318.Faciles Napeæ.
318.Faciles Napeæ.
319. See Anthologia,passim.
319. See Anthologia,passim.
320. Such was the strictness of this minister’s principles, that he positively refused to go to Court in shoe-buckles. See Dumouriez’sMemoirs.
320. Such was the strictness of this minister’s principles, that he positively refused to go to Court in shoe-buckles. See Dumouriez’sMemoirs.
321. SeeMadame Roland’sMemoirs.—“Rigide Ministre,”Brissot à ses Commettans.
321. SeeMadame Roland’sMemoirs.—“Rigide Ministre,”Brissot à ses Commettans.
322. The “pumple” nosed attorney of Furnival’s Inn.—“Congreve’sWay of the World.” [... When you liv’d with honestPumple Nose, the attorney of Furnival’s Inn. Act 3, sc. 1.—Ed.]
322. The “pumple” nosed attorney of Furnival’s Inn.—“Congreve’sWay of the World.” [... When you liv’d with honestPumple Nose, the attorney of Furnival’s Inn. Act 3, sc. 1.—Ed.]
323. These lines contain the Secret History ofQuatremer’sdeportation. He presumed in the Council of Five Hundred to arraignMadame De Stael’sconduct, and even to hint a doubt of her sex. He was sent toGuyana. The transaction naturally brings to one’s mind the dialogue between Falstaff and Hostess Quickly in Shakespeare’s Henry IV.Fal.Thou art neither fish nor flesh—a man cannot tell where to have thee.Quick.Thou art an unjust man for saying so—thou or any man knows where to have me.
323. These lines contain the Secret History ofQuatremer’sdeportation. He presumed in the Council of Five Hundred to arraignMadame De Stael’sconduct, and even to hint a doubt of her sex. He was sent toGuyana. The transaction naturally brings to one’s mind the dialogue between Falstaff and Hostess Quickly in Shakespeare’s Henry IV.
Fal.Thou art neither fish nor flesh—a man cannot tell where to have thee.
Quick.Thou art an unjust man for saying so—thou or any man knows where to have me.
324. For instance, in the course of a political discussionRewbellobserved to theex-bishop [Talleyrand], “that his understanding was as crooked as his legs”—“Vil Emigré, tu n’as pas le sens plus droit que les pieds”—and therewith threw an ink-stand at him. It whizzed along, as we have been informed, like the fragment of a rock from the hand of one of Ossian’s heroes; but the wily apostate shrunk beneath the table, and the weapon passed over him innocuous, and guiltless of his blood or brains.
324. For instance, in the course of a political discussionRewbellobserved to theex-bishop [Talleyrand], “that his understanding was as crooked as his legs”—“Vil Emigré, tu n’as pas le sens plus droit que les pieds”—and therewith threw an ink-stand at him. It whizzed along, as we have been informed, like the fragment of a rock from the hand of one of Ossian’s heroes; but the wily apostate shrunk beneath the table, and the weapon passed over him innocuous, and guiltless of his blood or brains.
325. See Homer’s description of Vulcan. First Iliad.Inextinguibilis vero exoriebatur risus beatis numinibusUt viderunt Vulcanum per domosministrantem.
325. See Homer’s description of Vulcan. First Iliad.
Inextinguibilis vero exoriebatur risus beatis numinibusUt viderunt Vulcanum per domosministrantem.
Inextinguibilis vero exoriebatur risus beatis numinibusUt viderunt Vulcanum per domosministrantem.
Inextinguibilis vero exoriebatur risus beatis numinibusUt viderunt Vulcanum per domosministrantem.
Inextinguibilis vero exoriebatur risus beatis numinibus
Ut viderunt Vulcanum per domosministrantem.
326.The Men without a God—one of the new sects. Their religion is intended to consist in the adoration of a Great Book, in which all the virtuous actions of the society are to be entered and registered. “In times of civil commotion they are to come forward to exhort the citizens to unanimity, and to read them a chapter out of the Great Book. When oppressed or proscribed, they are to retire to a burying-ground, to wrap themselves up in their great-coats, and wait the approach of death,” &c.
326.The Men without a God—one of the new sects. Their religion is intended to consist in the adoration of a Great Book, in which all the virtuous actions of the society are to be entered and registered. “In times of civil commotion they are to come forward to exhort the citizens to unanimity, and to read them a chapter out of the Great Book. When oppressed or proscribed, they are to retire to a burying-ground, to wrap themselves up in their great-coats, and wait the approach of death,” &c.
327. The Reader is at liberty to fill up the blanks according to his own opinion, and after the chances and changes of the times. It would be highly unfair to hand down to posterity as followers ofLeviathan, the names of men who may, and probably will soon, grow ashamed of their leader.
327. The Reader is at liberty to fill up the blanks according to his own opinion, and after the chances and changes of the times. It would be highly unfair to hand down to posterity as followers ofLeviathan, the names of men who may, and probably will soon, grow ashamed of their leader.
328.Though theyeastyseaConsume and swallow navigation up.Macbeth.[Applied to S. Whitbread, M.P.,the Brewer.—Ed.]
328.
Though theyeastyseaConsume and swallow navigation up.Macbeth.
Though theyeastyseaConsume and swallow navigation up.Macbeth.
Though theyeastyseaConsume and swallow navigation up.Macbeth.
Though theyeastysea
Consume and swallow navigation up.Macbeth.
[Applied to S. Whitbread, M.P.,the Brewer.—Ed.]
329.i.e.Perhapsa member of theWhig Club—a society that has presumed to monopolize to itself a title to which it never had any claim, but from the character of those who have now withdrawn themselves from it. “Perhaps” signifies thateventheWhig Clubsometimesrejects a candidate whosePRINCIPLES(risum teneatis) it affects to disapprove. [Referring to the secession of theDuke of Portlandand others from the Whig Club in consequence of their not approving of all the proceedings of Fox and his more violent adherents.Sheridanmet with so much opposition to his entrance into the Whig Club, that he succeeded in getting admitted only by stratagem.—Ed.]
329.i.e.Perhapsa member of theWhig Club—a society that has presumed to monopolize to itself a title to which it never had any claim, but from the character of those who have now withdrawn themselves from it. “Perhaps” signifies thateventheWhig Clubsometimesrejects a candidate whosePRINCIPLES(risum teneatis) it affects to disapprove. [Referring to the secession of theDuke of Portlandand others from the Whig Club in consequence of their not approving of all the proceedings of Fox and his more violent adherents.Sheridanmet with so much opposition to his entrance into the Whig Club, that he succeeded in getting admitted only by stratagem.—Ed.]
330. “It is notorious that theFrench Directory have newspapers in their pay, not only in America, but ineverycountry in Europe. That there should exist suchMERCENARY TRAITORS AS TO RECEIVE THE PAY OF REGICIDES AND ASSASSINSis still less astonishing than that there should be found men in the different countries, andmen of rank, too, so base, so degenerate, and sofoolish, as to give encouragement to their treasonable productions” (p.57). The author speaks truth; there is at leastonenewspaper of this description inLondon, which is encouraged—to their shame be it spoken!—bymen of rank, and by members of the Legislature—Representans du Peuple Souverain!—who even degrade themselves so far as to associate with the profligate miscreants who compose its inflammatory pages.—Reviewer.
330. “It is notorious that theFrench Directory have newspapers in their pay, not only in America, but ineverycountry in Europe. That there should exist suchMERCENARY TRAITORS AS TO RECEIVE THE PAY OF REGICIDES AND ASSASSINSis still less astonishing than that there should be found men in the different countries, andmen of rank, too, so base, so degenerate, and sofoolish, as to give encouragement to their treasonable productions” (p.57). The author speaks truth; there is at leastonenewspaper of this description inLondon, which is encouraged—to their shame be it spoken!—bymen of rank, and by members of the Legislature—Representans du Peuple Souverain!—who even degrade themselves so far as to associate with the profligate miscreants who compose its inflammatory pages.—Reviewer.
331. “SeeBacheof 11 February, 1795.”
331. “SeeBacheof 11 February, 1795.”
332. The reader will not be surprised to hear that this is the identical governor who wanted a few thousands of dollars from the French minister,Fauchet, and who drewsecretly15,000 dollars out of the Bank of Pennsylvania!! This man brought a whole litter ofbastardshome to his virtuous wife. He is a shameless blackguard, a drunkard, and everything that can be named that is vile. Such is arepublican governor; a chief magistrate of state, who has infinitely greater powers over life and property than King George has!! And this I have already pointed out on sundry occasions.
332. The reader will not be surprised to hear that this is the identical governor who wanted a few thousands of dollars from the French minister,Fauchet, and who drewsecretly15,000 dollars out of the Bank of Pennsylvania!! This man brought a whole litter ofbastardshome to his virtuous wife. He is a shameless blackguard, a drunkard, and everything that can be named that is vile. Such is arepublican governor; a chief magistrate of state, who has infinitely greater powers over life and property than King George has!! And this I have already pointed out on sundry occasions.
333. [Lord Erskine.—Ed.]
333. [Lord Erskine.—Ed.]
334. [T. Moore in his early college days.—Ed.]
334. [T. Moore in his early college days.—Ed.]
335. [Francis, fifth Duke of Bedford, seeBallad.—Ed.]
335. [Francis, fifth Duke of Bedford, seeBallad.—Ed.]
336. [Capt. Charles Morris.—Ed.]
336. [Capt. Charles Morris.—Ed.]
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