THURLOW.-TOBIN.-FANSHAWE. 393 LORD THURLOW. 1732–1806. The accident of an accident. Speech in Reply to the Duke of Grafton. Butler's When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.1 27 Parl. Hist. 680; Ann. Reg. 1789. JOHN TOBIN. 1770-1804. The man that lays his hand upon a woman, The Honeymoon. Act ii. Sc. 1. She's adorned Amply that in her husband's eye looks lovely,- Can see her beauty in. Act iii. Sc. 4. CATHERINE M. FANSHAWE. 1764-1834. 'T was whispered in heaven, 't was muttered in hell, 1 Whereupon Wilkes is reported to have said, somewhat coarsely, but not unhappily, it must be allowed, "Forget you! He'll see you d-d first."- Brougham, Statesmen of the Time of George 111. Thurlow. Burke also exclaimed, "The best thing that could happen to you." You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; Don't view me with a critic's eye, Large streams from little fountains flow, 1 Lines written for a School Declamation. THOMAS MORTON. 1764-1838. What will Mrs. Grundy say? Push on, keep moving. Speed the Plough. Act i. Sc. 1. A Cure for the Heartache. Act ii. Sc. 1. Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed. Act v. Sc. 2. 1 The lofty oak from a small acorn grows. Translated from Lewis Duncombe (1711-1730), De Minimis Maxima. MACKINTOSH.-HURDIS.-NAIRNE. 395 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. 1765-1832. Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself. Vindicia Gallicæ. The commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. Ibid. Disciplined inaction. Causes of the Revolution of 1688. Ch. vii. The frivolous work of polished idleness. Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy. Remarks on Thomas JAMES HURDIS. 1763-1801. Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The Village Curate. LADY NAIRNE. 1766-1845. There's nae sorrow there, John, There's neither cauld nor care, John, The day is aye fair, In the land o' the leal. Gude nicht, and joy be wi' you a'. The Land o' the Leal. Gude Nicht, etc.1 O, we 're a' noddin', nid, nid, noddin'; A penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree. We're a' Noddin'. The Laird o' Cockpen. 1 Sir Alexander Boswell composed a version of this song. HENRY LEE. 1756-1816. To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Elory on Washington. Delivered by General Lee, Dec. 26, 1991 Memoirs of Lee. The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold. Illustrations of Sterne. Bibliomania, Line 6. Now cheaply bought, for thrice their weight in gold. Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed Line 65. Line 121. How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold Line 137. HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS. 1762-1827. While thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled; And may this consecrated hour Trust in Proriaence. To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens. From the Resolutions presented to the House of Representatives, on the Death of General Washington, December, 1799. Marshall's Life of Washington. BRYDGES.-BAILLIE. - HALL. 397 SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES. The glory dies not, and the grief is past. Sonnet on the Death of Sir Walter Scott. JOANNA BAILLIE. 1762-1857. O, swiftly glides the bonnie boat, O, swiftly glides the Bonnie Boat. ROBERT HALL. 1764-1831. His imperial fancy has laid all nature under tribute, and has collected riches from every scene of the creation and every walk of art. (Of Burke.) Apology for the Freedom of the Press. He might be a very clever man by nature, for aught I know, but he laid so many books upon his head that his brains could not move. (Of Kippis.) From Gregory's Life of Hall. Call things by their right names. . . Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.1 Ibid. 1 He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin. Diog. Laertius, Pythagoras, vi. Compare Cyril Tourneur. Page 149. |
