The end ofConversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.
The end ofConversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.
The end ofConversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A.
NOTES
TABLE TALK
This and the following essay are fromThe London Magazinefor December 1820 (Vol.II.pp. 597–607), No.V.of a series entitledTable Talk.
‘Light thickens; and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood.’Macbeth, ActIII.Scene 2.
‘Light thickens; and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood.’Macbeth, ActIII.Scene 2.
‘Light thickens; and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood.’Macbeth, ActIII.Scene 2.
‘Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood.’
Macbeth, ActIII.Scene 2.
‘—— so distinctly wroughtThat one might almost say, her body thought.’John Donne,An Anatomy of the World, Second Anniversary, 245–6.
‘—— so distinctly wroughtThat one might almost say, her body thought.’John Donne,An Anatomy of the World, Second Anniversary, 245–6.
‘—— so distinctly wroughtThat one might almost say, her body thought.’John Donne,An Anatomy of the World, Second Anniversary, 245–6.
‘—— so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say, her body thought.’
John Donne,An Anatomy of the World, Second Anniversary, 245–6.
ESSAY III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
‘In weary being now I pine,For a’ the life of life is dead,’Burns,Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn, Stanza 6.
‘In weary being now I pine,For a’ the life of life is dead,’Burns,Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn, Stanza 6.
‘In weary being now I pine,For a’ the life of life is dead,’Burns,Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn, Stanza 6.
‘In weary being now I pine,
For a’ the life of life is dead,’
Burns,Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn, Stanza 6.
Cf. also ‘Till youth and genial years are flown,And all the life of life is gone,’
Cf. also ‘Till youth and genial years are flown,And all the life of life is gone,’
Cf. also ‘Till youth and genial years are flown,And all the life of life is gone,’
Cf. also ‘Till youth and genial years are flown,
And all the life of life is gone,’
‘For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove,’ etc.
‘For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove,’ etc.
‘For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove,’ etc.
‘For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove,’ etc.
‘And I do think, or else this brain of mineHunts not the trail of policy so sureAs it hath used to do.’Hamlet, ActII.Scene 2.
‘And I do think, or else this brain of mineHunts not the trail of policy so sureAs it hath used to do.’Hamlet, ActII.Scene 2.
‘And I do think, or else this brain of mineHunts not the trail of policy so sureAs it hath used to do.’Hamlet, ActII.Scene 2.
‘And I do think, or else this brain of mine
Hunts not the trail of policy so sure
As it hath used to do.’
Hamlet, ActII.Scene 2.
ESSAY VI. CHARACTER OF COBBETT
‘For why? Because the good old ruleSufficeth them: the simple plan,That they should take, who have the power,And they should keep who can.’Wordsworth,Rob Roy’s Grave.
‘For why? Because the good old ruleSufficeth them: the simple plan,That they should take, who have the power,And they should keep who can.’Wordsworth,Rob Roy’s Grave.
‘For why? Because the good old ruleSufficeth them: the simple plan,That they should take, who have the power,And they should keep who can.’Wordsworth,Rob Roy’s Grave.
‘For why? Because the good old rule
Sufficeth them: the simple plan,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should keep who can.’
Wordsworth,Rob Roy’s Grave.
‘O woman! lovely woman! Nature made theeTo temper man: we had been brutes without you.’Otway,Venice Preserved, ActI.Scene 1.
‘O woman! lovely woman! Nature made theeTo temper man: we had been brutes without you.’Otway,Venice Preserved, ActI.Scene 1.
‘O woman! lovely woman! Nature made theeTo temper man: we had been brutes without you.’Otway,Venice Preserved, ActI.Scene 1.
‘O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.’
Otway,Venice Preserved, ActI.Scene 1.
First published in theScots’ Magazine(New Series), July 1818, vol.III.pp. 55et seq.Hazlitt refers to this essay inA Letter to William Gifford(vol.I., p. 382).
‘a sudden horror chillRan through each nerve, and thrilled in ev’ry vein.’Addison,Milton’s Style Imitated, 123–4.
‘a sudden horror chillRan through each nerve, and thrilled in ev’ry vein.’Addison,Milton’s Style Imitated, 123–4.
‘a sudden horror chillRan through each nerve, and thrilled in ev’ry vein.’Addison,Milton’s Style Imitated, 123–4.
‘a sudden horror chill
Ran through each nerve, and thrilled in ev’ry vein.’
Addison,Milton’s Style Imitated, 123–4.
‘Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive,If you will lead these graces to the graveAnd leave the world no copy.’Twelfth Night, ActI.Scene 5.
‘Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive,If you will lead these graces to the graveAnd leave the world no copy.’Twelfth Night, ActI.Scene 5.
‘Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive,If you will lead these graces to the graveAnd leave the world no copy.’Twelfth Night, ActI.Scene 5.
‘Lady, you are the cruell’st she alive,
If you will lead these graces to the grave
And leave the world no copy.’
Twelfth Night, ActI.Scene 5.
‘And I feel nowThe future in the instant.’Macbeth, ActI.Scene 5.
‘And I feel nowThe future in the instant.’Macbeth, ActI.Scene 5.
‘And I feel nowThe future in the instant.’Macbeth, ActI.Scene 5.
‘And I feel now
The future in the instant.’
Macbeth, ActI.Scene 5.
‘Which whoso tastes, forgets his former friends,Sire, Ancestors, Himself,’ etc.
‘Which whoso tastes, forgets his former friends,Sire, Ancestors, Himself,’ etc.
‘Which whoso tastes, forgets his former friends,Sire, Ancestors, Himself,’ etc.
‘Which whoso tastes, forgets his former friends,
Sire, Ancestors, Himself,’ etc.
‘May no rude hand deface it,And its forlornhic jacet.’Wordsworth,Ellen Irwin, 55–6.
‘May no rude hand deface it,And its forlornhic jacet.’Wordsworth,Ellen Irwin, 55–6.
‘May no rude hand deface it,And its forlornhic jacet.’Wordsworth,Ellen Irwin, 55–6.
‘May no rude hand deface it,
And its forlornhic jacet.’
Wordsworth,Ellen Irwin, 55–6.
‘When the chill rain begins at shut of eveIn dull November, and their chancel vault,The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.’Keats,Hyperion,II.36–8.
‘When the chill rain begins at shut of eveIn dull November, and their chancel vault,The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.’Keats,Hyperion,II.36–8.
‘When the chill rain begins at shut of eveIn dull November, and their chancel vault,The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.’Keats,Hyperion,II.36–8.
‘When the chill rain begins at shut of eve
In dull November, and their chancel vault,
The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.’
Keats,Hyperion,II.36–8.
‘I beholdThe tumult and am still.’Cowper,The Task,IV.99–100.
‘I beholdThe tumult and am still.’Cowper,The Task,IV.99–100.
‘I beholdThe tumult and am still.’Cowper,The Task,IV.99–100.
‘I behold
The tumult and am still.’
Cowper,The Task,IV.99–100.
‘I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,’ etc.Richard III., ActI.Scene 1.
‘I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,’ etc.Richard III., ActI.Scene 1.
‘I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,’ etc.Richard III., ActI.Scene 1.
‘I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,’ etc.
Richard III., ActI.Scene 1.
‘And to be lord of those that riches haveThan them to have my selfe, and be their servile sclave.’Ib.BookII.Canto vii. Stanza 33.
‘And to be lord of those that riches haveThan them to have my selfe, and be their servile sclave.’Ib.BookII.Canto vii. Stanza 33.
‘And to be lord of those that riches haveThan them to have my selfe, and be their servile sclave.’Ib.BookII.Canto vii. Stanza 33.
‘And to be lord of those that riches have
Than them to have my selfe, and be their servile sclave.’
Ib.BookII.Canto vii. Stanza 33.
Cf. six papers which Hazlitt contributed toThe Champion(Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 25, 1814, and Jan. 8, 1815) on Reynolds as a painter and a critic.
‘Hence mighty Virgil’s said, of old,From dung to have extracted gold,’etc.Butler,Satire upon Plagiaries, 87et seq.
‘Hence mighty Virgil’s said, of old,From dung to have extracted gold,’etc.Butler,Satire upon Plagiaries, 87et seq.
‘Hence mighty Virgil’s said, of old,From dung to have extracted gold,’etc.Butler,Satire upon Plagiaries, 87et seq.
‘Hence mighty Virgil’s said, of old,
From dung to have extracted gold,’etc.
Butler,Satire upon Plagiaries, 87et seq.
‘Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,’etc.A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ActV.Scene 1.
‘Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,’etc.A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ActV.Scene 1.
‘Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,’etc.A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ActV.Scene 1.
‘Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,’etc.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ActV.Scene 1.
‘But wouldst gabble likeA thing most brutish.’The Tempest, ActI.Scene 2.
‘But wouldst gabble likeA thing most brutish.’The Tempest, ActI.Scene 2.
‘But wouldst gabble likeA thing most brutish.’The Tempest, ActI.Scene 2.
‘But wouldst gabble like
A thing most brutish.’
The Tempest, ActI.Scene 2.
‘The huge Orion, of portentous size,Swift through the gloom a giant-hunter flies.’Pope, Homer’sOdyssey,XI.703–4.
‘The huge Orion, of portentous size,Swift through the gloom a giant-hunter flies.’Pope, Homer’sOdyssey,XI.703–4.
‘The huge Orion, of portentous size,Swift through the gloom a giant-hunter flies.’Pope, Homer’sOdyssey,XI.703–4.
‘The huge Orion, of portentous size,
Swift through the gloom a giant-hunter flies.’
Pope, Homer’sOdyssey,XI.703–4.
‘Full-orbed the moon, and, with more pleasing light,Shadowy sets off the face of things.’Paradise Lost,V.42–3.
‘Full-orbed the moon, and, with more pleasing light,Shadowy sets off the face of things.’Paradise Lost,V.42–3.
‘Full-orbed the moon, and, with more pleasing light,Shadowy sets off the face of things.’Paradise Lost,V.42–3.
‘Full-orbed the moon, and, with more pleasing light,
Shadowy sets off the face of things.’
Paradise Lost,V.42–3.
‘He who of those delights can judge, and spareTo interpose them oft, is not unwise.’Milton, Sonnet (No.XX.) To Mr. Lawrence.
‘He who of those delights can judge, and spareTo interpose them oft, is not unwise.’Milton, Sonnet (No.XX.) To Mr. Lawrence.
‘He who of those delights can judge, and spareTo interpose them oft, is not unwise.’Milton, Sonnet (No.XX.) To Mr. Lawrence.
‘He who of those delights can judge, and spare
To interpose them oft, is not unwise.’
Milton, Sonnet (No.XX.) To Mr. Lawrence.
‘Thus pleasure is spread through the earthIn stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.’Wordsworth,Stray Pleasures.
‘Thus pleasure is spread through the earthIn stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.’Wordsworth,Stray Pleasures.
‘Thus pleasure is spread through the earthIn stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.’Wordsworth,Stray Pleasures.
‘Thus pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.’
Wordsworth,Stray Pleasures.