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Mr. D.' had asked a I ....... a I.. 1 n i. itii Sir 0 Wa'mfr at dinner, several of whom. Iikc invc!f, iiad never , seen him b lore, 'Ihi.iiirh they were amqng Mhe.most ar dent ot Ins admirers. 1 never was a a as ai aiuie. the more intenectual character 8ir. WuJtercqntfAatpd-vrith ;the xpVe: ,.iiMijmmsi. ,;iau a .,iv. .-m-w m- M r 4 1 m mun err ni uiiiijii u as rale ' j 1 drulated to make ir e.r. ?n it Ho was a stranger to 111s imcui-i 1 . I, ...... al character to ass.'cia!ewitf it the at iribiite of stupidity. ' Tli":sl Unw h;. rcpJa ted U been the ease Where', persons ;huivme'i with" Sir Waiter without kmnv- Inji.Vhui'Or' what he ivas. A h w tiitr.utvs Ciuii r-atron i- - - with" Immi, however, was . !' 1.. . ..fl:;. t.i .rtiitV tlit i rr t.i in :i THiii.ii if'iii i I ill iiiiim . - . . .j.i . . . jl. i , ........ ...... UFi. I . I irr..jl 1 1 . "7 1" 1 . life cvcentioo il IJalertiK-ei- amVlWOor : . lrje utliiTs, none of his'c.nV tt(4fFuHs exeelled him in this respect, lii-ifat-tei j ivai almo.-t in.anahly racy his manner pre- nimeniiy plrasing. (.);i tin '- cvtiiog ii-tjui-sihi.s w' sa f'.rat Jeast sixjJuiur;, during w!i; -Ji lime theron vnicitii: sCdVciy ; fia-lgrdj tor a. single - ii. ihiL'iit. Sir her iu tliis, as in aim -t eveiy other similar case. ha 1 a com.pa- rauve in. hoio1v of the talk. Nol. er- f taidiy, that he wished to engross tlie i riht ofispi-aking Itr lumself, h .thtcau-e wejwere all so fascinated .with what fell fioin Ins lips as to' forget what, at other times some of-us. perhaps,' ie too apt to remember hat we have, or imagine nr iiare "most sweet voices' -f our fjirlu The topics introduced into the ; .conversation in the course.'of the evt riii: were.excee.iinIy varied, and Sir r-V-JLu:r.i eincfJ ppreeably jat home, tin theci -ail. Seotti-h poetry mode'rn-U-;ture!in getieral tie difficulties' with y. l:rh gt Hius lias iifitn to striggle, ami, .v'jjcn in urtny . insl inccs ; prove uwfre iliii a match for it the Kin'gV visit -to L.ai iver, and hts pr onistd visit, to SroL- " I s.id. etc., w i re stdiiects whicli were all. iuijoduced am:- discussed atsotne'IengUit :Sfr Walter was, perhaps, one of the c:tatvt adiiiirvrs of kings that ever Y. i d." I Indeed, 1 doubt not that he w ent -t .Mv into the "right divine" notion. I'tiil his altachnu ni ti his eountiyv occa i:Jhally gotsthc better, of his loyalty, lip seamed- to -think that CJeoige the -4urtli had sinned against .kin!y pro- prle"!",'. if not against morals, in giving .'lit preference tti his Hanoverian sub jects, by visiting-liis Gentian dominion? : fore . he had seen 'his kinsdom . of. .I'loiUud.'- Though Sir M altlr Scolt ii nJt chi ose to be very "severe, jn so ' :Jr as words went, on his royal patron Ar what he conceived to he a slight to Scotland, yet it w as clear, to all present .rit he felt very sore on the' subject. i .here: was sometlung very peculiar and ; .impressive in liis tone and manner when , e observed, "lie might as well have ' fune o Scitland first; his loving and ' llyal subjecti on our iide of the Tweed be grievously "disappointed when :,ey hear of his going, to Harfover be- krii cpmtng to them. 1- , ! Of the many brilliant things to which f" gaye expiession on the evening in uestion 1 unlortunately dd not lake ay note on my return home, and con ;pjeh;ly, ih ugh recollecting the gpne A tenor of his conversation, am unable give' any thing like his words,-and t-iihout these his sentiments would lose L.-if their charms It was two years af : rthis before I met . him a:aia. That "ias in Scotland, where I had occasion iii be fur a short period al the time.. He 11 exacted from me a solemn promise, fci r the evening of our first meeting, that ii I ever crossed 'the Tweed I should 1r,.;ike it one"othe first things I did to v)iit,Abbotsford. I had seen too much jf.f the' world not tp know that invila- 011s of this kind were often given, when j 1 ic persons giving them never meant, or j Vjished, they should be accepted; ".hut ! ; -.ere was the appearance of so' much fr". ne?tness and sincerity in Scott's invi t'iaiion that I at ence not only promised j i vould gladl avail myself pf itwhich i i many insburces, are only so many I u ;rds of course but at once made up 'r..y mind that I would, whenever cir j f .:;nstanccs should admit of my enjoying -; It may he projer to mention that this paper fisisU of 'tlie Recollections" of two friends of I r. Walter Snrtt, but that far the sake of greater 1- r.enience they are given as if the 'Rccallec i .i'1 of one. . ' . r Grorrre the Fourth, -whom Sir Walter Scott j much admired for the ekgance of his manners js resected him on account of hi Ligh btattoa iiu oj nis rounituancr, - wuym tt.at of several of nnrintimntp acqnain cKat-ort fnitli in-svsfrfrt. if . J -L ., 1 " "! t 11. iu.h eU it had not made me, tormal.y re? somo rJtcd ortiptiments on. the" I'eati tIU . v i-uu.n M mi . lanrps in me irefroroii. 1 vdui mm tuu.c Ian, iiiioii"i..-;jlv inn. ?.'a o ra ! i on?, with which t i.un uj.iTuioi.u!, ff..nii yponipi r iiLimv pratiheo. in tact fie w thp'wratijrfttioh. - I renrbed the niodcrn Athens in tlie evening, ami started upxI mormnffjlor Ai)I)ot5S4)ru. ;n aiproaen2 inij tin plantation, in front of the nian hserved Hir Walter mriviqfir a axsiow pac?atno:i the ,lrees. - ston, l !i!i t at He was verv carelessly dressed. An' had. altojrct$er, wliat is called a t'rouhtrified" npcar.ince.fi In hi rtj.ht-hand. he had a l-siiail hajid-aw. with which he had evi ' dentlv been i lo'ppinjr oflf thejranches, j where j tney : appeared; too prominent, i from the vonnr trees. ! I f I I i C ... I na.j tjrithin tverty yards of him. when ;.hc firgt .nv: n)t, lie recognised me at r l!oos xC wi' von! once. vOhr Mr. I ivt tfiIr -d to pee von at Ahla? ford," ivas the ahuatton vTnh whir alntalion with whiri he As ho gave utterance to !,ijlest wor(s he advanced hastilv, and, ; pia,.;nJ h.pa under jhU left tprvie(i to mehis riirht hand. arm ex - 1 1 like inot i,u.niiimiiI.:n..n..r.jri,n.n 4 1 . , I WC j 1 1 HIS I II 1 11 7t Tl 1, llUr Wi ll III! f little-sticks" ' niilniincr tn thn vrrnno- t . - . - .trces). he. "after erialTmS thEiiial . enqmi jes-anlit WoVn healtl7and ahont Utt.e-StJCKs ' - (point mg to the VPUtlff ie .-i 1 mi m mini :,?unvsr ni0l, n.nrV ore deliT?iled with the ' 1 commendatron of ii e tate he di'nlav'ed i larihtf, ut his ground at Ahhotsford than witK the oTu.vejsal- atul unoi'lif'ed a!niiraiii.n which was expressed of his liierarv works. j . A Her heiivr shown the "grounds around AhbKf rd I was cot;lticied to the ..house a uhctpJ ,i a matter of eoure, I wa-- r1- . 1 1 11 ""liini mi iii" 'iinn 01 i'IIi With ! '"e appearance of Lad-'Pcott iAvasjjvwTfi- strurkj.f 1 hotiirii diminutive 111 statu e, her person possessed -v uch sVinmetrv, wh.iclji1 added to lian Jsn--e features an ' a profuit.ri' of ringlets of the' most lieatw 1 1 f 11 1 jevIack I e er saw cMiterm? a hout.hrr necjc,. made her w hat" the. late James! Hogg somewhere calls her, "a 'M'.wifcihl'.g .creature " She was remar? kaldy! hind and afl'ahle ' i'i her manners. She sele.oed pirlieiilarly anxious, as di-' indeed, Miss Scott aNa, that I should en joy .myself. She, had mucfi of trie; man ners of the Frencli, and , it. v.ouM have. heerv-Vasy to discover jfroniMier accent, fhough 1 hatl not before been aware of the' circumstance, thatj sfie belonged to that nation. Aftera half hour's conver sation jwith Lady Scott and her daugh ter. Sir Walter proposed that we should inspect the difiercnt apartments of h7 splendjid mansion. The armoury, the library, nl the study were mej js 1 doubt inoi they were to most other visit ers th.'e nrinci pal d'jects of attraction.' The armoury I it ivere imp-tssshle'to c!e scribej Tht study has bceii'descnheil a hundred lime? over. .The hbrarvj was h sprfcious rt.onv. The number of books in it las heen variously1 estimated front VWCl) to SO.aOO volumes. It is unne ccssaijy to1 say Sir .Walter never pur chased all tHese; the greater part of them were presentation eopies, either from personal friends', or from authors nalu rally iTxtotis thear xrorKS shtiihl men .ith his'apnrobaiion. Of course he had 1 noj tjine 'to reail a tithe of th ise thus sent him. He was often (no waited on by young authors anxious to learn Id opinion of tlveir manuscriju before com ttiitting it to the j press. His kiitdnesv and cundescerjs,ion on such occasions exceeded 11 praise. To the serious in tcrrujition, "pfttimes of his own literary labours, lie w ould' wade liirxuigh the ma nuscript works .of such persons,! and give (them such advice, in the mosi friendly spirit, as he thought the cir cumstances called for.- At the very, mo menthe was pusy pointing out to me a number of literary yvorks, with several paintings, wlhcl we re his chief favorites, the servant knocked at the door, and, on being desired to "come in," infirnaled that "person; of the name of Buchan. fromf the north of Scotland, was anxious to see him for a few minutes. Sir Wal ter tlesircd the servant to show the indi nr!ual into a!, certain room, and to say that he would be with hinV presently. Sir Walter then . begged my pardon for a few minutes. lie returned in about 15 minutes. He mentioned to meithat he had been just looking over an immense coliectitm of the traditional unpublished ballads of the north of Scotland,1 collect ed,-lie said, after ten years' hard un-e mitunalabpur, byt humble printer, of the fiaiue ofjiluchan, resiuyng in Peter hca( ; Sir jWalterj spoke in terms, of warjr encomium of the enthusiasm of" Mr.jBuchan in collectin tr so riiahy of the traditionary ballads of. Uie oldeh tinea midjso many difficulties, not the least of The writcij of these flepolieclions of Sir Wal ter, met,' by tlie! purent accident, with Mr Euchan sinctj the interview in question. Tie then saw the collection of Ballads of which Sir Walter spoke so favorably; and. really they will constitute an en during memorial of the admirable taste, as well as sinjjjiUr industry of an individual 'collecting them undtjr such unfavorable circumstances. The bal lads "Were published in 18C3, jn two yolumrs, at one jjuinea; but, I am sorry to say7 the sale never paidjthe expenses- Sir - Welter engaged to write a lengthened notice of the work in the Quarterly Revjew; but his promise was never fulfilled. : Most probably amid the multiplicity of his other avotiations, the subject slipped out of his recollec tiont. . i ; " " t In a smilIj(Work which the Ettrick Shepherd has jpublishi-d since these "Recollections" were in manuscript, Al r. Ho-rir h is piven a version of this 1 1 . i. :il - 1 .. r k . : . cirumsUnoes. ! j W'hicharose froni his limited pecuniary:! means. He desired Mr. B. to'call again - on a day he mentioned, when he would see of .what' further: assistance he could be tui the laborious compiler of j the liallads of his native district in the way of fbrwaiding;his views" of publica tion. ; ' ' ' : : - ' '-u-; :"--.'- ' '"; ' . Having inspected the interior of Ab bi.tsford, with its costly furniture and va luable curiosities, we proceeded to ; thu . .1 ' ., V: . tit tk .1. u. I outsnie ni view ine; exterior of uie um ing. It is altogether a 'unique super structure. No description can give sh reader any distinct ctinception of it. 0 the'ph asure grounds; wh'ch next claim ed, our attention, I do not well know fnw to speak, j Any thing of the kind mon admirably jlaid out, I have never seen. What consummate taste did Sir Walter L it iifn ftifnlt't f t Iv nm unjlai f-tflf.tli.il. 1 yiojFiu.. x oaw iucih uim cm u ,ar,y fevorahle circumstances, it bein luenjthe month of June. tThe dinper 1i6ilr insensnbly stole up ther gentleman frm Edinburgh, of some litera'ry distinction, were engaged to tlihe at Abhotsford that day. Mr. Bal l..nti;e kept his .appointment; the other gentleman, owing to indisposition, ,Ud not. I never spent a happier evening in tny life. ;Sir Walter, as ! afterwards learnt from Mr. Ballanline, '..outdid him self in' the brilliancy of his coiiversation. Wiiaf a sttre of rich anecdotes didhe ihat evening prpvej himsef to be possess ed ot ! And with whmt infinite easeand zest were they, one after another, poured from his lips'i Oiiej4 jhall never forget.- When Duke Charlf suf Buccletigh was alive, ht'.on one' occflsi'oninvitetl a nuiuber of his ners(naLfJiendsartd most 1 es pec table, tenants ti what is called a general past. The company being un usually yumeriiu.-., tw o JbJes were he Pessary Kr their accomnppdatin, Th Duke hi- self presided at phe table, 1iid So Walter at the therl i A splendi eiitt rtaiument, in the shae.of a dinner, was set before t lie guests,1 am' done air plejustice to.: Wines of every variety iolfoued 'in utmndance, the qualiti s ( a iijch were suflicienth tested by all pre sent. Toast; fallowed toast, and son succeedi d4uig with ut: iiuterruption. Tlie: company, in! a word, had exeeedei' die" happy medium of Burns' Tarn O' Shanti r,' . j, !.;;":'. . ' Who was not fou', but just! had plenty." , ' '' i' i .',.-- ' They were fou or were at lfast bor- lerinr oti 'it. Morning came, but in stead of -parting,' the Duke volunteered a snig 'wliirh Ire wasj to give standing iti: peculiar position.; Ho insisted, lef.r resenting Tthe cbmpanyljivith the vocal 1 eat, that they should all stand in pre cisely the same position, as himself and inly join in the chorus. His will ol course was a law:': IJis (frace then sel ling one loot on the table! anil the othei lit the chair- which singular position .vas instantly assumed , hj- all,' present commenced Mnging the well-k.nown song of. "llcy Johnny jCoje, are ye waking yet?!' The Dukej'got through his song,! and kept his station till the end of it. Not so all his guests. Sundry 6f their persins were rolling on the. floor before 'as Grace had reached tlie end of thej it: st' verse, and conseuueiitlv were una le tojoiii even for once in the chorus j unless indeed the wild j sounds they riiwled out as their bodies came in con tact with the floor deserved that name. The hursts of laughter) from most;oi ihose who retained their equdibrium a httlejonger than their less steady asso; ciates in the mirth and follies of the ev,e li.igi as the wights were; sprawling hor izontally,' ivere quite astounding, and completely drowned -both his (grace's v oice and the voices of tlie few who were still able 'to join in the cli.oru3. Nay in several instances, the very violence oi die laughter of the first class, soon. broV 'hem to a ievcj with the second; so that before the Duke got to the end of the song, he had. .only jirj Walter and one or two others to join him; in the chorus. Most'of those who had beenl ing hori zontally, having 'by this lime recovered tht ir "perpendicular position, Sir Alexan der Ferguson, who was. one of the guests insisted they should all show their sense of live good example his" Grace had shown them, by an immediate imitation of it under anot'iet leader. In this lastl capacity Sir Alexander volunteered his services.1 He mounted, putting one foot on tlie table and the other on the I chair. The co.opany putthemselves in thesarne position. Sir Alexander commenced his song, but had not finished the third line when all at once one. of the tables was upset, and down went men, glasses, wine &.c.all in "glorious confusion.' The sceije on the floor, which now ensued,' wodild have defied the pencil of Hogarth hiuUelf, Sir Walter declared tliat nev er Hi his life did he laugh so immode rately.' ; !'! ! j ;!. j . It is nothing to read this anecdote as here related; biit to haye heard Sir Wal ter tell the storyJwas,j ai the reader will readily believe, a somewhat different matter. Mr. James Baljan tine, though perhaps more in Sir Wraher's company thin any other man, j mentioned to me the next day that he never,fiaw the illus-T trious baronet enter with so much spirit or with so much elTectinto the narration of any story whatever, j t TqIq continued- ! JpiV SAMUEL JOHNSON, j Wits born on theTtH September1709, in tfie city 01 juenntta, w&eTetns father vvH'afb6t)kselItriH elt iinVf a class pall'0hegramm tive j kace, he was ent at the age of 9 to rokeolUQeiOoby en tleniiwjiu n engaged tokaintain' him her? asa comf aniori to hissbtVj Aftet ;opie Umc; h6vever ?this: person ;- with- revpstu;;anq:jj npson,-iiavingrtiade ui idtifrtctual; aite:mpt to?f feubs1st orirhs , w n esourcesv found htmsel fob I i g ed to liscdnttjEluJiisreshlence before obiaiiv agfree.Ie'MU.iil sluriiygtheirjeriod'he ent"at the uiiiver sity, obtained a high repiitathsn for scho- ceedittVyealrs the lileiifthis dfetintsh ed luniQfr.Vf;En"gi lUeratureTy1ts, on iuj,ti naru struggles wail pyeriy ',rhicilearniri'ffa'mi renins have so often bee'lt Cti lo susta tri. I Abbut!" tje his' father digd, leaving scjarcely twenty pounds behind , him. Thus srtuat!ed, Johnsorj was cunstrained to accep't the office of usher at the grammar-school o.f Market Bosworth. But the treatment to which he was "subject '(1 soon forced him to give up this appointment. ! lit now attempted in succession -vvarmus- projects of a literary nature, in order I to escape the extremest indigence. Iti 1735 he married a;MrsJ I'orter,jtlie widow ot of 0- a. mercer, who brought him a for Hint about 800.; ind !with this bettey he pened a boardingiiichool at Edial But the' scheme met with no'jsuccQss: J He then determined to setfout fur London; and here, accordirigly he arrived.inMa.rch 1737, ccinipartied by a young 'nench, who h4ftep ,one of his )UpisJjtHd Garrielf, who ifter wards I'eraine the reate actor - tiie modern world! had - en. .'.. The first'enrployh'ient : which jh mtainfj was from the proprietors of the G en 1 1 cm an's jMagazine. Bui' the eiuolu iients Se derived from this source jv ere very insufficient io afiord him a respect jble subsistence; and hip was often wiih . ut. a shilling to procure hrrn bjeadj rhir 1 n g the day, or a lodgi ng p he r eo tv o ! ay tis head tat night. These difficulties iung tu'hinr for a long! while;; but ihey nd n't prevent' him from gradually .tfurknitf his way tt literary distinction. ii re.irts of parliamentary debates. tserteil hi the Gentleman's Magazine, 1 inch eie of en almost entirely origi ial confiositioiis of his own, attracted . rea!jifai of n itice; bu .it was not till i.-ngtirwitrds thattheii (i.ithorshipas eneih' known. The iv ear after his iifiv;ai Tti the inetrbporis! ! Ke puTjlishetT ais pien, entitled 'London, in imitation of the Uiird Satire of Juvenal. This pi oduaioti had the hbnorjoObeing crri 'iiendtd in very warm terms by Pope, in 12: A appeared his eh queht and stri xingl.fe of his ' friend Savage. Thret yeare alter he ivas engaged by an asso- i iathiii of book-sellers to jprepaTC a new Dictki.ary of . the. English Language. , This celebrated work! occupied the great er part of his time for seven years, and at last appeared in 1755, iifier the monev I5uU njineas, winch it had been agree. he shotiid receive 'for his! labour, was all spent. It brought him, how ever, a large share of public' 'applause; and at once placec his name among Jthedirst ot tne living cultivators of English" literature. Meanwhile; even before the at)pfearance of hi$ Dictionary, he had. by vari?us oc casional productions been steadily j ad- varlcing himself in reputation, although not in wealth. In 17H1 he gave to the woirld ' his imitation of Juvenal's tenth Saiirel under the title of 'The Vanity of lldrnan Wishes. . The same vear his trigedy of Irerje, whicjh he had brougl.i with him when he first came to town, was produced at Drury Lane by hi friend Garrick. In March, 1750, 1 commenced the publicati(in of "The Kainbler,' which he coin tinned., for two years at the rate of two papers every wfek, ihg whole, with. the exception of only five numbers, being the production tf his own pen fhese, and other works, however, failed in relieving him from the pressure of great pecuniary i5if ficulties, as is proved by the fact, that in 1 73G he was arrested : bir a debt of .five pounds, and only obtained his liberty In bor-ow ing tlie money from a friend. In 1758 he bi'gan a new periodical publica lion, to which he gaVje the name of 'The Idler,' and which, like the 'Rambler.' he carried on for about two years. In 1759 his mother, to whi m he was ten derly attached, did at !an advanced age; rand having;; gone down to Litchfield toi superintend her funeral, he there wrotel his beautiful romance of Rasselas in at single week, while riisl parent lay unbu ried, in order to obtain the means of de fraying the exp nscs of her interme,nt. This tfiay well be characterized -as the finest anecdote that is t be told of Dri: Johnson; for the whtd j range of biogra! phy scarcely records a y thing niore 110 ble or afiecting.L At hist, in 1762, the Crown was advised to bestow upon him a pension of 300Z. per annum; an act of hounty which placed hi'" for the rest of his life in ease and affluence. After this he distinguished himself as much by the brilliancy and power elf his conversation in .the literary circles and general socie ty w hich be frequented, as by his labors wiih his pen; but still he,was far from relinquishing authorsfiip.i In 1765 ap- i . , - - -. -. -r iirairu n urn ruiimu ui uujaz)rcaib u -. neared'a new edition of Shaksoearc i the .superintendence 01 which; .henao; been Icing engaged; and the r.splybdijl preface to which isj one of the rndst fcej ebrateido!f his rodluctiohs' In ' nffi he puhiisbedl the welinkriown accouritt)f his 4Jourhe1 to the Western Isles of Scot land? which he had jiist accwropli red in f cbhipanywiih his'llriehd '.- Boswell.' j In ITTP-hreceiveU; the degree . ot -LL.li. j from iheftrliriverjiitv - orOrford; arid in' 1781 he brtbght tola close the last,; and perll'is, jupon-the' 'Hhidhe greaVstoft his wtirks hisVLitfes of the Vik ts' in four vltries bctavp. 'i He survived this publication only a few years, and paying iied brirthe"i 13tli oft December, 1 7S4r in the eveqty-sixtb; lyear of his iage! he wasiirV ejrfed ; witi great fiolenihity id iVestiiiiuMerlAbbei, iti agra ve near to standing pbnsideratlelieat of temper anc arroganctf bf niaunefas well as some' weak prejtjfJjcfsrv andv singulartiif by Mrifelftfo,aKa to denv that the. inbral character off Dr; jonusun.aDounueu in nome points, or 11 retrard it upon me whole with others fee jiings tihab those off admiration aiid !;reV erence. lA scruiniloi.s resuect for: vir tue, evinceu both! by. the language j ant 1 .. . 1 2 ; . 1 .-... 1 1 scope Wf sailhis writ tig's and by the! im varyihg f tenor of his conduct, a fof y scorn 01 .Hiiusiice qno oaseness, a spin L L . '' A' II ' ' ' . 1 ' '.. of independence "and self-reliattce. whiclj no! trials ami sufienngs could tame dwtl ler ito despair! or . servility a-Ai-ar syrnpathy with h'umac-' strjMirw he resi4 tjver; foudtl or howsoeVer catied, , tht in trepidity to-dp a. goot I action in the face; fiVeii of the world s laugh, v.and eharitj jr. .rejicving . the unfortunate a the ut- -tnosi v rge of his trieans, and even to, his own painful i n coin elm ence, all. tliese iljisposilion , based on V religiousiprnci pie,! and ;'. adorn eel land crowded ibythtl: jhost fervid, piety; lare sufficient iocasi tt cast into ifie Hliaih ifiir di'enpi traits fw; im i 1 ty 't h a n a n y I w ilhv Inch ,.his"1 nit u r j ' 1 jiii iciniy lie saiq in nave ueen mariieii. 1'he question of the' intellectual rank properly.' belonging to Dr. Jdinoti .Irak iven rise to more jdifTerepce of opihiod. lie was certainly pieimer a jyery original U-vr a veiy subtle tpin,Ker; and his emi nence,! ; indeed, viilJ 'probatdy be rhaiij- tained even by his iwarmest admirer- op ih.e ground raiher j of his po.wers jf ex pression man 01 unotignt. miis preirv farely asc ends beydhdjhe height of rhe toric jin rhyme; and.', his L tfietaphyVictoi ina .'phiIosojih.it al fipeculattons are. lhrq out ;exjtremely eoibmdn-jace and unrb- unedj But in wliaj. tnay be called the art of criticism, the defection of coinven- jioral bdami Dm; defe expand th Mei4 jneajlion of the nit rely! literary character! Hf.ai writer's productions, he is a graat Imaster, j! IJisslvle is undoubtedly & 1 id nei' in; the main; fbr, (tq soy .nothijiig bf .'ts' ibcibg more L:tjt"iii than Engll-h, arVd j o studiously regijlated'on tlie priiiciple of mere sbunroushess-that it almost en tirely wants pic tti jesqueness arid, he o Jther higljer qualities which coniribhte id flectie expression, "it is suited, at ' the lesi tor only1 one j kind' of wriiirsg, the igraife-didaetic., I Still, with all its faults, ji ven this style -has, great qualijjesV. (ts llighity is often very inipdsinglaiid (ts jjlfvehtpr i 13.! certainly en ti t4e?f to the iraise pof having feet the example of a !grahinatica accuracy and generaljfinish of Composition hiii to be found 1 in the works of our best authors before Ins time; but which have since bcieii (opted by ;all. . ! - .; .'-; BOOKS IN TIIE MIDDLE AGES. I j i; .''j,, .! ,- .'' t i l 1 . . .W.e'irwy- quote the statement of Hi'n- ry,! in ' his. 'History of Great Britain. that, in the middle ages, ""poije but great .kings, prrices, and prelates, Uni versities "and n bnasleries, cpuld hive hb-ariesj; and 'thel libraries of I the great est kings 1 vvererio! equal to thlosepf ma Tiypriyte gent,lebf n or copfry clergy men in the present age. Lpfhe jRial Library of Fiance, which had b en col lect d by Charle? V., VI., and VII., and. Kept with great jbare in one of the tow? ers of! ibe . Louvlre, consisted of abotit 900 volumes, and: was purdhasetll'hy the Duke of Bedford, A. D. 1425, for 1200 ii vjresi j Fromf a catalogue of that libra ry still evtant, iff appears i toVhave lie'ei chiefly cotupbsel of legends, historiess romances, and books on astrology, gep- n.ancy, and cl.ir0tnancy, which 'were! the favourite stu iief of 5 thosei .times!. The Kings of England were not io well pro vided with, book j,. Henry V., whojiad a (taste for reading, borrowed several hooks, which were claimed by their. ov- nqrs after his diath. ' The Countess of W estmoreland preserited a; petition to tlie Privy Co ur cil, A. D. 1424, repre- e'niing, f that the late king had bbrrqwid a book from her, containing the .'Chron icles of Jerusalejm,' and the 'Expedition of Godlfey of Boulogne ;Vjane"I (praying that an order maght be given; under the privy ;seal, for the restoration of' the said booki The ordet was granted with great formality; About the sanie fime. John, ithe prior of ' Christ Churpn, Can tefbury,' presented a similar petition to the Privy Council, setting fforth that the kingiad borrowed from, his priory a volume containing the works of St. Gregory; ihat he had never retprned it ; ffut that, in tiis llestament, he hati threct ed it to . be restored; nptwithstaiiding wiuuiij, oe pi or i jnuiiir, ii"? nou lys. book, refused tb give it up. I he toun cil, after mature delibcraiiort, cbaimand- ed a precept, under the'priJy seal, to be - sent to thei nor cvf Siiine, requiring him 46 deliver, upjhe bbok or jji appear be fore the Council lei give thef reasons of. his n rVfusal. ; These lacts j jsufficM miy prove thai it inust have beet) very diffi cult, or raiher iurpossible, fbr the geiicy f rality ol scholars to piocufe 'i"'cnipc tent i nuusher otf hooks." ; J he exlren. costliness pf the article rendered it no' less difficult to- hoirow h(oks-tban; to'. buy thera, '.To-iljiistrate'; tl)1st the same wiiti r, m anothtr part of his, W4rk, , ,', tpjotes 'litem GoDiines ihe fajct. jhat Lot- , -is XL vvas obhgei) to deposit a consjtlc : . rabiti quantity ofplate arfd to . get one. ' of his nobMity-'tb join wi tht him in a boiicl . ; mder a jhigtVpenalty !to retprii it, befurb htu buid procure the loanof oneyoluroe- , ' whick nuiy now be purchased for , a ! A. y shillings.: 'Z . , : r 'i ; . ; i lii a Clb?e,Iloll, dated 20lh bYMsrcK, 128,'lvirig John w rites lu'the.Af'boi, of... -:UfciTrgl.tucrU4 fidUjeJge i Imt'fie 14a d rc --V ceiied, by the .fiant.s t.f the acpst.of Iteadiiig, six vblutnes of book?, coiitainr ing the whole of (he Old Testament; The receipt is oh-To ;ackti'iwlet!ged of Alaster. ti ugh .de'.'S.. Vicforie'. Tealiso :. ; on the'SacYamen of - rft;te'r-!'tie LombaidThe i4 Epistles of . Su Auusiiiievii"i1ie C ily of God ami . on "the ThirdTa r( of the Tsaltcr ;' Val- . eriarwtel Munbtis .; Origen's j Te;iiiso . !! on tht did Testament; an'ii l'ani!idus ' Arianus j to Al.iri.ii!. -The fofli owjlng ni'-nJ), the k ng wrote to the same ah hot to acknowledge ihejie'reipl of his copy orI,ny,,jv hie h the abbot had in his cutt'dv. . ' r-''T :" In 12iU King Henry 111. orders Ed, val,' the son of Otlio of We stminster, to cause to be purchased certain churcl, service books, and fo give; them to the constable of .Windsor Castle, 'that lift I '.'I B" M , t - .-. might deli ef ''thctVi'"by": liis Dwit haiid lb the officiiatfng chaplains in the new ci .a." pel iit Wiiifdsor, to be use 1 by them; and they weler then to be. held responsilih to the eojistable lor -tliisjibiary; consist- ' ihg.of eigh books. 'Another Close Holl -, of the sattip king,' dated 1250, - commands ; Brtither B. de Saniord, i Master of the Knights of the Tt mpje" iti jErglard, to allow Henry of the Mjardrobc, the bear er, to have for lhe q h en's, use a certain great book wluch Wi s in their houst at London, writte n int e French dialect, . contdning; 'The Exr loits tf Atitiochiit, and of the Ivirigs, ''and 'others.1 This .work.was probirbly a French translatioln' of a Latin heroic Poem, entitled' t'l ha War of AnVioch,1 or the Thirl Crusade of Richard L,writte"h fiy Joseph of Ex tsteTTtJtherwise' falletl-J.erlt Iairt c anu was pernajs wantro nyine qt;een ti e lucid.ijte the paintings' In 'lb' ft " Aitti och Chj.niberj." It is .''observ.ntle hat all tie books mentiont d ip'tliese Ki lis are Either in the-.-Latiif. 'r jFrenchj fiin-, guage. j Indeed no English literuiure af. that time i x sled, if we ejxeept scinie li e; t r i c a 1 id 1 rrr n i c 1 e s a n d r 0 1 1 1 a 1 1 c e . I cUkdy iraiislations, of a vciy carvVUou rli.a'r'-. acter, a few tf i hich have, bif late years, been printed from MSS.siiU extant. . . . . I 1." .- !' i " " !. t Schooliineil. This work 1 btaiiicd bim the titlo of " flic Master of the Sentences," Both lie iinl Hugh do Sh, Victorie lived in) the pri ceding ctu- tury. i he rest are old Latm, authors. Remarnabh Trout Old Izank WaU tuns iIatin.r IvnVinrr siiCrepdeil Id ri'ust ........w R ....... ... other fieltE sports, it may not he unsea I !1 sonable "tiawjto give the lollowing in stance of tne size to wliith trout may at ; ! l-,: tain, 'andf. which 'may- bp interesting at once to the! naturalist and spdrfsman. J.ake trout are kno,wn t reach an enor mous fiz, and those in oar W elsh rivers to growjabove.a poubd yearly ; but I had listened rather incredulously; to an account of one ! of fourteen pountls. caugui ftuuie iiuir t;o , 111 tue j names, until 1 lately became, acquainted with this fact, A vvell-knoww artil and vior ih brother of the'angle who has a lo e ly villa at Cla' erton,1 near Bath, several years agjo placed twolstiiall trout (one of each sex) in a separate; part of ft stream Running thrdugh liis grounds : af ter attaining to three fiound ueiht,:tho female grew about two pounds and a quarter (yearly. At ! the! end til nine vt ars. sli0 had" reBched tle great weight ef fogrteren' ptiunda a nd, three quarters then giving bops of exceeding twenty pounds at least; ! hut alas! "all that's bright must fade!, tlie rbidnight attenipta of some bipnd shark to poach this jewel pf fine ivater, injured hef so murh that she vv&s killed (as" Padv! would pay) t.o save her -life. Both rfrale and female at this period were abort? thirty-six inches1 in length ; but although faring equally sumptuously upon gudgeons,;1 the poor! frentlem'an onlv arrived fatseven pounds weight. These trout; were veiytame;v coming to be fed morning and evening; were fr jqudhtlyj taken ont to be weiob4 ed i iW'.uld seize! a- rat. thrown into the -ivattfr; und the female well deserved .04 Connel 's elescrption of Cobbett-r-Ao waslcenainly altogethe j"a splendid an itnal." The above fact,! well know n at Bath, isi perhaps, aftifr all, more curious thart useful. as I tntch ih ubt any trottt being a's good after two! pounds weight as befoire, however much it is true that-, thelgenuine and disinterested sportsman tnav hUe gratntt r coi, quest. vyt' "' ;,."; :V I 7 1; r. .1 i 1 11 -A f, i - -st !'1 1 : i : I I-.-' I t . 1 TV
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