Straight mine Eye hath caught new Pleasures,Whilst the Landskip round it measures;
Straight mine Eye hath caught new Pleasures,Whilst the Landskip round it measures;
Russet Lawns, and Fallows gray.Where the nibbling flocks do stray;Mountains, on whose barren BreastThe labouring Clouds do often rest;Meadows trim with Daisies pide,Shallow Brooks, and Rivers wide:Towers and Battlements it seesBosom'd high in tufted Trees,Where perhaps some Beauty lies,The Cynosure of neighbouring Eyes.Hard by a Cottage Chimney smokes,From betwixt two aged Oaks.
Russet Lawns, and Fallows gray.Where the nibbling flocks do stray;Mountains, on whose barren BreastThe labouring Clouds do often rest;Meadows trim with Daisies pide,Shallow Brooks, and Rivers wide:Towers and Battlements it seesBosom'd high in tufted Trees,Where perhaps some Beauty lies,The Cynosure of neighbouring Eyes.Hard by a Cottage Chimney smokes,From betwixt two aged Oaks.
Calloph.Can you repeat no more? I could have listened with great Pleasure if you had gone on with the whole Piece. It is quite Nature: That View of an old Castle,bosom'd high in tufted Trees, pleases me exceedingly: And the two following Lines,
Where perhaps some Beauty lies,The Cynosure of neighbouring Eyes,
Where perhaps some Beauty lies,The Cynosure of neighbouring Eyes,
give it an elegant, romantic Air; and add greatly to the Idea before conceived.——But to pursue our former Argument: It must be owned indeed that these Walks want such Openings into the Country as little as any Place can well be imagined to do; yet evenStowitself, I assure you, is much improvedby them. They contrast beautifully with this more polished Nature, and set it off to greater Advantage. After surfeiting itself with the Feast here provided for it, the Eye, by using a little Exercise in travelling about the Country, grows hungry again, and returns to the Entertainment with fresh Appetite. Besides, there is nothing so distasteful to the Eye as a confined Prospect (where the Reasonableness of it does not appear) especially if a dead Wall, or any other such disagreeable Object steps in between. The Eye naturally loves Liberty, and when it is in quest of Prospects, will not rest content with the most beautiful Dispositions of Art, confined within a narrow Compass, but (as soon as the Novelty of the Sight is over) will begin to grow dissatisfied, till the whole Limits of the Horizon be given it to range through.
Polypth.The Eye, according to your Account, seems to be something like a Bee: Plant as many Flowers as you will near its Hive, yet still the little Insect will be discontented, unless it be allowed to wander o'er the Country, and be its own Caterer.——I have got a few very severe Exclamations at my Tongue's End, which I will not vent till you have told me the Architect's Name, who has loaded the Ground with that monstrous Piece ofBuilding, tho' I believe I can guess him without your Information.
Calloph.Suffer me to intercede in his Behalf. You are so unmerciful a Reprover, that I have not Patience to hear you. The Room above is designed, I am told, to be fitted up in a very elegant manner; but as very little is yet done to it, we shall find nothing I fancy to answer the Trouble of going up Stairs.——This Part of the Garden, you see, is yet unfinished. If we have the Pleasure of your Company in this Country next Year, you will see I dare say great Alterations here. ThatBaseis to shoot up into a lofty Monument: And several of those Objects you see before you are to take new Forms upon them.
Polypth.Yonder likewise seems to be a Monument[19]rising: Pray who is it intended to do Honour to?
Since this View of the Gardens was taken, the Monument here spoken of has been finished. The following Lines are a Translation of its Inscription, which in the Original is wrote in Latin.
[19]
As a MonumentTo testify both his Applause and Grief,RichardLord ViscountCobhamErected this Naval Pillar to the Memory of his NephewCaptain Grenville,Who commanding a Ship of War in theBritishFleetUnderAdmiral Anson,In an Engagement with theFrench, wasMortally wounded upon the ThighBy a Fragment of his shattered Ship;Yet with his last Breath had the Bravery to cry out,How much more desireable is it thus to meet Death,"Than, convicted of Cowardice, to meet Justice!"
As a MonumentTo testify both his Applause and Grief,RichardLord ViscountCobhamErected this Naval Pillar to the Memory of his NephewCaptain Grenville,Who commanding a Ship of War in theBritishFleetUnderAdmiral Anson,In an Engagement with theFrench, wasMortally wounded upon the ThighBy a Fragment of his shattered Ship;Yet with his last Breath had the Bravery to cry out,How much more desireable is it thus to meet Death,"Than, convicted of Cowardice, to meet Justice!"
As a Monument
To testify both his Applause and Grief,
RichardLord ViscountCobham
Erected this Naval Pillar to the Memory of his Nephew
Captain Grenville,
Who commanding a Ship of War in theBritishFleet
UnderAdmiral Anson,
In an Engagement with theFrench, was
Mortally wounded upon the Thigh
By a Fragment of his shattered Ship;
Yet with his last Breath had the Bravery to cry out,
How much more desireable is it thus to meet Death,
"Than, convicted of Cowardice, to meet Justice!"
May this noble Instance of VirtueProve instructive to an abandoned Age,And teachBritonshow to actIn their Country's Cause!
May this noble Instance of VirtueProve instructive to an abandoned Age,And teachBritonshow to actIn their Country's Cause!
May this noble Instance of Virtue
Prove instructive to an abandoned Age,
And teachBritonshow to act
In their Country's Cause!
Calloph.Why, Sir, it is intended to do Honour to a Gentleman, who has done Honour to his Country: It is dedicated to the Memory of CaptainGrenville, and joinswith the Nation in applauding a Man, who pushed forwards by Honour, and a Love for his Country, met Danger and Death with the Spirit of aRoman.——Well, how do you like the Plan which you see laid out before you?
Polypth.As far as I can judge of the future Landskip from this Sketch, it will be an admirable one. I am extremely taken with it. That Bason has a very fine Effect.—I could return back the same Round with great Pleasure, but my Watch informs me that Mr.——, has been expecting us this half Hour.
Calloph.Is it so late? The Time has stole off very slily. However you need be under no Apprehensions; that honest Gentleman is seldom very hasty in his Motions.
Having thus finished their Round, our two Gentlemen directed their Faces back again towards the Gate.
Polypthon, notwithstanding the sour Humour he had given so many Evidences of in his Walk, began now to relent, and could talk of nothing but the agreeable Entertainment that had been afforded him. Sometimes he would run out into the highest Encomiums of the many beautiful Terminations of the several Walks and Vistas; and observe how many Uses each Object served, and in how many different Lights it was made to vary itself. "For Instance, says he, the Pavilion you shewed me from the Temple ofVenus, terminates that Terrace in a very grand Manner; and makes likewise a very magnificent Appearance, where it corresponds with another of the same Form, at the Entrance into the Park: Yet the same Building, like a Person acquainted with the World, who can suit his Behaviour to Time and Place, can vary itself upon occasion into a more humble Shape, and when viewed thro' a retired Vista, can take upon itthe lowly Form of a close Retreat."——When he had enlarged pretty copiously upon this Subject, he would next launch out into the highest Praises of the vast Variety of Objects that was every where to be met with: "Men of all Humours, says he, will here find something pleasing and suited to their Taste. The thoughtful may meet with retired Walks calculated in the best Manner for Contemplation: The gay and chearful may see Nature in her loveliest Dress, and meet Objects corresponding with their most lively Flights. The romantic Genius may entertain itself with several very beautiful Objects in its own Taste, and grow wild with Ideas of the inchanted kind. The disconsolate Lover may hide himself in shady Groves, or melancholy wander along the Banks of Lakes and Canals; where he may sigh to the gentle Zephyrs; mingle his Tears with the bubbling Water; or where he may have the best Opportunity, if his Malady be grown to such an Height, of ending his Despair, and finishing his Life with all the Decency and Pomp of a Lover in a Romance. In short, says he, these Gardens are a very good Epitome of the World: They are calculated for Minds of every Stamp, and give free Scope to Inclinations of every kind: And if it be said that in some Parts they too muchhumour the debauched Taste of the Sensualist, it cannot be denied on the other hand, but that they afford several very noble Incitements to Honour and Virtue."——But what beyond all other things seemed most to please him, was the amicable and beautiful Conjunction ofArtandNaturethro' the whole: He observed that theformernever appeared stiff, or thelatterextravagant.
Upon many other Topicks of PraisePolypthonrun out with great Warmth.Callophilusseemed surprized, and could not forbear asking him, By what means his Opinions became so suddenly changed? "Why, says he, Sir, I have said nothing now that contradicts any thing I said before. I own I met with two or three Objects that were not entirely to my Taste, which I am far from condemning for that Reason; tho' if I should, it is nothing to the purpose, because I am now taking a Survey of the whole together; in which Light I must confess I am quite astonished with the View before me. Besides, I hate one of your wondering Mortals, who is perpetually breaking out into a Note of Admiration at every thing he sees: I am always apt to suspect his Taste or his Sincerity. It is impossible thatall Genius's can alike agree in their Opinions of any Work of Art; and the Man who neverblames, I can scarce believe is qualified tocommend. Besides, finding fault now and then, adds Weight to Commendation, and makes us believed to be in earnest. However, notwithstanding what you may think of my frequent Cavils, I assure you, with the greatest Sincerity, I never before saw any thing of the kind at all comparable to what I have here seen: I shall by no means close this Day with aDiem perdidi; nor would theRomanEmperor himself, I believe, have made the Reflection if he had spent his condemned Hours in this Place."
By this time the Gentlemen were come to the Gate, thro' whichPolypthonassured his Friend he passed with the greatest Reluctance, and went growling out of this delightful Garden, as the Devil is said to have done out of Paradise.
FINIS.
FINIS.
WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
The Augustan Reprint Society
PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT
PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT
1948-1949
16. Henry Nevil Payne,The Fatal Jealousie(1673).18. "Of Genius," inThe Occasional Paper, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719), and Aaron Hill, Preface toThe Creation(1720).
16. Henry Nevil Payne,The Fatal Jealousie(1673).
18. "Of Genius," inThe Occasional Paper, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719), and Aaron Hill, Preface toThe Creation(1720).
1949-1950
19. Susanna Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709).22. Samuel Johnson,The Vanity of Human Wishes(1749), and twoRamblerpapers (1750).23. John Dryden,His Majesties Declaration Defended(1681).
19. Susanna Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709).
22. Samuel Johnson,The Vanity of Human Wishes(1749), and twoRamblerpapers (1750).
23. John Dryden,His Majesties Declaration Defended(1681).
1951-1952
26. Charles Macklin,The Man of the World(1792).31. Thomas Gray,An Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard(1751), andThe Eton College Manuscript.
26. Charles Macklin,The Man of the World(1792).
31. Thomas Gray,An Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard(1751), andThe Eton College Manuscript.
1952-1953
41. Bernard Mandeville,A Letter to Dion(1732).
41. Bernard Mandeville,A Letter to Dion(1732).
1964-1965
110. John Tutchin,Selected Poems(1685-1700).111.Political Justice(1736).113. T. R.,An Essay Concerning Critical and Curious Learning(1698).
110. John Tutchin,Selected Poems(1685-1700).
111.Political Justice(1736).
113. T. R.,An Essay Concerning Critical and Curious Learning(1698).
1965-1966
115. Daniel Defoe and others,Accounts of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal(1705, 1706, 1720, 1722).116. Charles Macklin,The Convent Garden Theatre(1752).117. Sir Roger L'Estrange,Citt and Bumpkin(1680).118. Henry More,Enthusiasmus Triumphatus(1662).120. Bernard Mandeville,Aesop Dress'd or a Collection of Fables(1740).
115. Daniel Defoe and others,Accounts of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal(1705, 1706, 1720, 1722).
116. Charles Macklin,The Convent Garden Theatre(1752).
117. Sir Roger L'Estrange,Citt and Bumpkin(1680).
118. Henry More,Enthusiasmus Triumphatus(1662).
120. Bernard Mandeville,Aesop Dress'd or a Collection of Fables(1740).
1966-1967
124.The Female Wits(1704).
124.The Female Wits(1704).
1968-1969
133. John Courtenay,A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson(1786).136. Thomas Sheridan,A Discourse Being Introductory to His Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language(1759).137. Arthur Murphy.The Englishman from Paris(1756).
133. John Courtenay,A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson(1786).
136. Thomas Sheridan,A Discourse Being Introductory to His Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language(1759).
137. Arthur Murphy.The Englishman from Paris(1756).
1969-1970
138. [Catherine Trotter]Olinda's Adventures(1718).139. John Ogilvie,An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients(1762).140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727).141. Sir Roger L'Estrange, Selections fromThe Observator(1681-1687).142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing(1729).143.A Letter From a Clergyman to His Friend, with an Account of the Travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726).144.The Art of Architecture, A Poem (1742).
138. [Catherine Trotter]Olinda's Adventures(1718).
139. John Ogilvie,An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients(1762).
140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727).
141. Sir Roger L'Estrange, Selections fromThe Observator(1681-1687).
142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing(1729).
143.A Letter From a Clergyman to His Friend, with an Account of the Travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726).
144.The Art of Architecture, A Poem (1742).
1970-1971
145-146. Thomas Shelton,A Tutor to Tachygraphy, or Short-writing(1642) andTachygraphy(1647).147-148.Deformities of Dr. Samuel Johnson(1782).149.Poeta de Tristibus: or the Poet's Complaint(1682).150. Gerard Langbaine,Momus Triumphans: or the Plagiaries of the English Stage(1687).
145-146. Thomas Shelton,A Tutor to Tachygraphy, or Short-writing(1642) andTachygraphy(1647).
147-148.Deformities of Dr. Samuel Johnson(1782).
149.Poeta de Tristibus: or the Poet's Complaint(1682).
150. Gerard Langbaine,Momus Triumphans: or the Plagiaries of the English Stage(1687).
1971-1972
151-152. Evan Lloyd,The Methodist. A Poem(1766).153.Are These Things So?(1740), andThe Great Man's Answer to Are These Things So?(1740).154. Arbuthnotiana:The Story of the St. Alb-ns Ghost(1712), andA Catalogue of Dr. Arbuthnot's Library(1779).155-156. A Selection of Emblems from Herman Hugo'sPia Desideria(1624), with English Adaptations by Francis Quarles and Edmund Arwaker.
151-152. Evan Lloyd,The Methodist. A Poem(1766).
153.Are These Things So?(1740), andThe Great Man's Answer to Are These Things So?(1740).
154. Arbuthnotiana:The Story of the St. Alb-ns Ghost(1712), andA Catalogue of Dr. Arbuthnot's Library(1779).
155-156. A Selection of Emblems from Herman Hugo'sPia Desideria(1624), with English Adaptations by Francis Quarles and Edmund Arwaker.
1972-1973
157. William Mountfort,The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus(1697).158. Colley Cibber,A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope(1742).159. [Catherine Clive]The Case of Mrs. Clive(1744).160. [Thomas Tryon]A Discourse ... of Phrensie, Madness or DistractionfromA Treatise of Dreams and Visions[1689].161. Robert Blair,The Grave. A Poem(1743).162. [Bernard Mandeville]A Modest Defence of Publick Stews(1724).
157. William Mountfort,The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus(1697).
158. Colley Cibber,A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope(1742).
159. [Catherine Clive]The Case of Mrs. Clive(1744).
160. [Thomas Tryon]A Discourse ... of Phrensie, Madness or DistractionfromA Treatise of Dreams and Visions[1689].
161. Robert Blair,The Grave. A Poem(1743).
162. [Bernard Mandeville]A Modest Defence of Publick Stews(1724).
1973-1974
163. [William Rider]An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Living Authors of Great Britain(1762).164. Thomas Edwards,The Sonnets of Thomas Edwards(1765, 1780).165. Hildebrand Jacob,Of the Sister Arts; An Essay(1734).166.Poems on the Reign of William III[1690, 1696, 1699, 1702]167. Kane O'Hara,Midas: An English Burletta(1766).168. [Daniel Defoe]A Short Narrative History of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborough(1711).
163. [William Rider]An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Living Authors of Great Britain(1762).
164. Thomas Edwards,The Sonnets of Thomas Edwards(1765, 1780).
165. Hildebrand Jacob,Of the Sister Arts; An Essay(1734).
166.Poems on the Reign of William III[1690, 1696, 1699, 1702]
167. Kane O'Hara,Midas: An English Burletta(1766).
168. [Daniel Defoe]A Short Narrative History of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborough(1711).
1974-1975
169-170. Samuel Richardson,The Apprentice's Vade-Mecum(1734).171. James Bramston,The Man of Taste(1733).172-173. Walter Charleton,The Ephesian Matron(1668).174. Bernard Mandeville,The Mischiefs That Ought Justly to be apprehended From a Whig-Government(1714).174X. John Melton,Astrologaster(1620).
169-170. Samuel Richardson,The Apprentice's Vade-Mecum(1734).
171. James Bramston,The Man of Taste(1733).
172-173. Walter Charleton,The Ephesian Matron(1668).
174. Bernard Mandeville,The Mischiefs That Ought Justly to be apprehended From a Whig-Government(1714).
174X. John Melton,Astrologaster(1620).
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