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Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
¦ of fortune most of his performances were written ; and , even under these disadvantages , his two comedies of " False Delicacy" and " The School for Wives , " are well entitled to the merit of stock p ieces , and as such we wonder why they are not oftener represented . His reputation as an Author was so high , after the success of __ " False Delicacy" that he . be considered as ohe of the first wlip raised
, may the copy-money of plays , which before stood at about sixty pounds to one hundred , one hundred and twenty , and- sometimes one hundred and fifty- ; nay , he himself is said- to have received two hundred pounds for the tragedy of " Clementina . " His prose works were held in
equal estimation , of which the following instance is a proof : ¦ The late Alderman Beckford , when Lord Mayor , happened to speak of Kell y rather disrepectfully in some company , as a Poet and an Irishman : the touching upon either character at that-time was sufficient to rouse our Author's feelings , who upon any opportune occasion had no disinclination to come before the public . He , therefore , instantlsat down to write Beckford a letterwhereinwith some point on
y , , the heinous charges exhibited against- him , he' rallied that Magistrate pretty freely . For the copy-money of this letter ( though the whole did . not make above a sheet ) - he refused six guineas ; and , because he could not get ten , published it in the newspapers gratis . In short , Kelly had talents enough to keep his literary fame alive whilst he himself lived , and had his education been better , and fortune
easier , so as to have enabled him to select and polish his works , his genius was such as probably might have given his name a niche amongst the first dramatic poets of this country . ¦
Plan Of Education.
PLAN OF EDUCATION .
BY DR . CHAPMAN .
[ Continuedfrom Page 133 . J Culture of the mind from ten to fourteen or ffteen years of age . IN this period , as the body , approaching towards maturity , is capable of more vigorous efforts ; so the mind , unfolding itself by an ampler display of its powersbecomes more susceptible of a more
ex-, tensive culture . Children , as yet void of . cares , and undisturbed by the more troublesome passions , have likewise :, more leisure in this delightful ' season to lay up . a stock of provisions for the succeeding stages of life . This stock will not lie in coffers , which may be stolen , nor in granaries , which may be consumed ; but in their limbs , in their heads , in themselves . This then is the proper time for instruction and
study , as well as for labour and exercise . In their studies they will need " much to . be directed ; for there are some branches of knowledge which have little influence on practice , and others which require a more enlarged understanding than can be expected in children . Both . Voi . ' , II . ' "" . Q-d "
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Anecdotes Of The Late Hugh Kelly.
¦ of fortune most of his performances were written ; and , even under these disadvantages , his two comedies of " False Delicacy" and " The School for Wives , " are well entitled to the merit of stock p ieces , and as such we wonder why they are not oftener represented . His reputation as an Author was so high , after the success of __ " False Delicacy" that he . be considered as ohe of the first wlip raised
, may the copy-money of plays , which before stood at about sixty pounds to one hundred , one hundred and twenty , and- sometimes one hundred and fifty- ; nay , he himself is said- to have received two hundred pounds for the tragedy of " Clementina . " His prose works were held in
equal estimation , of which the following instance is a proof : ¦ The late Alderman Beckford , when Lord Mayor , happened to speak of Kell y rather disrepectfully in some company , as a Poet and an Irishman : the touching upon either character at that-time was sufficient to rouse our Author's feelings , who upon any opportune occasion had no disinclination to come before the public . He , therefore , instantlsat down to write Beckford a letterwhereinwith some point on
y , , the heinous charges exhibited against- him , he' rallied that Magistrate pretty freely . For the copy-money of this letter ( though the whole did . not make above a sheet ) - he refused six guineas ; and , because he could not get ten , published it in the newspapers gratis . In short , Kelly had talents enough to keep his literary fame alive whilst he himself lived , and had his education been better , and fortune
easier , so as to have enabled him to select and polish his works , his genius was such as probably might have given his name a niche amongst the first dramatic poets of this country . ¦
Plan Of Education.
PLAN OF EDUCATION .
BY DR . CHAPMAN .
[ Continuedfrom Page 133 . J Culture of the mind from ten to fourteen or ffteen years of age . IN this period , as the body , approaching towards maturity , is capable of more vigorous efforts ; so the mind , unfolding itself by an ampler display of its powersbecomes more susceptible of a more
ex-, tensive culture . Children , as yet void of . cares , and undisturbed by the more troublesome passions , have likewise :, more leisure in this delightful ' season to lay up . a stock of provisions for the succeeding stages of life . This stock will not lie in coffers , which may be stolen , nor in granaries , which may be consumed ; but in their limbs , in their heads , in themselves . This then is the proper time for instruction and
study , as well as for labour and exercise . In their studies they will need " much to . be directed ; for there are some branches of knowledge which have little influence on practice , and others which require a more enlarged understanding than can be expected in children . Both . Voi . ' , II . ' "" . Q-d "