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I soon found that to recommend resignation to Mr. Stanton would
have no effect, unless it was to incur further his displeasure;
and, therefore, did not directly suggest it to him. I explained to
him, however, the course I supposed he would pursue, and what I
expected to do in that case, namely, to notify the President... |
As to the Secretary of War, his office is twofold. As a Cabinet
officer he should not be there without your hearty, cheerful
assent, and I believe that is the judgment and opinion of every
fair-minded man. As the holder of a civil office, having the
supervision of moneys appropriated by Congress and of contracts for
... |
DEAR GENERAL: Last evening, just before leaving my office, I
received your note of the 10th, and had intended answering it
according to your request; but, after I got home, I got your
dispatch of yesterday, announcing that the order I dreaded so much
was issued. I never felt so troubled in my life. Were it an order
t... |
On that same 19th of February he appointed Adjutant, General
Lorenzo Thomas to be Secretary of War ad interim, which finally
resulted in the articles of impeachment and trial of President
Johnson before the Senate. I was a witness on that trial, but of
course the lawyers would not allow me to express any opinion of th... |
The peace, or "Quaker" policy, of which so much has been said,
originated about thus: By the act of Congress, approved March
3,1869, the forty-five regiments of infantry were reduced to
twenty-five, and provision was made for the "muster out" of many of
the surplus officers, and for retaining others to be absorbed by
t... |
Prior to General Grant's inauguration the army register showed as
major-generals Halleck, Meade, Sheridan, Thomas, and Hancock.
Therefore, the promotion of General Sheridan to be lieutenant-
general did not "overslaugh" Thomas, but it did Meade and Halleck.
The latter did not expect promotion; General Meade did, but wa... |
The army then had one constitutional commander-in-chief of both
army and navy, and one actual commanding general, bringing all
parts into real harmony. An army to be useful must be a unit, and
out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but
doubtless spoken before the days of Alexander, that an army with... |
I am aware that subsequently, in his orders of March 26th, he
modified his former orders of March 5th, but only as to the heads
of bureaus in Washington, who have, he told me, certain functions
of office imposed on them by special laws of Congress, which laws,
of course, override all orders and regulations, but I did n... |
DEAR GENERAL: I have received your most acceptable letter of August
18th, and assure you that I am perfectly willing to abide by any
decision you may make. We had a most enthusiastic meeting at Des
Moines, and General Bellknap gave us a fine, finished address. I
have concluded to go over to San Francisco to attend th... |
Our daughter Minnie was married October 1, 1874, to Thomas W.
Fitch, United States Navy, and we all forthwith packed up and
regained our own house at St. Louis, taking an office on the corner
of Tenth and Locust Streets. The only staff I brought with me were
the aides allowed by law, and, though we went through the fo... |
And yet again would it be a pleasant task to recall the many
banquets and feasts of the various associations of officers and
soldiers, who had fought the good battles of the civil war, in
which I shared as a guest or host, when we could indulge in a
reasonable amount of glorification at deeds done and recorded, with
wi... |
By and with the consent of the President, as contained in General
Orders No. 71, of October 13, 1883, the undersigned relinquishes
command of the Army of the United States.In thus severing relations which have hitherto existed between us,
he thanks all officers and men for their fidelity to the high trust
imposed on th... |
Produced by Susan Skinner, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.netTHE PROVERBS OF SCOTLAND."I am of opinion, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "that there is no
proverb which is not true, because they are all sentences drawn from
experience itself, the mother of all the sc... |
A bark frae a teethless dog is as gude as a bite.A bauld fae is better than a cowardly friend.A bawbee cat may look at a king.A beggar's wallet is a mile to the bottom.Because it generally contrives to contain all he gets."A begun turn is half ended," quo' the wife when she stuck the graip in
the midden.A jocular begin... |
A fey man and a cursour fearna the deil.Meaning literally, that a predestined man and a war-horse (or
stallion, as the word "cursour" more immediately implies) fear not
the devil.Affront your friend in daffin', and tine him in earnest.Affront him not in jest, lest you lose him in earnest.A fidging mare should b... |
A' his buz shakes nae barley.All his talking does no good, or, _vice versa_, all his stormy
temper does no harm.A hook is weel tint to catch a salmon."Throw sprats to catch whales."--_Spanish._A horn spoon hauds nae poison.The humble rank indicated by the horn spoon is one in which
simplicity and contentment ar... |
A man that is destitute must exert himself.An auld dog bites sicker.An auld horse may dee ere the grass grow."While the grass is growing the steed is starving."--_German._An auld knave's nae bairn."An old fox needs learn no new tricks."--_English._An auld man's a bedfu' o' banes.An auld mason maks a gude barrowman.An a... |
A scabbed horse is gude enough for a sca'd squire.A sca'ded cat dreads cauld water.As canker'd as a cow wi' ae horn."As proud as a hen with one chick."--_English._A scar'd head is eith to bleed.A scar'd head is soon broken.A reputation already questionable is easily lost altogether.As coarse as Nancie's harn sark,--thr... |
As weel be hang'd for a sheep as a lamb.As weel be sune as syne.Used as a suggestion that a thing had better be done at present than
put off till a future time, or _vice versa_. "Ae wise body's eneugh
in the married state. But if your heart's ower fu', take what siller
will serve ye, and let it be when ye c... |
"An encouragement to care, caution, and foresight, and especially
not to leave your cloak, be the weather e'er so
encouraging."--_Kelly._"Chiels carry cloaks, when 'tis clear,
The fool when 'tis foul has nane to wear."--_Ramsay._A wise man gets learning frae them that hae nane o' their ain.A wise man wave... |
Better be sonsy than soon up.Better be the head o' the commons than the tail o' the gentry."To reign is worth ambition, though in hell;
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."--_Milton._Better be the lucky man than the lucky man's son.Better bow to my faes than beg frae my friends.Better buy than borrow.Be... |
Birk will burn be it burn drawn; sauch will sab if it were simmer sawn.Literally, wood will burn even if drawn through water, and the
willow will droop if sown out of season. Figuratively, natural will
and inclination will predominate and exhibit themselves, although
submitted to the most antagonistic influ... |
Charge nae mair shot than the piece 'll bear.Charity begins at hame, but shouldna end there.Cheatery game will aye kythe."Kythe," to appear. That is, cheatery or evil-doing will almost
invariably come to light. A qualified version of the English saying,
"Murder will out."Choose your wife on Saturday, not on Sun... |
A compliment, meaning that a person is so shrewd that no less a
person than his Satanic majesty can deceive him.Deil be in the pock that ye cam in.Deil mend ye if your leg were broken.The two last sayings are directly opposed to the preceding one, as
they wish all manner of evil to the agencies that bring any
... |
"It may be mentioned that this is only the opinion which the people
of Dunse entertain of the town, as their neighbours, in general,
scout the idea with great indignation."--_Robert Chambers._ There
are several local additions to this saying, such as "Dunse dings a'
for braw lads and drucken wives;" "fo... |
Certain things can only be used for certain purposes.Every man's tale's gude till anither's tauld.Every man thinks his ain craw blackest."Every man to his ain trade," quo' the browster to the bishop.Every man to his taste, as the man said when he kiss'd his cow.Every maybe hath a may not be.Every miller wad weise the w... |
Folk should never ask for mair than they can make a good use o'.Follow love and it will flee thee: flee love and it will follow thee.Folly is a bonnie dog, but a bad ane.Fools and bairns shouldna see half-dune wark.Fools are aye fond o' flittin', and wise men o' sittin'.Fools are aye fortunate.Fools are aye seeing ferl... |
Meaning, that while enforcing discipline we should do so with
firmness, and relax it freely when occasion requires.Glasgow for bells, Lithgow for wells, Falkirk for beans and pease.Glasgow people, Greenock folk, and Paisley bodies."These words imply gradations of dignity, the Paisley bodies being
(how far deser... |
Happy the man that belongs to nae party, but sits in his ain house, and
looks at Benarty."Sir Michael Malcolm, of Loch Ore, an eccentric baronet, pronounced
this oracular couplet in his old age, when troubled with the talk of
the French Revolution. As a picture of meditative serenity and
neutrality, it seem... |
Sarcastically applied to those who claim to have executed
extraordinary deeds.He has drowned the miller.Meaning that in mixing liquids, as in mixing toddy, too much water
has been added. The English say, "He has put the miller's eye out."He has faut o' a wife that marries mam's pet.He has feathered his nest, he... |
"He'll appear without disguise; he'll be known for the man he
is."--_Jamieson._He'll lick the white frae your e'en."This phrase is always applied when people, with pretence of
friendship, do you an ill turn, as one licking a mote out of your
eye makes it blood shot."--_Allan Ramsay._He'll mak a spune or spo... |
To "steal from the church to roof the choir," is "to rob Peter to
pay Paul."He rides on the riggin' o't.That is, he goes to a very great extreme.He rides sicker that never fa's.He rides well that never falls: he is a perfect man who never errs.He rules easier wi' a saugh wand than wi' a sharp brand.He's aftener the... |
He's John Tamson's man."'Atweel, Cuddie, ye are gaun nae sic gate,' said Jenny, coolly and
resolutely. 'The deil's in the wife!' said Cuddie, 'd'ye think I am
to be John Tamson's man, and maistered by women a' the days o' my
life?' 'And whase man wad ye be? And wha wad ye hae to maister ye
but me, Cuddi... |
"Get a large sheet of paper, man, and make a new pen, with a sharp
neb, and a fine hair-stroke. Do not slit the quill up too high, it's
a wastrife course in your trade, Andrew. They that do not mind corn
pickles never come to forpits. I have known a learned man write a
thousand pages with one quill."--_... |
That is, vents himself in abuse without looking into the details of
the case.He that's aught the cow gangs nearest the tail.He that has most interest in an undertaking or property is willing
to run a greater risk than he that has none.He that says what he likes will hear what he doesna like.He that's born to a ... |
He wha marries a maiden marries a pockfu' o' pleasure; he wha marries a
widow marries a pockfu' o' _pleas_-sure."These two are always joined together, and are a dissuasive from
marrying a widow, because she is often involved in law
suits."--_Kelly._He wha marries for love without money, hath merry nights and so... |
If a' thing's true, _that's_ nae lee.A saying expressive of unbelief of some improbable story.If a' things were to be done twice, ilka ane wad be wise.If a' your hums and haws were hams and haggises, the parish needna fear
a dearth."To 'Hum and Haw,' to dally or trifle with one about any business by
indefinite and ... |
Said by a person who has been reduced either in circumstances, or in
the possession of a particular article, signifying that even the
little that was left had been allowed either by carelessness or
accident to slip through his fingers.I had nae mind that I was married, my bridal was sae feckless.Meaning tha... |
I'll learn you to lick, for suppin's dear.Ill-less, gude-less, like the priests' holy water.I'll mak a shift, as Macwhid did wi' the preachin'."Macwhid was a knowing countryman, and a great stickler for the king
and the church. At the Restoration, clergymen being scarce, he was
asked if he thought he could prea... |
This saying has nothing to recommend it but its antiquity. It
expresses the reluctance of a convivial party to break up."'Hout, awa, Inverashalloch,' said Galbraith;--'Mind the auld saw,
man--It's a bauld moon, quo' Bennygask--Anither pint, quo'
Lesley;--we'll no start for anither chappin.'"--_Rob Roy._It's... |
"It's gude to be merry and wise," quo' the miller when he mouter'd
twice.The miller must have been more rogue than fool when he thus took
advantage of his customers, for to "mouter," as he did, is to take
the fees twice over.It's gude to be out o' harm's gate.It's gude to be sib to siller.To be "sib to siller,"... |
Orders from those in authority, no matter how ridiculous or
unreasonable, must be obeyed. "There's nae bailie-courts among
them.... But it's just the laird's command, and the loon maun loup;
and the never anither law hae they but the length o' their
dirks."--_Rob Roy._It's the life o' an auld hat to be ... |
Katie Sweerock, frae where she sat, cried, "Reik me this, and reik me
that.""Applied to lazy people, who ask others to do this or that for them
which they ought to do for themselves."--_Kelly._Keek in the stoup was ne'er a gude fellow."Spoken when one peeps into the pot to see if the liquor be out;
whereas a jo... |
"'The japanned tea-caddie, Hannah--the best bohea--bid Tib kindle a
spark of fire--the morning's damp--draw in the giggling faces of ye,
ye d--d idle scoundrels, or laugh at your ain toom pouches--it will
be lang or your weel-doing fill them.' This was spoken, as the
honest lawyer himself might have sai... |
"Ratcliffe, speaking apart to Madge, asked her 'whether she did not
remember ony o' her auld sangs?' 'Mony a dainty ane,' said Madge;
'and blithely can I sing them, for lightsome sangs make merry
gate.'"--_Heart of Midlothian._Light suppers mak lang days.Like a sow playing on a trump."Trump," a Jew's harp. ... |
"Hurle-Burle-Swire is a passage through a ridge of mountains that
separate Nithsdale from Twadale and Clydsdale: where the mountains
are so indented one with another that there is a perpetual blowing.
The meaning is that they who are at ease know little of the trouble
that others are exposed to."--_Kell... |
Maun-do is a fell fallow."Necessity is a hard master."--_German._May-be's are no aye honey bees."An answer to them that say, 'Maybe it will fall out so or
so.'"--_Kelly._May-be's flee na at this time o' the year.Maybe's a big book.Maybe your pat may need my clips.Perhaps some day you will be glad of my assistance, ... |
Muckle mou'd folk are happy at their meat.Muckle musing mars the memory.Muckleness has nae mair, or else a cow could catch a hare.Muckleness is no manliness.Muckle pleasure, some pain.Muckle power maks mony faes.Muckle skaith comes to the shae before the heat comes to the tae.Muckle spoken, part spilt.So much was said ... |
This fact is so well ascertained that there is another to the same
effect. "Farthest frae the kirk aye soonest at it;" and the English
are of a similar opinion, for Spenser writes:"At kirke the narre from God more farre,
Has been an old sayed sawe."Necessity has nae law.Necessity's the mither o' invention... |
O' a' little tak a little; when there's nought tak a'.O' a' meat i' the warld the drink gaes best down.O' a' sorrow, a fu' sorrow's the best."Spoken when friends die and leave good legacies."--_Kelly._O' a' the months o' the year curse a fair Februar.O' bairns' gifts ne'er be fain; nae sooner they gie than they tak it
... |
We are unable to make much either of this proverb or of Kelly's note
to it--"An ironical expression to a mean boy who would gladly be
esteemed."Pride and grace ne'er dwell in ae place.Pride an' sweer'dness need muckle uphaudin."Sweer'd," lazy or unwilling. Pride and laziness require much to
support them.Pri... |
Scorn comes wi' skaith.Scornfu' dogs eat dirty puddin's."'Hout, fye--hout, fye--all nonsense and pride,' said the Laird of
Summertrees, 'scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings, cousin Crosbie.
Ye little ken what some of your friends were obliged to do yon time
for a sowp of brose or a bit of bannock.'"--_Red... |
"Tweed said to Till,
'What gars ye rin sae still?'
Till said to Tweed,
'Though ye rin sae wi' speed,
And I rin slaw,
Where ye drown ae man,
I drown twa.'"--_Berwickshire Rhyme._Sober, neighbour! The night's but young yet.A remonstrance with a person who is doing a thing too hurriedly... |
"I went once to a conventicle on a mountain side, in company of a
very sage intelligent gentleman, who, seeing the preacher want two
joints of each ring finger, having a nail upon the third, he
immediately took horse and rode away. I asked him what ailed him? He
said, 'God had set a mark upon that man, ... |
"To come back toom-tail is to go away with a load and come back
empty."--_Jamieson._The proverb is applied to those who accomplish more than their
errand.The cat kens whase lips she licks.The cat's oot o' the pock.The cause is gude, and the word's "fa' tae."A profane grace of hungry persons who sit down to a go... |
The lass that lightlies may lament.To "lightlie" is to despise or treat with contempt.The lazy lad maks a stark auld man.The lean dog is a' fleas.The leeful man is the beggar's brither.The less debt the mair dainties."The less I lee."This is merely a phrase, but a very expressive one. It implies
emphatically that "... |
There's as mony Johnstones as Jardines.Meaning that there are as many on the one side as there are on the
other; that the chances are equal.There's a storm in somebody's nose, licht where it like.Spoken when we see a person angry, and about to break into a
passion.There's a time to gley and a time to look strau... |
"Spoken when a thing, commendable for its kind, is found fault with
for its quantity."--_Kelly._There's the end o' an auld sang.Or, all the information I can give you.There's tricks in a' trades but honest horse-couping.There's twa enoughs, and ye hae got ane o' them."That is, big enough and little enough; meaning ... |
They're a' gude that gies.They're a' gude that's far awa.They're a' tarr'd wi' ae stick."'For my part,' said Macwheeble, 'I never wish to see a kilt in the
country again, nor a red coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it
were to shoot a paitrick. They're a' tarr'd wi' ae
stick.'"--_Waverley._They're aye... |
Twa fools in ae house are a pair ower mony.Twa gudes seldom meet--what's gude for the plant is ill for the peat.Twa hands may do in ae dish, but ne'er in ae purse."Twa heads are better than ane," as the wife said when she and her dog
gaed to the market.Twa heads are better than ane, though they're but sheep's anes.Spok... |
In addition to the fabulous illustration of the mice and the cat,
this proverb has also an historical fact attached to it, which is
well known in Scotland. The Scottish nobles of the time of James the
Third proposed to meet at Stirling in a body, and take Spence, the
king's favourite, and hang him. At a... |
"Wi' spirit bauld they work, I trow,
And mony a strange tale they tell now,
Of ilka thing that's braw or new,
They never fag;
Auld proverb says, 'When wames are fu'
The tongues maun wag.'"--_The Har'st Rig._When the will's ready the feet's light.When... |
"'To fike,' to dally about a business; to lose time by
procrastination while appearing to be busy."--_Jamieson._Ye gae far about seeking the nearest.Ye gang round by Lanark for fear Linton dogs bite you.Ye gae gude counsel, but he's a fool that taks 't.Ye glower like a cat oot o' a whinbush.Ye got ower muckle o' yo... |
Ye'll let naething tine for want o' seeking.Yellow's forsaken, and green's forsworn, but blue and red ought to be
worn.In allusion to the superstitious notions formerly held regarding
these colours.Ye'll ne'er be auld wi' sae muckle honesty.Ye'll ne'er cast saut on his tail.Ye'll ne'er craw in my cavie.This means t... |
Ye're gude to fetch the deil a priest.The two last sayings are applied to persons who take a long time to
do anything about which they are sent.Ye're like a bad liver--the last day there's aye maist to do wi' ye.Ye're like a hen on a het girdle.Ye're like an ill shilling--ye'll come back again.Jocularly addressed t... |
Ye tak but a foal's share o' the harrow.Ye tak the first word o' flyting."'Wheelie, I'll be as plain as I'm pleasant--mind you're no to
expect me to dance with you.' 'It's verra weel o' you, Miss Mary,'
replied Andrew pawkily, 'to tak the first word o' flyting; but ye
should first ken whether ye're come up ... |
_Bodle_, an ancient Scottish coin, value one-sixth of the English penny._Bogle_, bugbear, an object of terror._Bonnie_, _bonny_, pretty, beautiful, handsome, good-looking._Bonoch_, a cake or _bannock_._Bore_, a hole._Bouk_, bulk, compass._Bourd_, a jest, to jest._Bourdna_, do not jest._Bowrock_, cluster, heap, clump._B... |
_Fallow_, fellow._Fand_, found._Farden_, a farthing._Fash_, trouble, annoyance, to vex._Fashery_, trouble, vexation._Fashious_, troublesome._Faugh_, fallow land._Fauld_, to fold, embrace; a sheepfold._Fause_, false._Fausehood_, falsehood._Faut_, fault._Fazart_, a coward, dastard._Fearsome_, fearful, awful._Februar_, Fe... |
_Kirtle_, a petticoat, a short-gown._Kist_, a chest, a coffin._Kith_, acquaintance._Kittle_, to tickle; ticklish, difficult._Kittlen_, a kitten._Knibblich_, a small stone._Knowe_, a hillock._Kyte_, the belly._Kythe_, to appear._Lack_, to depreciate, discommend._Laddie_, diminutive of lad._Lade_, a load, laden._Laigh_, ... |
_Sang_, a song._Sap_, a sop._Sark_, a shirt._Sauch_, _saugh_, a willow-tree._Saucht_, peace, ease._Saunt_, a saint._Saut_, salt._Saw_, a proverb, an old saying; salve, plaster._Sawn_, sown._Sax_, six._Sca'd_, scabbed, scared._Scambler_, "a bold intruder upon one's generosity at table."_Scant_, scarcity, want._Scart_, a... |
_Wha_, who, who?_Whalp_, a whelp._Whang_, a thong, a large slice._Whase_, whose._Whaup_, a curlew._Whaur_, where._Wheen_, a number._Whilk_, which._Whilliwha_, to cheat, to influence, to cozen._Whinger_, "a short hanger, used as a knife at meals, and as a sword in
broils."_Whins_, furze._Whisquer_, windy, blustering._Wh... |
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Like old Lear, Sophocles was cursed with ungrateful children.
Shakspeare's imagination went no further than TWO ungrateful daughters:
Sophocles had in reality _four sons_, all as ungrateful as those
monsters of Shakspeare's brain. The extreme age and bodily infirmities
of their venerable parent, having for sometime inf... |
Of seventy-five tragedies which this admirable poet wrote and had
represented, nineteen only are in existence. The best of those are his
PHŒNISSÆ, his ORESTES, MEDEA, ANDROMACHE, ELECTRA, IPHIGENIA IN AULIS,
IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS, HERCULES, and the TROADES.Euripides is particularly happy in expressing the passion of love... |
It would be unpardonable to omit in this part of the history the
circumstance of Dionysius, the horrible tyrant of Syracuse, having been
a candidate for fame in dramatic poetry. Though utterly destitute of
poetical talents, or of any means of obtaining approbation for his
writings, save only that of extorting it by ter... |
While the boy was drinking in, with rapture, the applause bestowed upon
his musical talents, his master earnestly deprecated, and violently
opposed the cultivation of them. In the contentions between this
applause and that opposition--between the charming flattery of the one,
and the mortifying severity of the other, t... |
when a noise was heard at the door of a passage that led to the cellar,
as if it were a person pushing against it. Interrupted thus
unseasonably, master Mungo, in apparent panic, suddenly ceased to sing.
"What do you stop for?" said John. "Didst thou not hear a noise?" said
the other, assuming the tone, and perhaps fee... |
"Yes--value sixpence, one of those they sell at fairs. I had bought it
about half a year before--put a nice green riband to it, and a twopenny
key.--This it was that got me the silver seal, and I'll tell you how.
The Sunday after I bought it, I stood in the aisle of the church, looked
at the great clock, and pompously ... |
From all this I would infer, that let our conception of what we are to
speak be ever so just, and the ear ever so true, yet, when we are to
deliver it to an audience (I will leave fear out of the question) there
must go along with the whole a natural freedom and becoming grace, which
is easier to conceive than to descr... |
I have always considered those combinations which are formed in the
playhouse as acts of fraud or cruelty. He that applauds him who does not
deserve praise, is endeavouring to deceive the public. He that hisses in
malice or in sport is an oppressor and a robber._Dr. Johnson's Idler, No. 25.__Master Payne's performances... |
Hardly have our nerves ceased to vibrate, and our hearts to leap in
consequence of perhaps a series of electrical strokes of irresistible
effect and beauty, when our patience is put to trial by some defect, or
our feelings left to grow cold and languid for want of an appropriate
continuous excitement. To walk step by s... |
Hear then. 'Tis twice three years since that great man,
(_Great let me call him for he conquered me_)
Made me the captive of his arm in fight.The loftiness of the Moor's nature, and his conscious pride were by the
peculiar delivery of the second line, as perfectly unfolded as they
could be by volumes. Again:One day... |
At that moment the door opened and Macbeth appeared, a frightful figure
of horror, rushing out sideways with one dagger, and his face in
consternation, presented to the door, as if he were pursued, and the
other dagger lifted up as if prepared for action. Thus he stood as if
transfixed, seeming insensible to every thin... |
In Don Felix, Belcour, Charles Surface, and characters of that cast, he
stands conspicuous for ease, elegant hilarity, gayety of manners, and
vivacity of action. In tragic characters, not only in the fiery, the
impassioned, and the grand, but in those of pomp and solemnity, he is
said to be original, great, and strikin... |
From some English papers now in our possession, we find that the fame of
this young gentleman has already reached Europe; in such sort too, as in
all probability will ensure him a very favourable reception there, if he
should be disposed to try the experiment. Even at this time, the
intercourse between the two countrie... |
The knight now, his helmet on,
The spear and falchion handles;
But knights _then_, as thick as hops,
In bushy bobs shall keep their shops,
And deal, good lack! in figs and tripe,
And soap, and tallow candles.The ghost now enters, and retreats like _lord Burleigh_, in the
_critic_._Bernardo._ See, it _stalks_ ... |
A German gentleman of the name of Goede, after having travelled in
different parts of the world, arrived in England in 1802, where he
resided for two years. On his return to Germany, he communicated his
observations to his countrymen in five volumes, from which translations
have been made and given to the world under t... |
_C. M._ I come to seek some high and gifted bard,
Whose fiery genius with just judgment temper'd,
May vindicate my rights; and with strong satire
Whip the vile ignorant triflers from the stage._P._ What! is there none alive of power sufficient?
Lives not the attic wit of Sheridan?_C. M._ He lives: but, oh, disg... |
[Footnote 16: Fletcher is an amiable writer; but the general
effect of his tragedies appears to me languid. His comedies,
however, are exceedingly entertaining.][Footnote 17: Jonson's genius and learning shine to advantage in
his Volpone, Alchymist, Silent Woman, and Every Man in his Humour.
It is to be... |
Gay pleasures dance where'er her footsteps bend,
And smiles and rapture round the fair attend:
Wit forms her speech, and wisdom fills her mind,
And sight and soul in her their object find.Her pearly teeth, in beauteous order plac'd;
Her neck with bright, and curling tresses grac'd.
But ah, so fair!--in wit an... |
On a general view of the national utility resulting from this modern
amusement, it appears admirably well calculated for the exercise of the
legs of our nobility, gentry, and merchants, and may operate as an
efficacious remedy for indolence, _alias_ laziness. It will also be
conducive to the benefit of those ingenious ... |
Mr. Lewis, the player, on his late retirement from the stage,
reminded the public that he had been six and thirty years playing to
them, and had never once received the slightest disapprobation. Had
a fragment of the ignorant mob of London been permitted to rule the
theatre he would have been hissed a thousand ... |
P
Payne, American young Roscius, criticised on, 141, 220, 241
----, see actors
Pedestrianism, humorous essay on, 262
Players celebrated compared with celebrated painters, 387
Plays, names of, attached to each No.
Foundling of the Forest, No. I
Man and Wife, No. II
Venoni, No. III
New Way to pa... |
_Carlo._ That I'll do with all my heart, master steward, and I'll make
what speed I can._Ben._ Oh, I'm not at all impatient; I assure you, I can wait very
contentedly for your return: so pray dont hurry yourself; only my dear
good fellow, do just make as much haste as you can.[Exit _Carlo_._Ben._ Bless my heart! what a... |
_Vice._ Benedetto, he shall not long remain there. My sister's
afflictions claim my first visit; but that duty paid, I'll hasten to St.
Mark's, dissipate the illusions by which Venoni's judgment is obscured,
and tell him plainly that the man commits a crime, who is virtuous like
him, and denies mankind the use and exam... |
_Ben._ Ay, ay! good luck to you! and now I'll seek my lord with this
letter. So, so, my reverend father Cœlestino!-- a convent of nuns under
your direction! only separated by a party-wall!-- ha, ha! that looks to
me very much as if-- hush, hush, signor Benedetto! what you are saying
is not quite so charitable as it sho... |
_Venoni._ The voice of religion! no, father, no! the voice which has
called me, is the voice of despair, my friends. I have lost every thing,
every thing! and what then have I to do with the world? they who would
serve their country, must possess strength of mind and health of body:
mine have both yielded to the pressu... |
SCENE I.-- _The gardens of St. Mark-- in the background is a gothic
chapel, to which is a flight of steps; adjoining is the cemetery of
the Ursuline convent, and several tombs are visible through a large
iron gate._[Vespers are performing in the chapel; the last words are chanted,
while the curtain rises-- th... |
_Vice._ You are neither weak nor credulous: vulgar prejudices,
superstitious terrors, enthusiastic dreams have never subjugated a mind
whose innate purity can have left you nothing to fear, and whose genuine
piety must have made you feel, that every thing is yours to hope. Why
then do I find you in this seclusion? what... |
_Vice._ (_embracing him_) Courage, my friend! proceed! dare to become a
man once more, and restore to your native land that most precious
treasure, a virtuous citizen!_Pri._ (_with assumed gentleness_) I have no more to say: since such is
your choice, return to the world, my son; I oppose it no longer.
Undoubtedly you ... |
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