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Comments On Sterne.
"" forfeit cratik , a cheater , he is not touched with if , pauper nbiqite jacet , " ride on , he takes no notice of it . Put up a supplication to bin } , in ihe " name of a thousand orphans , an hospital , a spittle . a prison as he goes " by , they cry aid to him for aid : ride on Shew him a decay'd " haven , a bridge , a school , a fortification , S > e . or some public zvork ; " ride on . Good your -worship , your honour , for God ' s sake , your Coun-i " try ' s sake : ride on * . "
This curious copy is followed up in Tristram Shandy by a Chapter , and that a long one , written almost entirely from Burton . 16 is the Consolation of Mr . Shandy on the death of Brother Bobby . " When Agrippina was told of her son ' s death , Tacitns informs " us , that not being able to moderate the violence of her passions , ; " she abruptly broke off her work . " This quotation did not come
to Sterne from Tacitus . " Mezentius would not live after his soM - - - - And Pompey ' s -wife cry'd out at the news of her husband ' s death , Turpe mori post te , & c .- —as Tacitus of Agrippina , not able to moderate her passions . So when she beard her Son tons slain , she abruptl y broke off her work , changed countenance and colour , tore her hair , and fell a roaring downri ght .. " - \ - " Tis either Plato , " says Sterne , " or Plutarch , or Seneca , or " Xenephon , or EpictetuSj or Theophrastus , or Lucian—or some '
" one , perhaps of later date—either Cardan , or BudtEiis , or Pe" trarch , or Stella—or possibly it may be some divine or father of " the Church , St . Austin , or St . Cyprian , or Bernard , who affirm ^ " that it is an irresistible and natural passion , to weep for the loss " of our friends or children—and Seneca , ( I ' m positive ) tells us " somewhere , that such griefs evacuate themselves best by that-par- * " ticular channel . And accordingly - we find that David wept for
, " his son Absalom—Adrian for his AntinousJ—Niobe for her chi-1-" dren—and that Apollodorus and Crito both shed tears for Socrates " before his death . "—This is well rallied , as the following passage will evince ; but Sterne should have considered how much he owed to poor old Burton . " Death and departure of friends are things generally grievous ; Om ~
" nimn quee in vita humana contingunt , luctus atque mors stmt acerbis" sima , [ Cardan , de Consol . lib . 2 . ] the most austere and bitter acci" dents that can happen to a man in this life , in mternum valedicire , to " part for ever , to forsake the world and all our friends , 'tis ultimmn " terribilium , the last and the greatest terrour , most irksome and trou ~ " blesome unto us , & c . —Nay many generous spirits , and grave staid " 'men otherwise , are so tender in this , that at the loss of a dear friend " they will cry out , roar , and tear their hair , lamenting some months "after , bowling 0 hone , as those Irish women , and Greeks at their
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Comments On Sterne.
"" forfeit cratik , a cheater , he is not touched with if , pauper nbiqite jacet , " ride on , he takes no notice of it . Put up a supplication to bin } , in ihe " name of a thousand orphans , an hospital , a spittle . a prison as he goes " by , they cry aid to him for aid : ride on Shew him a decay'd " haven , a bridge , a school , a fortification , S > e . or some public zvork ; " ride on . Good your -worship , your honour , for God ' s sake , your Coun-i " try ' s sake : ride on * . "
This curious copy is followed up in Tristram Shandy by a Chapter , and that a long one , written almost entirely from Burton . 16 is the Consolation of Mr . Shandy on the death of Brother Bobby . " When Agrippina was told of her son ' s death , Tacitns informs " us , that not being able to moderate the violence of her passions , ; " she abruptly broke off her work . " This quotation did not come
to Sterne from Tacitus . " Mezentius would not live after his soM - - - - And Pompey ' s -wife cry'd out at the news of her husband ' s death , Turpe mori post te , & c .- —as Tacitus of Agrippina , not able to moderate her passions . So when she beard her Son tons slain , she abruptl y broke off her work , changed countenance and colour , tore her hair , and fell a roaring downri ght .. " - \ - " Tis either Plato , " says Sterne , " or Plutarch , or Seneca , or " Xenephon , or EpictetuSj or Theophrastus , or Lucian—or some '
" one , perhaps of later date—either Cardan , or BudtEiis , or Pe" trarch , or Stella—or possibly it may be some divine or father of " the Church , St . Austin , or St . Cyprian , or Bernard , who affirm ^ " that it is an irresistible and natural passion , to weep for the loss " of our friends or children—and Seneca , ( I ' m positive ) tells us " somewhere , that such griefs evacuate themselves best by that-par- * " ticular channel . And accordingly - we find that David wept for
, " his son Absalom—Adrian for his AntinousJ—Niobe for her chi-1-" dren—and that Apollodorus and Crito both shed tears for Socrates " before his death . "—This is well rallied , as the following passage will evince ; but Sterne should have considered how much he owed to poor old Burton . " Death and departure of friends are things generally grievous ; Om ~
" nimn quee in vita humana contingunt , luctus atque mors stmt acerbis" sima , [ Cardan , de Consol . lib . 2 . ] the most austere and bitter acci" dents that can happen to a man in this life , in mternum valedicire , to " part for ever , to forsake the world and all our friends , 'tis ultimmn " terribilium , the last and the greatest terrour , most irksome and trou ~ " blesome unto us , & c . —Nay many generous spirits , and grave staid " 'men otherwise , are so tender in this , that at the loss of a dear friend " they will cry out , roar , and tear their hair , lamenting some months "after , bowling 0 hone , as those Irish women , and Greeks at their