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Life Of Mr. Garrick.
That Hal , * sivcet-bloodtd Hal , might once a-year , Quit social joys to drop a friendly tear ; That Earle , -f with magic sounds that charm the breast , Should with a requiem teach his soul to rest ; Full charg'd with humour that the sportive Ru ; t % Should fire three vollies o ' er the dust to dust ; That honest Benson \\ ever free and lain
, p . For once should sigh , and wish him back again ; That Hoare § too might complete his glory ' s plan , Point to his grave , and say—I lik'd the man . ' At Christmas , 1778 , he went to visit Lord Spencer at Althorp , in Northamptonshire , during the holidays . He there was taken ill ; but recovered so far that he was removed to town , where growing
worse , he died in a few days afterwards , at his house in the Adelphi , on the 20 th of January ( 779 , at the age of 6 3 years ; leaving behind him the character of a friendly , humane , charitable , and ( notwithstanding many idle reports , we may add ) liberal man ; one who felt for distress , and relieved it ; a chearful companion , a pleasing writer , and the first actor of this or any other age .
Mr . Garrick was the author of several excellent dramatic pieces , besides prologues , epilogues , and miscellaneous poems , which are all too well known to need enumeration .
On The Infelicities Of The Learned.
ON THE INFELICITIES OF THE LEARNED .
[ CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST . ]
THE embarrassments of literary persons , in the line of their calK ing , are so peculiar to themselves , that those who are engaged in other pursuits will g ive credit to them with great difficulty , and when compelled to admit the fact , it is a chance but they will have the cruelty to treat both the unhappy votaries , scholar and his vocation , with haughty contempt . A poor author is an objeft of ridicule , and a rich one of venerationto the same persons .
, A beggarly poet and a ragged philosopher are terms of reproach very commonly to be heard from ' those who will affect to talk of Shakspear with rapture , and of Newton with admiration . Is it then a disgrace to be devoted to the Muses and to Science ? Unfeeling must be the mind , dark and worthless the soul that can treat the rnisery of him who has chosen learning for his pursuit with
, scorn or indifference . It must be confessed , indeed , that when the wretched victim of soaring genius sinks into the world of spirits , those who survive are very inquisitive after the particulars of his life , very pathetic in their expressions on the difficulties which he has suffered , and the fate which has attended him . Perhaps a monument will be subscribed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Life Of Mr. Garrick.
That Hal , * sivcet-bloodtd Hal , might once a-year , Quit social joys to drop a friendly tear ; That Earle , -f with magic sounds that charm the breast , Should with a requiem teach his soul to rest ; Full charg'd with humour that the sportive Ru ; t % Should fire three vollies o ' er the dust to dust ; That honest Benson \\ ever free and lain
, p . For once should sigh , and wish him back again ; That Hoare § too might complete his glory ' s plan , Point to his grave , and say—I lik'd the man . ' At Christmas , 1778 , he went to visit Lord Spencer at Althorp , in Northamptonshire , during the holidays . He there was taken ill ; but recovered so far that he was removed to town , where growing
worse , he died in a few days afterwards , at his house in the Adelphi , on the 20 th of January ( 779 , at the age of 6 3 years ; leaving behind him the character of a friendly , humane , charitable , and ( notwithstanding many idle reports , we may add ) liberal man ; one who felt for distress , and relieved it ; a chearful companion , a pleasing writer , and the first actor of this or any other age .
Mr . Garrick was the author of several excellent dramatic pieces , besides prologues , epilogues , and miscellaneous poems , which are all too well known to need enumeration .
On The Infelicities Of The Learned.
ON THE INFELICITIES OF THE LEARNED .
[ CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST . ]
THE embarrassments of literary persons , in the line of their calK ing , are so peculiar to themselves , that those who are engaged in other pursuits will g ive credit to them with great difficulty , and when compelled to admit the fact , it is a chance but they will have the cruelty to treat both the unhappy votaries , scholar and his vocation , with haughty contempt . A poor author is an objeft of ridicule , and a rich one of venerationto the same persons .
, A beggarly poet and a ragged philosopher are terms of reproach very commonly to be heard from ' those who will affect to talk of Shakspear with rapture , and of Newton with admiration . Is it then a disgrace to be devoted to the Muses and to Science ? Unfeeling must be the mind , dark and worthless the soul that can treat the rnisery of him who has chosen learning for his pursuit with
, scorn or indifference . It must be confessed , indeed , that when the wretched victim of soaring genius sinks into the world of spirits , those who survive are very inquisitive after the particulars of his life , very pathetic in their expressions on the difficulties which he has suffered , and the fate which has attended him . Perhaps a monument will be subscribed