-
Articles/Ads
Article MEMOIRS OF THE LATE DR. PAUL HIFFERNAN. ← Page 6 of 8 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of The Late Dr. Paul Hiffernan.
pipe which he smoaked from his mouth , gave a slig ht inclination of the head , and desired him to sit down . He then listened very attentively to the Novice ' s account of himself , his studies , and line of pretensions , but then gave no op inion ; he reserved himself for a private meetino- the next nig ht at the Black Lion Russell-street , or some other favourite ale-house ; and if the candidate , wishing to do a civil thing the Doctor not
by his preceptor , offered to pay the reckoning , was in the least offended , but , on the contrary , considered it as the per , quisite of his own superiority . . . When they met on the next night , the preliminaries of business were opened " , which first began by ' the Doctor explaining his terms , which guinea entranceanother guinea for instructionand two
were a , , guineas more to be paid on his getting an engagement at either of the London Theatres . All this being settled , and the . Doctor having pocketed his first guinea , he began by attentively eyeing the _ height and figure of the performer : and in order to ascertain this with mathematical precision , he pulled out a six-inch rule , which he carried about him on these occasions , and measured him against the wainscot . to be that not
If the candidate happened to be very tall , " sure was so well ; but then Barry was as tali , and nobody objected to his theatrical abiFties . " If he was short , " that was against his being much of a hero ; but then , there was Garrick , whom all the world admired . " He , therefore , penevallv consoled hi : ; pupil , let him be of what size or figure he mig ht be , with the fuperiority which merit has over all external qualifications :, concluding with Churchill upon the same subject .
• " Eefbte such merit all diftinflions fly , Prichard ' s gentci , aril Garrick ' s fix feet high . " In this wretched manner did our Author while away the greater part of a life which , with bec . omir . g industry , and his stores of information , rniffht have been made useful to the world , and respectable to himself . He never , however , wholly gave up the trade of book-making , oriinal matter translation from
every now and ther . producing- some g or the French . In this latter walk we find him employed in the year 17 6 4 , and as the circumstances attending this case go in a great degree to develops : the eccentric character of the man , \ vc shall detail , them at full length . ' Political partiesit iswell rememberedran high much about this ,
, . , time , and much ink was shed upon both sides of the question . In this struggle it was suggested by one of the Pleads of Opposition , that the trar-lltion of a French book called " The Orig in of Despotism , " would not only sell well , but be of use to the party . A bookseller , since dead , '" was spoke to for the purpose of procuring a translator , and . Hiffernan'knowled of French was uncpesUonaolehe was
as s ge , fcvpd upon to be the man . The book was accordingly put into his hands , and in the usual time was finished an . ! prepared for publication . And here it may not be improper to remark en the very material difference there appears to be ' in the flavour and- strength oi political writing then and at this present time . « The Origin of Despotism"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of The Late Dr. Paul Hiffernan.
pipe which he smoaked from his mouth , gave a slig ht inclination of the head , and desired him to sit down . He then listened very attentively to the Novice ' s account of himself , his studies , and line of pretensions , but then gave no op inion ; he reserved himself for a private meetino- the next nig ht at the Black Lion Russell-street , or some other favourite ale-house ; and if the candidate , wishing to do a civil thing the Doctor not
by his preceptor , offered to pay the reckoning , was in the least offended , but , on the contrary , considered it as the per , quisite of his own superiority . . . When they met on the next night , the preliminaries of business were opened " , which first began by ' the Doctor explaining his terms , which guinea entranceanother guinea for instructionand two
were a , , guineas more to be paid on his getting an engagement at either of the London Theatres . All this being settled , and the . Doctor having pocketed his first guinea , he began by attentively eyeing the _ height and figure of the performer : and in order to ascertain this with mathematical precision , he pulled out a six-inch rule , which he carried about him on these occasions , and measured him against the wainscot . to be that not
If the candidate happened to be very tall , " sure was so well ; but then Barry was as tali , and nobody objected to his theatrical abiFties . " If he was short , " that was against his being much of a hero ; but then , there was Garrick , whom all the world admired . " He , therefore , penevallv consoled hi : ; pupil , let him be of what size or figure he mig ht be , with the fuperiority which merit has over all external qualifications :, concluding with Churchill upon the same subject .
• " Eefbte such merit all diftinflions fly , Prichard ' s gentci , aril Garrick ' s fix feet high . " In this wretched manner did our Author while away the greater part of a life which , with bec . omir . g industry , and his stores of information , rniffht have been made useful to the world , and respectable to himself . He never , however , wholly gave up the trade of book-making , oriinal matter translation from
every now and ther . producing- some g or the French . In this latter walk we find him employed in the year 17 6 4 , and as the circumstances attending this case go in a great degree to develops : the eccentric character of the man , \ vc shall detail , them at full length . ' Political partiesit iswell rememberedran high much about this ,
, . , time , and much ink was shed upon both sides of the question . In this struggle it was suggested by one of the Pleads of Opposition , that the trar-lltion of a French book called " The Orig in of Despotism , " would not only sell well , but be of use to the party . A bookseller , since dead , '" was spoke to for the purpose of procuring a translator , and . Hiffernan'knowled of French was uncpesUonaolehe was
as s ge , fcvpd upon to be the man . The book was accordingly put into his hands , and in the usual time was finished an . ! prepared for publication . And here it may not be improper to remark en the very material difference there appears to be ' in the flavour and- strength oi political writing then and at this present time . « The Origin of Despotism"