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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library .
argument and the animation of poetry . " The spirited and vigorous mind which this character of the work displays , shews how able Dr . Parr is to decide on the subject ; nor is his candour less to be admired for bearing this liberal testimony in favour of a cotemporary writer . We shall insert one more quotation in favour of our author , because it at once does homage to his geniusand manifests the
esti-, mation in which his private character is held . The following is a passage in a letter from the late Lord Harcourt to our author , which we have seen . The letter is dated , Dublin Castle , 1773 . "Iarn greatly obliged to you for a late instance of your regard and attention , and for the hopes you allow me to entertain of receiving a copy of your last performance . I take a real pleasure in reading your
works , which have every merit to recommend them ; and it' 1 am more than ordinarily fond of thetn , it proceeds from the very sincere esteem which I have for the author . I shall never forget what Her Majesty * so justly observed of your works , " that she was sure the author was a man of worth and merit . " I was struck with the justice and propriety of the observation . " Since the publication of his poems , Mr . Jerningham has been tempted to venture into the dramatic regions . His tragedy of The
Siege of Berwick , is written with great force of language ancl poetical spirit . The characters are well drawn , and the fable is conducted with critical skill . His other dramatic work is a comedy , entitled The Welch Heiress , which exhibits a much greater portion of humour than could be expected from a Muse so plaintive and so elegant as that which inspired the usual productions of our author . This comedy also presents an admirable portrait of the manners of
higher life , in the circles of which the author has indeed been so much confined , that it is no wonder his comedy did not hit the taste of the million , from whom , after the first representation , his ditfidence prompted him to withdraw it . Several of Mr Jerningham ' s . compositions have exercised the talents of the Musician , and others have given scope to the genius of the
Painter , of the skill of the latter a good specimen may be found in Macklin ' s Gallery . It has been the peculiar fortune of our author to possess the friendship of most of the first people in this country as to talents and rank , and , though moving amidst the dissipation of fashionable life , he , has preserved a simplicity in his manners that could hardly be supposed the growth of the present period . What was said of Gay may be properly applied to him :
" Of manners gentle and affections mild . " And to him may be also applied the beautiful lines in which Pope efelebrates his own filial tenderness ; for Mr Jerningham , like his great
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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library .
argument and the animation of poetry . " The spirited and vigorous mind which this character of the work displays , shews how able Dr . Parr is to decide on the subject ; nor is his candour less to be admired for bearing this liberal testimony in favour of a cotemporary writer . We shall insert one more quotation in favour of our author , because it at once does homage to his geniusand manifests the
esti-, mation in which his private character is held . The following is a passage in a letter from the late Lord Harcourt to our author , which we have seen . The letter is dated , Dublin Castle , 1773 . "Iarn greatly obliged to you for a late instance of your regard and attention , and for the hopes you allow me to entertain of receiving a copy of your last performance . I take a real pleasure in reading your
works , which have every merit to recommend them ; and it' 1 am more than ordinarily fond of thetn , it proceeds from the very sincere esteem which I have for the author . I shall never forget what Her Majesty * so justly observed of your works , " that she was sure the author was a man of worth and merit . " I was struck with the justice and propriety of the observation . " Since the publication of his poems , Mr . Jerningham has been tempted to venture into the dramatic regions . His tragedy of The
Siege of Berwick , is written with great force of language ancl poetical spirit . The characters are well drawn , and the fable is conducted with critical skill . His other dramatic work is a comedy , entitled The Welch Heiress , which exhibits a much greater portion of humour than could be expected from a Muse so plaintive and so elegant as that which inspired the usual productions of our author . This comedy also presents an admirable portrait of the manners of
higher life , in the circles of which the author has indeed been so much confined , that it is no wonder his comedy did not hit the taste of the million , from whom , after the first representation , his ditfidence prompted him to withdraw it . Several of Mr Jerningham ' s . compositions have exercised the talents of the Musician , and others have given scope to the genius of the
Painter , of the skill of the latter a good specimen may be found in Macklin ' s Gallery . It has been the peculiar fortune of our author to possess the friendship of most of the first people in this country as to talents and rank , and , though moving amidst the dissipation of fashionable life , he , has preserved a simplicity in his manners that could hardly be supposed the growth of the present period . What was said of Gay may be properly applied to him :
" Of manners gentle and affections mild . " And to him may be also applied the beautiful lines in which Pope efelebrates his own filial tenderness ; for Mr Jerningham , like his great