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Article ANECDOTE OF JAMES THE FIRST. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE MAN OF GENIUS. Page 1 of 3 →
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Anecdote Of James The First.
-: J . -yy pedantry . They were infinitely pleased with the joke , and it was a perfect " comedy , till the unlucky knave turned the tables , and came all of a sudden to moralize on-the vanity of honour , wealth ,- and pleasure ; to talk of the insincerity , venality , and corruption of courtiers and servants of the crown ; how intirely they had their own interests
at heart , and how generally their pretended zeal and assiduity were the disguise of falsehood and flattery . This discourse made a change in some of their countenances , and even the real monarch did not relish it altogether : he was afraid it might have some effect on his minions , and lessen the tribute of adulation they were used to offer with great profusionwhen they found how this wag observed and
, animadverted on it . But the monitor-did not stop here , he leveller ! a particular satire at the King , which put an end to the entertainment , and made his Majesty repent of his introducing it , some foreigners of distinction being present ; for it painted him in his true colour , as one that never " loved a wise man , nor rewarded an honest one , " unless they sacrificed to his vanity : while he loaded those ,, who
prostituted themselves to his will , with wealth and honours . For the mimic pointing directly to James ( who here was to personate Ferguson ) , raising his voice , " There , said he , stands a man whom I would have you imitate . The honest creature was the comrade of my childhood , and regards me with a most cordial affection to this very moment ; he has testified his friendship by all the means
in his power ; studying my welfare , guarding me from evil counsellors , prompting me to princely actions , and warning me of every danger ; for all which , however , he never asked me any thing : and by Jove , though I squander thousands upon thousands on several of you , yet in the whole course of my life I never gave him a farthing . " The King , nettled by this sarcasm , cried out to Ferguson , " Augh ! you pawky loun , what wad you be at ? Away , off my thrane , and let ' s hae na' mairof your nainsense . "
The Man Of Genius.
THE MAN OF GENIUS .
A MAN of Genius , whonrwe shall name TOM CYGNET , arriverl in town in a stage coach . I myself saw him ali ght in Gray ' s-Inn Lane . The muse of Mitylene was not more tender than hi ? own ; the song of Musasus not more soft . His friends in the country assured him that the metropolis was the soil for Genius to flourish in ; that every door would fly open to him ; that every person would contend for him . They generously collected money for the
expences of his journey , because they thought they would be the last expences he should ever trouble them with . Tom , who was none of your over-bustling men , reposed that ni ght at the Queen ' s Head ; for as he had his choice of so many good patronages in the metropolis , it would have been idle not to have made his first application to the best—and this required some consideration . He imparted the matter to a plain honest tradesmen whom he eat with in the inn , and the tradesmen told him that his neighbour
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdote Of James The First.
-: J . -yy pedantry . They were infinitely pleased with the joke , and it was a perfect " comedy , till the unlucky knave turned the tables , and came all of a sudden to moralize on-the vanity of honour , wealth ,- and pleasure ; to talk of the insincerity , venality , and corruption of courtiers and servants of the crown ; how intirely they had their own interests
at heart , and how generally their pretended zeal and assiduity were the disguise of falsehood and flattery . This discourse made a change in some of their countenances , and even the real monarch did not relish it altogether : he was afraid it might have some effect on his minions , and lessen the tribute of adulation they were used to offer with great profusionwhen they found how this wag observed and
, animadverted on it . But the monitor-did not stop here , he leveller ! a particular satire at the King , which put an end to the entertainment , and made his Majesty repent of his introducing it , some foreigners of distinction being present ; for it painted him in his true colour , as one that never " loved a wise man , nor rewarded an honest one , " unless they sacrificed to his vanity : while he loaded those ,, who
prostituted themselves to his will , with wealth and honours . For the mimic pointing directly to James ( who here was to personate Ferguson ) , raising his voice , " There , said he , stands a man whom I would have you imitate . The honest creature was the comrade of my childhood , and regards me with a most cordial affection to this very moment ; he has testified his friendship by all the means
in his power ; studying my welfare , guarding me from evil counsellors , prompting me to princely actions , and warning me of every danger ; for all which , however , he never asked me any thing : and by Jove , though I squander thousands upon thousands on several of you , yet in the whole course of my life I never gave him a farthing . " The King , nettled by this sarcasm , cried out to Ferguson , " Augh ! you pawky loun , what wad you be at ? Away , off my thrane , and let ' s hae na' mairof your nainsense . "
The Man Of Genius.
THE MAN OF GENIUS .
A MAN of Genius , whonrwe shall name TOM CYGNET , arriverl in town in a stage coach . I myself saw him ali ght in Gray ' s-Inn Lane . The muse of Mitylene was not more tender than hi ? own ; the song of Musasus not more soft . His friends in the country assured him that the metropolis was the soil for Genius to flourish in ; that every door would fly open to him ; that every person would contend for him . They generously collected money for the
expences of his journey , because they thought they would be the last expences he should ever trouble them with . Tom , who was none of your over-bustling men , reposed that ni ght at the Queen ' s Head ; for as he had his choice of so many good patronages in the metropolis , it would have been idle not to have made his first application to the best—and this required some consideration . He imparted the matter to a plain honest tradesmen whom he eat with in the inn , and the tradesmen told him that his neighbour