T i m o u r M arl o w e s T amb u rl ai n e Ro we s
” ’ ” ’
e dy .
, ,
T am e rl an e
”
.
38 o S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
23 2 3 “
Th e st o c k dov e T h o ms o n, The C as t l e of I nd o l e n c e ,
C an t o 1, s tanz a 4 .
p l ac e am o n g th e l e tt e r wri t e rs o f t h e w o rl d F o r h e r c o m m e nt s o n F i e l d .
D e c e mb e r 8 1 7 5 1 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 5 2 J u n e 2 3 1 7 5 4 S e p te mb e r 2 2 1 7 5 5
, , , , , , , .
a T u rki sh t i t l e o f r e sp e c t c h i e fl
y ap pl i e d t o g o v e r n
’
23 2 n o t e efi endi ‘
.
,
m e n t o ff i c i als an d t o m e m b e rs o f t h e l e ar n e d p r o f e ss i o n s
”
( N e w E ng
l i s h D i c t i o n ary ) S e e L ady M o n t agu s L e tt e r M ay 1 7 1 7 1 7
.
’
, , .
233 n o t e M r M oo r e T h o m as M o o r e ( 1 7 7 9
’
. S e e H az litt s
e ss ay in t h e S p i ri t o f t h e A ge 3 IV 3 5 3
’
, , .
c am e b ac k t o th e pl ac e p r o b ably in th e y e ars wh e n h e l iv e d at W e m ,
p e rh ap s i n 1 7 9 6 S e e I nt r o d u c t i o n p x v
.
, . .
I n t h e s o u t h ai sl e o f t h e P e t e rb o r o u gh C at h e d r al i s a m o nu m e nt
m ark i n g t h e f o rm e r r e s t i n g p lac e o f M ary Q u e e n o f S c o t s B y o rd e r .
o f h e r s o n J am e s I in 1 6 1 2 h e r r e m a i n s w e r e r e m o v e d t o t h e C h ap e l
, , ,
o f H e n ry V I I in W e s t m i n s t e r A bb e y .
T h e P r o gr e ss o f P o e sy
”
23 5 1 8 th e pu r p l e l i gh t of l o v e ”
: G r ay
“
, ,
l 4!
.
235 31 “
t h e R aph ae l gr ac e Po p e , M o r al E ss ays , ”
VIII , 36 .
23 6 2 gai n a ne w vi o u r g C o wp e r , C h ari t y ,
”
I . 1 04 .
F r om t h e du nge on C o l e ri dg e , S o nn e t t o S c h ill e r
”
237 33 . See
O n R e ad i ng O ld B o o ks , p
”
. 1 02 .
”
238 4 Don Carl o s : se e O n th e F e ar of D e at h , p . 1 20 .
L e tte r VI .
23 8 22 “
T h at t im e i s pa s t W o rd sw o r t h T i nte r n A bb e y
”
:
—8
5 , ,
”
.
23 9 1 0 “
E v en f rom t h e t o mb G r ay El e gy
” —2
9 , , .
all t h e l i f e of l if e
”
23 9 1 8 se e Bu r ns L am e n t f o r J am e s
“
.
,
D ryd e n A u re ngz e b e A c t I V s c e ne i
”
F r om t h e l a s t dr e gs
“
23 9 27 , , , .
240 20 “
t r eas on dom e s t ic M a cb e t h I I I i i 2 4—2 5 ,
”
, , .
ON R EA D I N G N EW BO O K S
T h i s e ss ay fi rs t ap p e ar e d J u ly 1 8 2 7
i n t h e ll/o n t/z ly fi l aga z i n e f o r , .
T h i s p ap e r was w ri t te n d u ri n g t h e au t h o r s s t ay at F l o r e n c e in M ay ’
,
1825 . See M e m o i rs I I 1 5 4 T h e p r e s e nt t e x t i s a r e p ri nt f r o m t h e
,
”
, .
m ag az i n e .
24 2 7 S ir Wal t e r w r it e s no mo r e S c o tt d i e d in 1 8 3 2 s e v e n y e ars af te r ,
t h e w ri t i n g o f t hi s e ss ay T h e Be tro th e d T h e T ali sm an
“ ” ” “
. an d
a p p e ar e d i n 1 8 2 5 W o o ds t o c k
,
“ ”
F ai r M ai d o f P e r t h
,
“
A nne o f ,
” “
G e i e rst e in ”
w e r e th e i m p o r tant b o o k s o f t h o s e s e v e n y e ars .
24 2 n o t e T h e c o m p l e t e s e n t e n c e was A n d g iv e m e l e av e t o t e ll
“
,
are n o t y e t t h e w o rs e f o r b e i n g o ld S p e e c h o n t h e D is s o l u t i o n o f
”
P arl i am e nt ”
i n c l u d e d in H az litt s E l o q u e n c e o f th e B ri t is h ’ “
S e n at e G e o rg e V ill i e rs s e c o n d D u k e o f B u c k i n gh am ( 1 6 2 7
,
i s f am o u s f o r h av i ng wri tt e n T h e R e h e ars al .
”
h as j u s t co m e R i ch ard I I I I i 21
”
244 1 “
, , , .
d i c e d c ri t i c i s m .
M aj o r D r am as o f R i c h ard B ri n sl e y S h e ri d an
”
S e e i nt r o d u c t i o n .
,
p p l xv i i i lxxv i i ( G i nn an d C o m p any )
.
- .
wh e n S c o tt p u bl i cly c o n f e ss e d at t h e d i n ne r giv e n f o r t h e b e n e fi t o f
t h e E d i n b u rgh T h e at ri c al F u n d F e b r u ary 2 3 1 8 2 7 , , .
24 6 1 2 M a n u scri pt o f C i c e r o
’
s : C ard i nal A ng e l o M ai a ( 1 7 8 2 an
m an u sc ri p t s an d p am p hl e t s and e d i te d C i c e r o s D e R e p u bl i c a ’
.
”
24 6 1 5 A N ob l e Lo r d : t h e M arq u i s o f B l an d f o rd b o u gh t V aldo rf e r s
’
e d i t i o n o f B o c c a c c i o f o r £ 2 6 0 at t h e R o xb u rgh e S al e i n 1 8 1 2 .
24 6 23 M r T h om as T ayl o r : T h o m as T ayl o r ( 1 7 58
. t h e P l at o n is t .
T h e o ld D u k e o f N o r f o l k ( B e r n a rd E dw ard t w e l f t h D u k e 1 7 6 5 1 8 4 2 ) , ,
-
W i ll i am H e n ry I r e l an d ( I 7 7 7 was p r o d u c e d by t h e f am o u s ac t o r ,
K e m bl e at D r u ry L an e T h e at e r o n A p ri l 2 1 7 9 6 A f te r a vi si t t o
, , .
S t r at f o r d i n 1 7 9 4 I r e l an d h ad b e g un a s e ri e s o f f o rg e ri e s o f m o r tg ag e
d e e ds a t r an sc ri p t o f L e ar e x t r ac t f r o m H aml e t a n ew bl an k v e rs e
, ,
”
,
”
-
T h e analys i s o f t h i s p l ay le d t o a c o m p l e t e e xp o s u r e o f t h e f r au d
'
F o r a s at is f ac t o ry ac c o u nt se e J A F arr e r L i t e r ary F o rg e ri e s “ ”
. .
, ,
c h ap x iv. .
L amb s f ri e n d G e o rg e D y e r ( 1 7 55
’
24 7 n o t e G D . . H is H is
t o ry o f th e Un iv e rsi t y an d C o ll e g e s o f C ambri dg e was p u bl ish e d i n
”
t wo v o l u m e s i n 1 8 1 4 S e e a m o s t i n t e r e s t i ng c h ap t e r o n D y e r i n L u c as
.
,
h i s e ss ays O x f o rd in th e V a c at i o n an d A m i c u s R e d iviv u s
,
” “
.
I n r e f e r e n c e t o t h e n u m b e r o f c o rr e c t i o n s i n t h e H i s t o ry L amb
”
,
G e nt l e m an sp e ak s o f D y e r as o n e o f G o d A l m igh ty s G e ntl e ’
men .
”
S e e W o rk s VII 2 1 9 —2 2 0 , , .
B r e ak f as t
”
.
J o h n s o n i an p e ri o d at N o s 1 7 7 1 7 8 F l e e t S t r e e t e as t c o r n e r o f F e tt e r
.
-
,
L an e H e r e was l o n g p r e s e rv e d a p o r t rai t o f D r J o h n s o n o n t h e k e y
. .
,
s to ne o f a c h i m ne y p i e c e s ai d t o h av e b e e n p ai nt e d by S ir J o sh u a
,
R e y n o l ds S e e T i mb s C l u b L i fe in L o n d o n p 36 1
”
.
, , . .
t h e fi rs t s e ri e s o f wh i c h app e ar e d i n 1 8 2 4 L an d o r b e g an t h e s e at .
F l o r e n c e wh e r e H az li t t in M ay 1 8 2 5 wr o t e t h i s e ss ay
, , , .
f o r p o e t s i n t h e M i d dl e A g e s t o ch o o s e s o m e l ady t o wh o m h o m ag e
m igh t b e p ai d in s o n n e t o r o t h e r lyri c p o e m s ; f o r e x am pl e P e t r arc h and ,
L au r a D an t e and B e at ri c e &c
, , .
an y p o e m s h av e b e e n w ri tt e n
, E sp e ci ally w e l l k n o w n i s .
p ri nte d .
38 4 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
25 2 3 3 Vol t aire s j e s t s
’
and
’
th e J ew s L etters : V o l t ai r e m ai ntai ne d
t h at th e J e ws w e r e t h e e n e mie s o f th e h u m an r ac e S e e CE u v re s ” .
“
( e di t e d by B au d o i n X X 39 6 4 55 D r P h i l ip le P anu p u bl i sh e d
, , , . .
i n 1 7 7 7 a t r an sl at i o n o f t h e A bb é G u én ée s L e tt r e s de c e r t ai n e s j u iv e s ’
a M V o l ta i r e
. .
”
l i sh go v e r n m e n t an d t h e s e w e r e gr e at q u e s t i o n s I t was n o t u n t il 1 8 3 2
, .
e n ac t e d in 1 8 4
3 .
g e o m e t ri c i an and p h il o s o ph e r w r o t e e igh t e e n l e tt e rs o v e r t h e n o m de
,
p l u m e L o u i s de M o ntalte p r o f e ss e dly t o a f ri e n d in t h e p r o v i n c e s
, , .
H e n c e t h e e p is t l e s are k n o w n as L e s P r o v i n c i al e s T h ey d e fe n d e d
”
.
t h e d o c t ri n e o f t h e P o r t R o y al m o n as t e ry ag ai n s t t h e J e s u i t s
-
.
L a P ri n c e ss e de C l ev e s a no v e l ( 1 6 7 7 )
”
25 3 7 Princ ess of Cleves : ,
by M ad am e de L a F ay e tt e d e al s wi t h t h e c o u r t o f H e n ry I I and M ary
,
S tu ar t .
25 3 32 fl occ i nauc i : se e S h e n s t o n e s L e tt e r X X I ( 1 7 4 1 )
’
-
S h e n s to n e s W o rks ( e d i t i o n o f
’
25 3 34 fl am es i n t h e f o r eh ead
“
L y c i d as
l 171 ,
”
. .
25 4 29 Co ndorc et ( 1 7 4 3 F r e n c h m at h e m at i c i an i n t e r e s t e d in ,
”
p o l i t i c al e c o n o my an d t h e o l o gy . See D ow d en F r e n c h L i t e r atu r e
,
“
,
P 255 ‘
f e c t ib i lity in t h e f u tu r e .
25 4 no t e This no te was o m i tt e d f r o m th e r e p ri nt in S k e t ch e s an d
E ss ays
”
25 5 21 “
B y H e av e n s I d ’
r ath e r be ”
: W o rd sw o r t h s s o nne t ’
,
“
T he
”
w o rl d i s m u c h wi t h u s
to o .
t r am pl e d u nder t h e h oo fs
”
: se e B u rk e R e fl e c ti o ns
“
25 6 2 “
, on th e
R e v o l u t i o n i n F r an c e ( e d i te d by P ay n e ) II 93 , , .
him .
25 7 n o te Qu een s
’
W ill i am H o ne s ( 1 7 8 0
M at rim onial L adde r : o ne o f
’
1 8 4 2 ) sq u ibs p u bl i sh e d i n 1 8 2 0 an d i ll u s t r at e d w i t h c u t s b y C r u i ksh an k .
Th e c o m p l e t e t i t l e was T h e Q u e e n s M at ri m o n i al L ad d e r a N at i o n al
’
,
T o y w i t h F o u r t e e n S t e p S c e n e s an d I ll u s t r at i o n s i n V e rs e
,
”
T h i s r e f e rs .
D i c t i o n ary o f N at i o nal B i o gr ap h y
”
t o Q u e e n C a r o l i ne Se e . f o r an
i nt e r e s t i ng ac c o u nt o f th e s to rm y l i f e o f H o ne .
ON D S I A G REE A B L E P EO P L E
This p ap e r fi rs t ap p e ar e d i n th e M 20 M o n th ly M agaz i n e f o r A u g u st ,
26 0 25 di s c ou r s e of reaso n ”
se e H aml e t
”
I i i 1 50 , , , .
26 4 15 sent to Co ventry : H az l i t t li k e s t o u s e t h i s p h r as e S ee p 2 57 . .
and n o t e .
264 22 “
into ou r h e art of h eart s ”
H aml e t ,
”
II I i i , , 78 .
’
26 4 27 t h at e nr ich t h e sh ops ”
: R o sc o m m o n
’
s t anr sl at i o n o f H o r ac e s
A rt of P o e t ry .
”
26 4 30 “
That bring t h eir au th o rs ” : th e s o u rc e of t h i s q u o tat i o n i s
un k no w n .
26 5 1 1 W al t on s ’
An g l er : T h e C o m pl e at
fi rs t ap p e ar e d in A ngl e r ”
1 6 5 3 ; it was gr e at ly a l t e r e d i n t h e s e c o n d e d i t i o n i n 1 6 5 5 E di t i o n s an d .
Th at dall i e s T w e l f t h N igh t II i v 4 9 :
”
26 5 1 2 , , ,
A nd d alli e s wi th th e i nn o c e n c e of l o ve
L i ke t h e o ld age .
267 5 “
Wit at t h e h elm G r ay , T h e B ard ,
”
l 74. :
Y o u th on t he prow ,
an d P l as re at th e h e lm
e u .
”
26 7 1 2 a b utt, a c rco di ng t o t h e S p ec t ato r : se e
“
Sp e c t at o r , No .
47,
A p ri l 2 4, 1 71 1 , a p ap e r on l au gh t e r :
I m e an th o s e h o n e st g e ntl e m en th at are always exp o s e d t o th e wit and raill e ry
o f t h e ir w e ll wish e rs an d c o mp an i o n s ; t h at are p e l t e d by m e n w o m e n an d chil
-
,
o n e t o sh o o t at t h at pl e as e s .
38 6 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
26 8 1 de di c at ed hi s C ai n : C ai n A Mys t e ry was b e gu n o n J u l y 1 6 , ,
1 82 1 an d fi n i sh e d S e p t e m b e r 9 an d w as p u bl i sh e d i n D e c e mb e r
, , Th e .
p u bl i c at i o n o f t h e p o e m b r o u gh t f o r t h h o s t il e r e vi e ws and attac k s S c o tt
'
c o rd i ally ac c e p te d t h e d e d i c at i o n .
h ew y ou as a c arc as e J u l i u s C aes ar I I i 1 7 4 ”
27 0 4 “
, , , .
27 0 32 “
N ot t o adm i r e Po p e , I m i t at i o n s o f H o r ac e ,
”
S i x t h Ep i s tl e
of th e F i rs t B o o k 11 1 —2 , . .
p ap e r g av e a gr e at i m p e tu s t o R adi c al i sm t h r o u gh th e c o nt rib u t i o n o f
B o w ri n g t h e fi rs t e di t o r J am e s an d J o h n S tu ar t M i ll an d o t h e rs
, , , .
T h e S c o t c h C h ar ac t e r by H az li tt p u bl i sh e d in t h e L i beral ( 1 8 2 2 )
“ ”
,
s o m e t h i n g o f th e s am e av e rsi o n as e xp r e ss e d in h i s E l i a e ss ay I m ,
p e rf e c t S ym p at h i e s : I h av e b e e n t ryi n g all my l i f e t o l i k e S c o t c h
”
m en
,9
.
27 1 21 m il k of h u m an ki ndne s s M acb e t h ,
”
I v , , 1
5 .
ON A —
S UN D I A L
To carv e ou t di al s 3 H e n ry V I I I v 24 ”
27 4 1 , , , .
27 4 14 al ong t h e B r e nt a : o n h i s t ri p t o th e C o n t i n e n t ( A u g u st 1 8 24 , ,
t o O c t o b e r 1 8 2 5) H az l i tt w e nt t h r o u gh F r an c e an d I t aly
,
T h e r e fe r e n c e .
h e r e i s t o h i s t ri p f r o m P ad u a t o V e n i c e W o rks I X 2 6 6 , , ,
.
27 5 1 1 mo r al s on t h e t im e
“
A s Y o u L i k e I t II v i i 2 9
”
, , , .
’ ”
27 7 6 L A mo u r f ait passer : l o v e m ak e s t h e t i m e p ass wh i c h th e
“
,
w i t s t r av e s t i e d i nt o T i m e m ak e s l o v e p as s
How sw e et t h e m oonl i g h t M e rch an t o f V e n i c e V i 54
”
27 7 1 8 “
, , ,
.
L e s C o n f e ssi o n s P ar t i e I L iv r e I :
”
27 8 30 A llo ns mo n fi ls
“ ”
, See , ,
C o m e my ,
so n , I am m o re a child th an y o u .
285 1 8 “
Th e sp rit i was w ill i ng M att h e w xxv i 4 1 , .
28 6 30 Video melio ra p ro b oq ue O vi d , “
m
M e ta o rp h s
o e s ”
VI I , , 20 . See
N o tes and Qu eri es , i h s e ri e s V 4 0
n nt , , .
28 7 29 Th e c
s ene b et w een t h e A bb ot : th e A bb o t P au l an d th e P o rt e r ,
i n S h e ri d an s
’
D u e nna ( I 7 7 5) .
288 1 0 F o r nari na : s e e ab o v e p 37 8 , . .
s tanz a 6 9 .
P ar t I s e c t i o n 2
, .
u po n t h i s b an k M acb e t h I v i i 6
”
290 1 0 , , , .
29 1 2 V all om b ro s a : P ar ad i s e L o s t 1 30 2 —303 :
”
, ,
In V all o mbro sa .
It is no w t h e s i te of an an c i e nt m o nas t e ry f o u n d e d in th e e e l v e n th
c e nt u ry .
29 1 3 Gr and Ch art r eu x : L a G r an d C h ar t r e u s e th e m o t h e r h o u s e o f ,
t h e o rd e r o f C art h u si an m o n ks i n s o u t h e r n F r an c e n e ar G r e n o bl e
, .
29 1 1 9 A t t h e f e as t of R am adan : t h e f e as t o f e l E ed— es S a h ee r (
g th e - -
“
m i n o r f e s t iv al ) i s a M o h am m e d an c e l e b r at i o n l as t i n g f o r t h r e e d ays
”
an d f o ll o wi n g t h e m o n t h o f R a m ad an .
29 3 8 M en err : w i t h t h i s s e n t e n c e t h e fi rs t p ar t o f t h e e ss ay c o n c l u d e s .
29 5 9 M ani ch e an : at t h e c l o s e o f t h e t h i rd c e ntu ry th e t h r e e c h i e f
re l igi o u s sys t e m s w e r e Ch ri s t i a n N eo P la to n i s m an d M a n c h e i s m th e
'
-
, , i ,
l as t n am e d f o r M an i ( M a ut xa io s) I t was a d u al i s t i c and u n iv e rs al
-
.
r e l igi o n .
29 5 1 0 Gno s t ic t h e g n o s t i c s w e r e s e c t s wh i c h ar o s e i n t h e C h ris t i an
c h u rc h i n t h e fi rs t c e n t u ry T h e y h e l d t h at k n o wl e dg e r at h e r t h an fa i t h
.
o f t h e S c ri p t u r e s .
P re s mably r pre s
u e s c ant si ng i ng
e nt s o ng -
us, ,
” “
,
”
ch an t ,
”
b u t th e d e tails of
th e d e riv at i o ns and d e v e l o pm e nt a e u nk no wn r .
N O T ES 38 9
29 7 1 9 M r L ib e r al S nak e
. : inv e l by B e nV ivi an G rey,
”
th e fi rs t no
j am i n D i sr ae l i Earl o f B e ac o n s fi e ld ( 1 8 04
, T h e n o v e l h ad
ap p e a r e d i n 1 8 2 7 o n ly ab o u t a y e ar b e f o r e t h i s e ss ay was w ri t t e n
, .
T h i s was o ne o f t h e n o v e ls by a w ri t e r o f t h e so c all e d da n dy sc h o o l -
,
wh i c h i n cl u d e d D i s r ae l i B u lw e r L y tto n L i s t e r and T h e o d o r e H o o k
, , , .
29 7 20 M r Th eodor e Hoo k ( 1 7 8 8
. d r am at i s t an d n o v e l is t H e .
was f am o u s as a c o n v e rs at i o n al i s t an d i mp ro v i s ato re an d e d i t e d t h e
N ew M o n th ly M agaz i n e .
A F A REW EL L TO ES SA Y -
W R I TIN G
This p ap e r w as w ri tt e n at W i n t e rsl o w F e b ru ary 2 0 1 8 2 8 an d was , , ,
w as p ri nt e d i n t h e W i n t e rsl o w v o l u m e 1 8 5 0 , .
g e o n we fi nd
I f m o rn i ng s k i e s ,
B o o k s an d my f o o d and s u mm e r rai n ,
K n o c k e d o n my s u lle n h e art in v ai n .
m o s t n o rt h e r n c o u nt ry w i t h wh i c h t h e y w e r e acq u ai nte d H e n c e th e .
A f ri end i n y ou r retreat C o wp e r R e t i r e m e nt 11 7 4 1 7 4 2
” ” “
29 8 5 , , .
-
.
t h e sp ri ng c o m e s sl o wl y C o l e ri dg e C h ri s tab e l P ar t I ”
29 8 26 “
, , .
299 15 l ef t it s l i tt l e l i f e in air
“
P o p e \V indso r F o r e s t 11 1 33 , ,
”
.
1 34
Of t m o u nt i ng l ark s th e ir n o te s pre p are
as t h e
300 1 0 c e ll s
ope n all the C o wp e r , T h e T ask ,
”
VI , 1 1- 1 2 .
300 22 “
Of all th e ci t i e s ”
T h eo d o re an d H o no ri a,
”
11 . 1 —2 .
3 00 3 2 Whi ch wh en Hono ri a ib i d ll . .
34 2 -
343 .
D ry d e n s l i ne s
’
11 6 6 8 6 69
.
- . are :
A nd m ad e th
’
i ns u l t which,
in his g if t app e ars .
39 0 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZLITT
sl o w e di t i o n an d s e v e r al o t h e r r e p ri n t s .
1
30 29 F al l ’“
n w as Gle art ny s s t at el y t r ee
n
’
f r o m th e l as t s t anz a
o f S c o tt s G le n fi nlas o r L o rd R o n al d s C o r o nac h
’ ’ ”
, .
302 1 2 M r Gi ff o rd : s e e t h e c o nt r o v e rsy b e t w e e n G i ff o rd an d H az l i tt
. .
T h e s e n t e n c e i s q u o t e d in fu ll by H az l i t t i n h i s ar t i cl e o n G i ff o rd in
th e S p i ri t o f t h e A ge
I t was am u si n g t o s e e t his p e rs o n si tt i n g li k e o n e o f B r o we r ’s D u t ch b o o rs
,
W i nt e rsl o w r e p ri nt .
3 03 1 4 Wh at I h av e h ere s t at ed t h e p ass ag e b e gi n n i n g wi t h t h i s p ar a
”
gr ap h an d r e ac h i n g t o c o n c e r n i n g c e r tai n p r e j u d i c e s p 304 h as
“
, .
,
b e e n l e f t o u t o f t h e W i nte rsl o w e d i t i o n .
I n H az lit t s e ss ay S h o u l d A c t o rs S i t i n B o x e s h e w ri t e s
” ’ ”
no o ne .
, , ,
T h e m o tto o a gr e at a c t o r sh o u l d b e A u t Ca s a r a t n ih i l
”
“
f u , See .
Su eto n i u s I 7 9 , , .
304 30 L p r o b ab ly L amb .
o f t h e p r o d u c t i o n an d f a il u r e o f t h i s pl ay w ri t t e n by G o dwi n E v e ry o n e .
i n t e r e s t e d in t h e p e o pl e o f t h at t i m e sh o u l d r e ad h i s ac c o u nt in h i s
T h e O ld A c t o rs Th e A nt o n i o
”
e ss ay i n t h e L o n do n M agaz i n e o n .
was p e r f o rm e d at D r u ry L an e D e c e mb e r 1 3 1 8 00 , ,
.
N or c a I t hi k : D r de n T h e H i n d an d t h e P ant h e r
” “ ”
305 21 “
n n
y , ,
I , 31 5.
3 05 26 A t t h e t i m e I l i v ed h e r e f orm e rl y : s e e I nt r o d u c t i o n p xxi i i , . .
H az l i t t h ad g o n e f r o m L o n d o n t o W i nt e rsl o w i m m e d i at e ly af t e r h i s
m arri ag e in 1 8 08 an d l iv e d t h e r e t ill 1 8 1 2 wh e n h e r e tu r n e d to L o n d o n
,
.
sp e c i al l i ki n g f o r t h i s p o e m an d q u o t e d f r o m i t at l e ng th S e e W o rks V .
, ,
27 seq W i t h l i tt l e s u c c e ss D ry d e n m ad e t h i s p o e m o v e r i nto h e r o i c
.
c o u pl e t s .
306 9 I u s ed t o w al k o u t at t hi s t im e : t h i s r e f e rs t o o n e o f t h e vi si t s
o f t h e L am b s t o W i nt e rsl o w p e rh ap s t o t h at o n e m ad e i n 1 8 09 o f wh i c h
,
L amb w ri t e s i n h i s l e tt e r t o C o l e ridg e O c t o b e r 30 1 8 0 9 :
, ,
39 2 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
31 1 2 t r ou b l e de af Heav en S h ak sp e r e , S o nn e t X X X I .
31 1 6 m o r ali s e ou r co m pl ai nt s ” “
As Y o u L i k e I t, I I i 44
”
, , .
3 1 1 29 th e y h av e dr ugg ed m y po s s et w i t h M a cb e t h II i i 6 ,
”
, , .
3 1 1 31 pu z z l i n
’
g er t h e dou b t
o C o wp e r , T h e N e e dl e ss A l arm ,
”
H 7 7—
.
78 :
Th s g h ey at a e t se e m
’
d, as l wye rs o e r a d o u bt
a
’
,
Which p uz z li ng l o n g
, ,
at last th ey p u l e o u t zz .
3 1 2 26 “
Li ke S am so n his green wy t h e s C o wp e r , T h e T ask ,
”
V ,
7 37
W i th as m u ch s
e a e as S am s o n his g re e n wi th e s .
3 1 3 7 M et ast as i o P i et ro ( ass u m e d
m e M e t as tas i o ) ( 1 69 8
T re pass i na ,
F o r th e l i n e s s e e h i s T e m i s t o cl e III 2 ,
”
, .
3 1 3 27 a w o rl d b ot h pu r e and good ,
Wo rdsw o rt h P e rs o nal ,
T al k
”
, 1 34 . .
3 1 4 7 H is tory of a F o u ndling : T h e H is t o ry o f T o m J o n e s a F o u n d ,
l i ng ”
b y H e n ry F i e l d i n g .
t al i t y 11 1 7 0—
”
, . 171 .
in 1 8 30 i n t e n d e d t o p r o m o t e a r e f o rm i n c ri m i n al law T h e n o v e l was
, .
wi d e ly c ri t i c i z e d .
”
3 1 5 23 Th e t ru e pat ho s Bu r ns E p i s t l e t o D r B l ac kl o c k , . .
IN DEX
A c qu a i n ta n c e w i t/z P o ets , fl ly F i rs t, B o sw e l l , J am e s , 2 4 , 2 5 , 2 1 4 , 2 1 8
B r o o k , L o rd , 2 2 2 , 37 7
A ddi s o n J o s e p h
, , 1 7, 1 8, 1 9, 2 2, 2 7 , B r o w n e , T h o m as , 1 5 9 , 2 1 3 , 2 2 8 ,
379
A d e l ph i T h e at r e , 2 5 1 , 38 3 B ru sc am b ille , 9 6 , 3 4 1
A dv en tu rer, 7 72e, 2 6 , 1 0 2 , 3 2 5 B u ff am alc o , 1 9 4 , 3 6 8
f Es c h y lu s , 2 5 1 B u ny an , J o h n , 5 1 , 2 2 1
’
z Es op s F a b /es , 1 8 B u r/te e, C/z a raete r of fl i n , 2 9 , 3o , 3 1 ,
A nas t asi u s 9 4 34 1 , , 326
A ng e l o M i c h ae l 5 7 8 9 2 2 5 3 7 8
, , , , , B u rk e , E d m u n d , xv , xv i 2 1 , 2 5 , 33 ,
,
A n g e rs t e i n J o h n J u l i u s 1 1 4 3 49
, , , 4 2 , 5 3 , 1 0 3 , 1 0 5 , 1 08 , 1 1 5 , 1 8 1 ,
A r am Eu g e n e 2 2 3 3 7 7
, , ,
A r e t i ne 7 3 2 1 7 333
, , , B u r n e y , C ap t ai n J am e s xv i , , 2 1 8,
A ri o s t o 3 1 7 2 2 1 7 3 2 7 333 37 5
, , , , , , 37 5
A ris to tl e 1 1 2 4 6
, , B u r n s , R o b e r t, 6 8 , 1 4 0 , 2 2 4 , 3 7 7
A u s t e rl i tz 9 2 340 , , B u r t o n , R o b e r t , 1 4 9 , 3 58
A y rt o n, W i lli am , 2 1 2,
37 4 B u t l e r , J o s e ph , 1 8 4 , 2 2 3 , 3 6 6
B u t t , a, 2 6 7 , 38 5
B ac o n, F r an c i s , 58 6 3 , , 2 23, B yr o n , L o rd , 2 0 6 , 2 0 7 , 2 4 7 )
53
’ I
3 28
B all ant y n e p r e ss , 9 7 , 3 4 2
B ann i s t e r , J o h n, 2 08 , 3 7 2 Ca m i /la , 1 6 9 , 3 6 1
B a r ry , S p r an g e r , 2 2 1 , 3 7 6 C a n al e t t i , A
n t o n i o , 1 33 , 3 5 4
Bar t h o l o m e w - F ai r , 2 03 , 3 7 1 s t a n d H y p oc ri sy , 28
5 38 7 ,
B e au T ibb s , 2 7 3 2 5
, , C ar ac c i , t h e , 1 1 3 , 3 4 9
B e au cl e rc , T o p h am , 2 5 , 3 2 4 C as t igl i o n e , G i o v an n i , 7 3 , 3 3 3
B e au m o nt , 5 8 , 5 9 , 1 06 , 2 2 2 , 3 3 2 C av e n d i sh , M ar gar e t , D u c h e ss o f
f
B e d o rd , D u k e o f , 1 0 5 N e wc as t l e , 3 7 8
ff
B e g u m a ai rs , 3 2 , 3 2 7 C h al m e rs , D r , 4 6 , 3 2 9
.
B e rk e l e y , xv i , 9 9 , 1 8 4 , 36 6 C h ant ry , F r an c i s , 1 2 1 , 1 9 0 , 3 5 1 ,
B e tt e r t o n , T h o m as , 1 6 , 3 2 2 36 7
B ibl e , t h e , 5 3 , 6 7 , 68 C h ap m an, G e o rg e 59 , 6 6 , 7 2 , 3 3 2 ,
,
ff
B i ck e rs t a , I s aa c , 1 4 , i 33
B l ac kl e gs , 2 9 4 388 , i
C l at t e rto n T h o m as , 2 2 4 3 7 7
, ,
B l ac kw o o d , W ill i am , 1 9 2 , 3 6 8 C h au c e r G e o f f r e y , 5 o , 5 1
, , 1 8 3,
B l e n h e i m 1 1 4 , 349,
B o c c a c c i o , xv i , 1 2 , 5 1 , 7 3 , 7 6 , 2 1 7 , C h e s te r, J o h n , 1 9 2 1 9 5 ,
C h u bb s T r ac t s , 9 8 , 3 4 2
’
300 : 33 5 ’ 3 4 5 : 3 7 5
39 3
39 4 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
C i m ab u e , G i o v ann i , 2 2 5 , 2 2 7 , 3 7 8 D o m e n i c h i n o , 1 9 2 , 368
C l ar e n d o n ( E dw ard H y d e ) , 1 06 , D o n Qu ix o te , xv i , 1 06 , 1 36 ,
346 D o nne , D r , 2 1 4 , 3 7 4
.
C l au d e L o rr ai n, 4 7 , 6 2 , 8 6 , 1 1 3, D o w, G e r ard , 8 8 , 339
D r ak e , F r an c i s , 5 8 , 33 2
C l iv e , M rs , 2 2 1 , 3 7 6
. D r u m m o n d , W ill i am , 2 2 3 , 3 7 7
C o bb e t t, W i lli am , 1 5 8 , I 6 4 D ru ry L ane , 1 9 6 , 1 99 , 2 5 2 , 3 7 0
C o c k n e y , 1 38 , 2 0 2 , 3 5 5, 37 1 D ryd e n , 5 1 , 300 , 30 1 , 306 , 38 9
C o k e , E dw ard , 5 8 , 33 2 D u B art as , 7 3 , 33 4
C o l e ridg e , S am u e l T ayl o r , i x , xv i , D u r fe y , T o m , 1 6 , 3 2 2
33, 1 0 2 , 1 0 5 , 1 7 6, 1 7 7 , D y e r , G e o rg e , 2 4 7 , 38 2
1 7 9 , 1 8 1 , 1 8 2 , 1 8 3 , 1 8 7 , 1 88 , 1 8 9 ,
E br o s t e m p e r , th e ,
’
1 9 2 , 1 93 , 1 9 4 , 1 9 5 , 1 9 6 , 2 4,
324
E di n b u rg/z Rev i ew , 1 38 , 2 44, 2
53,
C o ll i n s , W i l li am , 4 3 , 39 1 355
C o l m an , G e o rg e , 3 54 E dw ards , J o n at h an , 2 2 3 , 3 7 7
C o n d o rc e t , 2 5 4 , 38 4 ff
E e n di , 2 3 2 , 3 8 0
C o ngr e v e , W i ll i am , xv i , 20 6 E li z a b etna n L i te ra tu re, On , 58 , 33 1
Co n n o i s s eu r, t h e , 2 6 , 1 0 2 , 3 2 5 E ll is to n , R o b e r t W illi am , 1 9 6 , 3 68
C o o k e s p o c k e t-e d i t i o n, 9 7 , 3 4 2 E m e ry , J o h n , 2 08 , 3 7 2
’
C o r n b u ry , L o rd , 2 1 9 , 3 7 6 E r asm u s , 1 5 9 , 3 5 9
C o rr e ggi o , An t o n i o , 9 0, 9 2 , 2 2 5 , E s t c o u r t, W ill , 1 6 , 33 2
E u p h u i sm , 2 5 2 , 38 3
C o ry at e , T h o m as , 1 59
C o tt o n , C h arl e s , 1 3 F a m i li a r S ty le, On , 1 5 5 , 3 5 8
C o u rt o f H o no r, 3 2 3. F a rew ell to E s s ay Wri t i ng, A , 298,
C o v e nt G ard e n , 1 99 , 3 7 0 38 9
C o v e nt ry , s e nt t o , 2 5 7 , 2 6 4 , 38 4 , F arq u h ar , G e o rg e , xvi , 1 03, 34 5 ,
38 5 37 6
C o wl e y , A br ah am , 1 3 , 2 2 2 , 3 2 0 F arr e n , E l i z ab e t h , 2 0 8 , 3 7 2
C o wp e r , W i ll i am , 1 6 2 , 1 9 4 , 3 5 7 , F au x , G u y , 2 1 2 , 3 7 4
F aw c e tt , J o s e ph , 2 30, 3 7 9
A d m i r abl e , 2 2 3, 37 7 F ea r of D ea t/z , 0u t/z e , 1 1 5 , 3 49
C r o w n T h e I r o n , 1 1 4 , 3 49
, F eeli ng, M a n of , 2 8
C u rl ( E d m u n d C u rll ) , 2 8 5 , 38 7 F eeli ng of I m m o rta li ty i n Yo u t/z ,
O n M e, 2 2 8 , 3 7 9
F e nt o n , L av i n i a, 2 2 4 , 3 7 7
F i e l d , B arr o n , 2 2 1 , 3 7 6
’
D A rb lay , I 6 9 , 36 2
D avy , S ir H u m p h ry , 344 F i e l di ng , H e n ry , xvi , 1 9 4 , 2 0 5 , 2 2 0,
D ea l/z , 0u t/z e F ea r of , 1 1 5 , 349 2 33 ; A m eli a , 3 0 6 , 39 1 To m
f
D e o e , R o b i n s o n Cr us oe , 5 1 , 5 2 , j o n es , 3 4 1 , 3 6 6 , 39 2
F l e t ch e r , J o h n, 5 8 , 59 , 66 , 7 6 , 7 7 ,
D e kk e r , T h o m as , 59 , 6 6 , 7 1 , 7 9 ,
F o r n ari na, 2 2 5 , 2 88 , 3 7 8 , 388
F o r t u n atu s s W i sh i n g C ap, 9 6 , 3 4 1
’
D elp /z z u e , 9 4 , 3 4 1
'
D e Q u i n c e y , T h o m as , xxi F r o i ss ar t, J e an , 1 06 , 1 9 8 3 4 6 , 3 69
.
3 56
39 6 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LITT
J e n ki n s , Mr , . 1 76 M ac ki n t o sh , J am e s , 181 , 1 82, 36 5
J o h ns o n , S am u e l , 2 0, 2 1 , 2 2, [ Va n of F eeli ng 2’8 3 2 6 , ,
2 6, 64, 1 02, 1 04 , 1 1 5 , 1 2
5, 1
56, M an o
f M e I/Vo rla 2 8 3 2 6
, ,
324 , M an d e vi ll e , B e r n ard de , 2 6 5 , 3 2 0
M an i ch e an 2 9 5 3 8 8 , ,
J o ns o n , B e n , 58 , 5 9 , 6 6 , 7 2 , 2 08 , M an sfi e ld L o rd , 2 1 9 , 3 7 6
,
M arlb o r o u g h , D u k e o f , 1 6 , 3 2 2
j o u rn e
y , 0u Go i ng a, 1 6 3, 3 59 M ar l o w e , C h ri s t o p h e r , 59 6 6 7 6 , , ,
J u l iu s P, o p e , 89
J u n i u s xvi , , 1 04 , 1 9 4, 2 5 5, 34 6 M ars M ad e m o i s e ll e 2 09 3 7 3
, , ,
M ars t o n J o h n 5 9 6 6 33 2
, , , ,
K e at s , J o h n, xxxi , 1 0 1 , 1 3 9 , 3 5 3 , M e t as t asi o 3 1 3 39 2 , ,
355 M i d dl e t o n T h o m as 59 6 6 33 2
, , , ,
K e mbl e , J o h n P h il i p , 7 , 8 , 3 1 8 M ill ar A n dr e w 9 4 3 4 1
, , ,
K i ng , T h o m as , 2 08 , 3 7 2 M il t o n J o h n xv i 2 2 2 4 4 8 6 5
, , , , , , ,
K n e ll e r , G o d r e y , 9 4 , 2 1 3 , 34 1 ,f 68 , 3
10 , 1 04 , 1 08 , 1 35 , 1 4 0, 1 9 4,
37 4 312
M i ne rv a p r e ss 9 7 34 2 , ,
L a F o nt ai n e , 2 2 6 M i rro r t h e 2 7 3 2 6
, , ,
M o l i er e J e an B ap t is t e , 3 6 ,
, 2 06 ,
36 1 1
gg
27
2 20, 2
32 ,
2
33 , 3 7 6 , 38 0
L amb M ary , xxi v , xl iv , 3 7 8
, M o nt ai g n e , M i ch e l , 1 0, 1 2 , 1 3, 21 ,
L an g t o n , B e n n e t , 2 5 , 3 2 4
L a Ro e/2e, 2 7 , 3 2 6 M o o r e E dw ard , 4 2 , 3 2 8
,
L au d e r , W i ll i a m 2 4 , 3 2 4 , M o o r e , T h o m as , 2 33 3 0 1 , 38 0 ,
L au d e rd al e , E arl o f , 1 0 5 , 34 6 M o rg an L ady 9 4 3 4 1, , ,
L aw r e n c e , T h o m as , 2 5 2 M u n d e n J o s e p h 2 08 , 3 7 2
, ,
L e F e vr e , 2 7 , 3 2 6 M u ril l o , 1 7 8 3 6 4 ,
L e ib n i tz , G o tt fri e d , 2 2 3 M u rr ay , M r , 1 8 6 .
L e ly , P e te r, 2 5 1
L e o n ard o da V
i n c i , 9 0, 2 2 5 , 339 , N ap o l e o n, 1 03 , 1 3 1 , 3 4 5 , 349 3 5 3 , ,
37 9 38 2
L e wis , M o n k , 1 9 0 , 2 08 , 3 6 7 N e w to n, I s aac , 2 0, 2 1 2, 21 3, 232,
L i ll o , G e o rg e , 4 2 , 3 2 8
i
24
L i lly , M r , 1 6 , 3 2 2 . N i h o ls o n , W i lli am , 1 30 , 3 5 3
L i s t o n , J o h n , 2 0 7 , 2 09 N i n o n de L E n c lo s , 2 2 6 , 3 7 8
’
N o r t h , T h o m as , 2 , 3 3 3
’
L i v i ng to O n e s S elf , On , 1 2 7 , 3 5 2 -
.
L o ck e , J o h n , 9 9 , 2 1 2 , 2 1 3 , 2 2 4 , N o r t h c o t e , J a m e s , 8 9 , 3 39
343
g
L o n i n u s , 2 5 2 , 38 3 O l dfi e l d , M rs , 1 6 , 3 2 .
)
t
»
L o rd M ay o r , t h e , 3 6 , 4 3 , 3 2 7 O ll a p o d ri d a, 2 8 8 , 388
L o u nge r, t h e , 2 7 , 3 2 6 O pi e , J o h n , 8 9 , 339
L u c an , 2 4 8 , 3 8 3 O ssi an , 5 3, 5 7 , 2 4 7 , 33 1
O tw ay , T h o m a s , 6 6 , 2 2 4 , 28 2, 37 7 ;
M ac h i av e ll i N i c c o l o 7 3 333 , , , Ve n ic e P l esei v eel, 33 2 '
M ac k e n z i e H e n ry 1 03 3 2 6 , , , O vi d , 1 2 , 333
IN DEX
P al e y W ill i am 1 8 5 36 6
, , , R e y n o l ds , S ir J o sh u a , 57, 87 , 91 ,
P ai ne T o m 1 8 4 3 6 6
, , , 22 1 ,
P ars o n s W i lli a m 2 08 37 2
, , , 347
P asc al 2 5 3 38 4
, , R e y n o l ds , M rs , 2 1 8 , 3 7 6 .
P ers o n s o n e w o u ld I/Vi s /z to lz a v e R o ch e f o u c au l d xv i 2 2 6 , ,
P e t r arch , 7 3 , 2 4 8 , 3 7 5 , 38 2 R o s a S alv at o r 33 3 2 6
, , ,
P h ill i p s , E , 2 2 0, 3 7 6 . R o ssi n i 2 2 3 8 3 , ,
P o e t s - C o r ne r , t h e , 1 3 2 R o wl e y , W ill i a m , 5 9 , 3 3 2
’
P o ets , [ My F i rs t A c gu a i n ta n c e w i t/z , R o y al E xc h an g e , 1 9 , 3 2 3
I 7 , 363
S Ru b ens, 1 1 2, 235
P o o l e , T o m , 1 9 1 , 36 7
P o pe, A
l e x an d e r , 1 1 , 1 6 , 4 3 , 50, S adl e r s W e ll s , 2 5 1 , 38 3
’
S t N e o t s, 1 69 , 36 1
’
1 02 , 1 5 3, .
37 5 S atu r nal i an li c e n c e , 7 8 , 3 3 6
P o p e M i ss 2 08
, , S ar t o , A
n d r e a de l, 9 0 , 339
P o u ssi n G asp e r , , 1 9 2, 36 8 S c h i ll e r , 9 0, 1 0 1 , 1 2 0 ,
’
P o u ss i n , A ic o las , O n l
a L a n dsc ap e
fl
0 1 07 , 34 6 S c o tt , i x, 94, 1 9 2, 242, 2 4 5, 268 ,
P ri t ch ard , M rs , 22 1 , 37 6
S even Ch a mp i o n s , 1 8 , 3 - 3
Qu a rte’rly Rev i ew 1 38 2 5 3 3 5 5 , , , f
S h a t e sb u ry , L o rd , 1 3 , 9 1 , 289 ,
-
, ,
38 5 S h ak e s p e ar e , 4 2 , 5 0 , 53 , 58 , 59 ,
Q u i n J am e s
, , 22 1 , 37 6
1 02 , 1 38, 1 4 0, 21
3, 2 2 2,
R ab e l ai s , 2 06 , 2 2 6 , 39 1 2 2 , 2 4 7 , 2 50 ,
R ad cli e , M rs ff nn e , 9 7 ,
34 2 . A 2
94
R al e igh , S i r W al t e r , 5 8
.
S h e ll e y , P
e rcy B yssh e , 2 6 7
R ap h ae l , 1 1 1 , 1 1 , 1 4, 2 2 ,
3 9 5 S h e n s t o n e , W i ll i am , 1 3 6 , 2 53 , 3 5 4 ,
2 88 , 2 9 4 ; t h e Ca r
2
33, 38 4
to o n s , 1 9 , 323 S h e ri d an , R i c h ard B ri n sl e y , 2 8 7 ,
Rea di ng N ew B oo ks , O n , 2 2,
38 1 388
Rea di ng O ld B o o l s , O n e
, 3 40 S h i p p e n , W i ll i a m , 1 1 , 3 1 9
R e m br an d t, 4 6 , 8 5 , 9 2, 1 1
3, S ic k C/z a m b er 7 71 e, 308 39 1 , ,
P
S id ne y , S ir h il i p , 5 8 , 7 7 , 1 8 5 , 2 1 3 ,
Ret u r ne f ro m P a rn a ss u s , 7 8 , 33 6
39 8 S E L E C TI O N S FR O M H AZ LI TT
S i m m o n s , 2 08 T h u cydi d e s 1 0 6 , 3 4 7 ,
S k e fli n gt o n , H r bl e
o no u a Mr .
, 9 2, T i lb u ry , A , 1 6 3 , 3 60 .
3 40 T i t i an, 4 7 , 6 2 , 9 0 , 1 1 3 , 21 7, 22
5,
S m i t h , A d am , 1 7 9 340
S m o ll e tt , T o bi as , xv i , 34 1 , 3 7 2 T o o k e, H o rne , 2 2 3
S n ak e , M r L i b e r al , 2 9 7 , 38 9
. T r u m p e t, t h e , 1 5 , 3 2 1
S o p h o cl e s , 35 1 Tu c k e r, A
b r ah am , x xi i i , 9 1 , 1 22,
S o u t h , R o b e r t, 1 8 4 , 3 6 5 3 4 0 ’ 3 SI
S o u t h e y , i x , xxi i , 1 8 6 , 1 9 0 , 1 9 6 T u r e n n e , M arsh all , 1 6 , 3 2 2
Sp ec ta to r, t h e , 1 4 , 1 6 , 1 7 , 1 9 , 2 0,
Ug o l i n o , C o u n t , 5 7 , 33 1
S p e n c e , J o s e p h , 1 5 3, 3 5 7
S p e n s e r , E d m u n d , 48 , 5 8 , 7 4 , 2 1 7 , V anb ru gh J o h n 1 6 3 2 2 , , ,
31 4 V an dyk e 2 2 5 2 5 1 , ,
ff
S t a o rd M a rq u i s o f , 1 1 4
, V e l asq u ez 1 7 8 36 4 , ,
S t e e n , J an , 8 8 , 339 V o l tai r e 2 5 2 2 9 1 38 4 , , ,
S t e r n e , L au r e n c e , 2 7 , 1 1 5 , 1 4 2 ,
W al t o n I z aac 2 0 2 , , , 26
5 , 38 5
S t e v e n s o n , R o b e r t L o u is , 1v , lv i i , W e bs t e r J o h n 5 9 , , , 6 6 , 1 32 , 2 22,
lx s 3 5 7 3 59 39 1
, ,
S t e w art D u g ald , 2 2 4 , 3 7 7
, W e dgw o o d J o s i ah , , 36 5
S to w e , J o h n , 1 0 6 , 34 6 W e d gw o o d T o rn , , 181, 1 82, 1 8 3,
S ty le , On F a m i li a r, I 5 5 , 3 5 8 36 5
S u c kl i n g , J o h n 7 7 , 33 5 ,
W e s t B e nJ am i n 1 1 0 3 4 8
, , ,
S u e t t R i c h ard 2 08 , 3 7 2
, ,
W e s t all W il l i am 1 6 9 3 6 1
, , ,
S u n D i a l, O n a , 2 7 4 , 3 8 6
- W e s t m i n s t e r A bb e y 1 9 3 2 3 , , , 3 49
S u rr e y , E a rl o f 33 5 , W e s t o n T h o m as 2 2 1 3 7 6
, , ,
S wi ft , J o n at h an 2 0 7 , 2 2 4 2 3 2
, , , 2 55 M o le D u ty f M an
o , th e , 5, 3 1 8
W il k e s J o h n 2 5 3 2 5
, , ,
Ta tler, t h e , xv i , I 4 , 1 6 , 1 9 , 20 , 1 0 2 , W ill ’s c o ff e e h o u s e 1 5 3 2 2 -
, ,
T ayl o r , J e r e my 1 9 4 , W i n t e rsl o w 1 2 7 3 5 2 3 5 7 39 0 , , , ,
3 5 5 , 38 I 36 5
T e m pl e B ar, 1 4 , 3 2 1 W o rdsw o r t h W i ll i am , , i x, xv 1 , 6 5,
T e m pl e C h u rch , 1 4 , 1 1 6 3 50
, 1 05, 1 87 , 81, 1 9 3,
1
T e m pl e , S ir W i ll i am , 1 3 , 9 4 , 3 2 0, 1 9 4 2 5 5 2 8 2 , 3 4 6 , 34 7 , 3 5 3, 3 6 7 ,
, ,
34 1 39 0 ; t h e Ly ri c a l B a llads , xv u ,
T h a c k e r ay , W il l i am , 3 5 4
T h o ms o n , J am e s , 1 9 4 , 2 2 4 , 26 1 , e d, t h e , 2 6 , 1 02 ,
32 5
T h u rlo e , J o hn , 9 4 , 34 1 Y o u ng , E dw ard , 1 1 9, 3 50