Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel, he dismissed the word garret from the sad group, and in all the subsequent editions the line stands

"Toil, envy, want, the Patron, and the jail."

That Lord Chesterfield must have been mortified by the lofty contempt, and polite, yet | keen, satire with which Johnson exhibited him to himself in this letter, it is impossible to doubt. He, however, with that glossy duplicity which was his constant study, affected to be quite unconcerned. Dr. Adams mentioned to Mr. Robert Dodsley that he was sorry Johnson had written his letter to Lord Chesterfield. Dodsley, with the true feelings of trade, said "he was very sorry too; for that he had a property in the Dictionary, to which his lordship's patronage might have been of consequence." He then told Dr. Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shown him the letter. "I should have imagined (replied Dr. Adams) that Lord Chesterfield would have concealed it."-"Poh! (said Dodsley), do you think a letter from Johnson could hurt Lord Chesterfield? Not at all, sir. It lay upon his table, where any body might see it. He read it to ¦me; said, 'This man has great powers,' pointed out the severest passages, and observed how well they were expressed." This air of indifference, which imposed upon the worthy Dodsley, was certainly nothing but a specimen of that dissimulation which Lord Chesterfield inculcated as one of the most essential lessons for the conduct of life. His lordship endeavoured to justify himself to Dodsley from the charges brought against him by Johnson; but we may judge from the flimsiness of his defence, from his having excused his neglect of Johnson, by saying, that "he had heard he had changed his lodgings, and did not know where he lived;" as if there could have been the smallest difficulty to inform himself of that circumstance, by inquiring in the literary circle

with which his lordship was well acquainted, and was, indeed, himself, one of its ornaments.

Dr. Adams expostulated with Johnson, and suggested, that his not being admitted when he called on him, was probably not to be imputed to Lord Chesterfield; for his lordship had declared to Dodsley, that "he would have turned off the best servant he ever had, if he had known that he denied him to a man who would have been always more than welcome; and in confirmation of this, he insisted on Lord Chesterfield's general affability and casiness of access, especially to literary men. "Sir, (said Johnson) that is not Lord Chesterfield; he is the proudest man this day existing."—"No, (said Dr. Adams) there is one person, at least, as proud; I think, by your own account, you are the prouder man of the two."- "But mine (replied Johnson instantly) was defensive pride." This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns 2 for which he was so remarkably ready.

Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrain from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: "This man, (said he) I thought, had been a lord among wits: but, I find, he is only a wit among lords! And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he observed, that “ they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master." 3

"

The character of a "respectable Hottentot," in Lord Chesterfield's Letters, has been generally understood to be meant for Johnson, and I have no doubt that it was. But I remember when the Literary Property of those letters was contested in the court of session in Scotland, and Mr. Henry Dundas, one of the counsel for the proprietors, read this character as an exhibition of Johnson, Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, one of the judges, maintained, with some warmth, that it was not intended as a portrait of Johnson, but of a

Why? If, as may have been the case, Lord Chesterfield felt that Johnson was unjust towards him, he would not have been mortified Il n'y a que la vérité qui blesse. By Mr. Boswell's own confession, it appears that Johnson did not give copies of this letter; that for many years Boswell had in vain solicited him to do so, and that he, after the lapse of twenty years, did so reluctantly. With all these admissions, how can Mr. Boswell attribute to any thing but the magnamity (if I may so say) of good taste and conscious rectitude, Lord Chesterfield's exposure of a letter which the relenting. if not repenting, author was so willing to bury in ublivion?-CROKER.

This, like all the rest of the affair, seems discoloured by prejudice. Lord Chesterfield made no attack on Johnson, Who certainly acted on the offensive, and not the defensive. -CROKER.

"That collection of Letters cannot be vindicated from the serious charge of encouraging, in some passages, one of the rices most destructive to the good order and comfort of soty, which his lordship represents as mere fashionable allantry; and, in others, of inculcating the base practice of dissimulation, and recominending, with disproportionate anety, a perpetual attention to external elegance of manners. But it mus, at the same time, be allowed, that they contain any good precepts of conduct, and much genuine informaton upon life and manners, very happily expressed; and that there was considerable merit in paying so much atten

tion to the improvement of one who was dependent upon his lordship's protection: it has, probably, been exceeded in no instance by the most exemplary parent: and though I can by no means approve of confounding the distinction between lawful and illicit offspring, which is, in effect, insulting the civil establishment of our country, to look no higher; I cannot help thinking it laudable to be kindly attentive to those, of whose existence we have, in any way, been the cause. Mr. Stanhope's character has been unjustly represented as diametrically opposite to what Lord Chesterfield wished him to be. He has been called dull, gross, and awkward: but I knew him at Dresden, when he was envoy to that court; and though he could not boast of the graces, he was, in truth, a sensible, civil, well-behaved man. - BOSWELL.

In judging of Lord Chesterfield's Letters, it should be recollected that they were never intended for publication, and were written only to meet a private, particular, and somewhat extraordinary case: and that it is hard that Lord Chesterfield should be held responsible for a publication which he never could have anticipated - but see (post, May, 1776,) Johnson's more favourable and just opinion of these letters, which, bating their lax morality not to be palliated even by the peculiar circumstances under which they were writtenare, I will venture to say, masterpieces of good taste, good writing, and good sense.-CHOKER, 1846.

4 Afterwards Viscount Melville. He died in 1811.CROKER.

late noble lord' distinguished for abstruse science. I have heard Johnson himself talk of the character, and say that it was meant for George Lord Lyttelton, in which I could by no means agree; for his lordship had nothing of that violence which is a conspicuous feature in the composition. Finding that my illustrious friend could bear to have it supposed that it might be meant for him, I said, laughingly, that there was one trait which unquestionably did not belong to him; "he throws his meat anywhere but down his throat.""Sir, (said he) Lord Chesterfield never saw me eat in his life."

3

On the 6th of March came out Lord Bolingbroke's works, published by Mr. David Mallet. The wild and pernicious ravings under the name of "Philosophy," which were thus ushered into the world, gave great offence to all wellprincipled men. Johnson, hearing of their tendency which nobody disputed, was roused with a just indignation, and pronounced this memorable sentence + upon the noble author and his editor:-"Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half-a-crown to a beggarly Scotchman, to draw the trigger after his death!" Garrick, who, I can attest from my own knowledge, had his mind seasoned with pious reverence, and sincerely disapproved of the infidel writings of several whom in the course of his almost universal gay intercourse with men of eminence he treated with external civility, distinguished himself upon this occasion. Mr. Pelham having died on the very day on which Lord Bolingbroke's works came out, he wrote an elegant Ode on his death, beginning

"Let others hail the rising sun,

I bow to that whose course is run;"

in which is the following stanza :—
"The same sad morn, to Church and State
(So for our sins 't was fix'd by Fate)
A double stroke was given;
Black as the whirlwinds of the North,
St. John's fell genius issued forth,
And Pelham's fled to heaven."

Johnson this year found an interval of leisure to make an excursion to Oxford, for the purpose of consulting the libraries there. Of this, and of many interesting circumstances concerning him, during a part of his life when he conversed but little with the world, I am enabled to give a particular account, by the liberal communications of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton, who obligingly furnished me with several of our common friend's letters, which he illustrated with notes. These I shall insert in their proper places.

JOHNSON TO THOMAS WARTON. "London, July 16. 1754. "SIR, It is but an ill return for the book with

I am too apt to

which you were pleased to favour me, to have delayed my thanks for it till now. be negligent; but I can never deliberately show my disrespect to a man of your character; and I now pay you a very honest acknowledgment, for the advancement of the literature of our native country. You have shown to all, who shall hereafter attempt the study of our ancient authors, the way to success; by directing them to the perusal of the books which those authors had read. Of this method, Hughes, and men much greater than Hughes, seem never to have thought. The reason why the authors, which are yet read, of the sixteenth century, are so little understood, is, that they are read alone; and no help is borrowed from those Some part

who lived with them, or before them.

of this ignorance I hope to remove by my book, [the Dictionary,] which now draws towards its end; but which I cannot finish to my mind, without visiting the libraries of Oxford, which I therefore hope to see in about a fortnight. I know not how long I shall stay, or where I shall lodge; but shall be sure to look for you at my arrival, and we shall easily settle the rest. I am, dear Sir, your most obedient, &c. SAM. JOHNSON."

Of his conversation while at Oxford at this time, Mr. Warton preserved and communicated to me the following memorial, which, though not written with all the care and attention which that learned and elegant writer bestowed on those compositions which he intended for the public eye, is so happily expressed in an easy style, that I should injure it by any alter

ation.

1 Probably George, second Earl of Macclesfield, who published, in 1751, a learned pamphlet on the alteration of the style, and was, in 1752, elected President of the Royal So ciety. Lord Macclesfield's manner was, no doubt, awkward and embarrassed, but little else in his character resembles that of the "respectable Hottentot," which much more probably was, as the world supposed, intended for Johnsoù.CROKER.

2 Nor did we and yet we know that Lord Chesterfield's picture, if meant for Johnson, was not overcharged; for what between his blindness, his nervousness, and his eagerness, all his friends describe his mode of eating to have been something worse than awkward. See post, August 5th, 1763. — CROKER.

3 See post, March, 1750, where Johnson admits that he had not read this book. CROKER.

It was the first remarkable phrase which Mr. Murphy ever heard him utter. - CROKER.

5 Mallet's wife, a foolish and conceited woman, one evening introduced herself to David Hume, at an assembly,

saying, "We deists, Mr. Hume, should know one another." Hume was exceedingly displeased and disconcerted, and replied, "Madam, I am no deist; I do not so style myself, neither do I desire to be known by that appellation"- Hardy's Life of Lord Charlemont, vol. i. p. 235. Boswell himself tells the same story in his Hypochondriac. This imputation would, even on mere worldly grounds, be very disagreeable to Hume; for I have in my possession proof that when Lord Hertford (whose secretary, in his embassy to Paris, Hume had been) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, his lordship declined continuing him in the same character, alleging as a reason the dissatisfaction that it would excite on account of Hume's a ti-religious principles. CROKER.

Observations on Spenser's Fairy Queen, the first edition of which was now published. WARTON.

7 Hughes published an edition of Spenser. - -WARTON.

He came to Oxford within a fortnight, and stayed about five weeks. He lodged at Kettel Hall. - WARTON. But during his visit, he collected nothing in the libraries for his Dictionary.— MALONE.

"When Johnson came to Oxford in 1754, the long vacation was beginning, and most people were leaving the place. This was the first time of his being there, after quitting the University. The next morning after his arrival, he wished to see his old college, Pembroke. I went with him. He was highly pleased to find all the college-servants which he had left there still remaining, particularly a very old butler; and expressed great satisfaction at being recognised by them, and conversed with them familiarly. He waited on the master, Dr. | Radcliffe, who received him very coldly. Johnson at least expected that the master would order a copy of his Dictionary, now near publication; but the master did not choose to talk on the subject, never asked Johnson to dine, nor even to visit him, while he staid at Oxford. After we had left the lodgings, Johnson said to me, There lives a man, who lives by the revenues of literature, and will not move a finger to support it. 1 If I come to live at Oxford, I shall take up my abode at Trinity." We then called on the Reverend Mr. Meeke, one of the fellows, and of Johnson's standing. Here was a most cordial greeting on both sides. On leaving him, Johnson said, I used to think Meeke had excellent parts, when we were boys together at the college: but, alas!

'Lost in a convent's solitary gloom !'— "I remember, at the classical lecture in the Hall, I could not bear Meeke's superiority, and I tried to sit as far from him as I could, that I might

not hear him construe.'

As we were leaving the college, he said, 'Here I translated Pope's Messiah. Which do you think is the best line in it? - My own favourite is,

• Vallis aromaticas fundit Saronica nubes.'

I told him, I thought it a very sonorous hexameter. I did not tell him, it was not in the Virgilian style. He much regretted that his first tutor was dead; for whom he seemed to retain the greatest regard. He said, I once had been a whole morning sliding in Christ-Church meadows, and missed his lecture in logic. After dinner he sent for me to his room. I expected a sharp rebuke for my idleness, and went with a beating heart." When we were seated, he told me he had sent for me to drink a glass of wine with him, and to tell me, he was act angry with me for missing his lecture. This was, in fact, a most severe reprimand. Some more of the boys were then sent for, and we spent a very

! There is some excuse for Dr. Ratcliff (so he spelt his name) rot ordering a copy of the book, for this visit occurred seven or eight months before the Dictionary was published. I personal neglect of Johnson is less easily to be accounted for unless it be by the fact, that he was a great invalid; but the mutation of his li ing by the revenues of literature, and doing nothing for it, cannot, as Dr. Hall informed me. be justly made against Dr. Ratcliff; for he bequeathed to his college 1000. 4 pe cents. for the establishment of an exhibeton for the son of a Gloucestershire clergyman; 1000/. for th improvement of the college buildings; 100. worth of bookt; and 100%. for contingent expenses. The residue of Sis property (except 6007. left for the repair of the prebendal boss of Gloucester) he left to the old butler mentioned in the text, who had long been his servant: a bequest which Jotason himself imitated in favour of his own servant, BarGer. CROKER.

1 Mr. Warton's own College. - CROKER.

"This was Johnson's earlie-t account of this little event, and probably the most accurate; many years after this he told the story to Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi, and made a parade of

pleasant afternoon.' Besides Mr. Meeke, there was only one other fellow of Pembroke now resident : from both of whom Johnson received the greatest civilities during this visit, and they pressed him very much to have a room in the college.

"In the course of this visit Johnson and I walked three or four times to Ellesfield, a village beautifully situated about three miles from Oxford, to see Mr. [Francis] Wise, Radclivian librarian, with whom Johnson was much pleased. At this place, Mr. Wise had fitted up a house and gardens, in a singular manner, but with great taste. Here was an excellent library, particularly a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr. Wise read to us a dissertation which he was preparing for the press, intitled 'A History and Chronology of the Fabulous Ages.' Some old divinities of Thrace, related to the Titans, and called the Cabiri, made a very important part of the theory of this piece; and in conversation afterwards, Mr. Wise talked much of his Cabiri. As we returned to Oxford in the evening, I out walked Johnson, and he cried out Sufflamina, a Latin word which came from his mouth with peculiar grace, and was as much as to say, Put on your drag chain. Before we got home, I again walked too fast for him; and he now cried out, Why, you walk as if you were pursued by all the Cabiri in a body. In an evening we frequently took long walks from Oxford into the country, returning to ruins of the abbeys of Oseney and Rewley, near supper. Once, in our way home, we viewed the Oxford. After at least half an hour's silence, Johnson said, 'I viewed them with indignation!' We had then a long conversation on Gothic buildings; and in talking of the form of old halls, he said, In these halls, the fire-place was anciently always in the middle of the room, till the Whigs removed it on one side.'5 About this time there had been an execution of two or three criminals at Oxford on a Monday. Soon afterwards, one day at dinner, I was saying that Mr. Swinton, the chaplain of the gaol, and also a frequent preacher before the university, a learned man, but often thoughtless and absent, preached the condemnation sermon on repentance, before the convicts, on the preceding day, Sunday; and that in the close he told his audience, that he should give them the remainder of what he had to say on the subject the next Lord's Day. Upon which, one of our company, a doctor of divinity, and a plain matterof-fact man, by way of offering an apology for Mr.

his having waited on his tutor, not with a “beating heart,” but with "nonchalance and even insolence." See p. 13. n. 4.-C.

4 Lately Fellow of Trinity College, and at this time was Radclivan Librarian at Oxford; of considerable learning, and eminently skilled in Roman and Anglo-Saxon antiquities. WARTON.

And

5 What can this mean? What had the Whigs to do with removing the smoky hearths from the centre of the great halls to a more coinmodious chimney at the side? there are hundreds of very ancient halls with their chimneys in the sides. Johnson was either joking, or he alluded to some particular circumstances which Warton omitted to notice.CROKER. I have since found that my conjecture was right, and that Johnson alluded to an alteration of the hall of University College, which made some noise at the time; and, I suppose, was effected by some college authorities, who happened to be Whigs.

6 The Rev. John Swinton. B. D., of Ch. Ch., one of the chief writers of the Universal History, (c ncerning which, see post, December 6. 1784,) died in 1777, aged 79.- CROKER.

Swinton, gravely remarked, that he had probably preached the same sermon before the university: Yes, Sir (says Johnson), but the university were not to be hanged the next morning.'

"I forgot to observe before, that when he left Mr. Meeke, (as I have told above,) he added,

About the same time of life, Meeke was left bebind at Oxford to feed on a fellowship, and I went to London to get my living: now, Sir, see the difference of our literary characters!'" 1

The following letter was written by Dr. Johnson to Mr. Chambers, of Lincoln College, afterwards Sir Robert Chambers, one of the judges in India 2:

In the catalogue of MSS. of Gr. Brit., see vol. i. page 18. MSS. Bodl. MARTYRIUM XV. martyrum sub Juliano, auctore Theophylacto.

"It is desired that Mr. Warton will inquire, and send word, what will be the cost of transcribing this manuscript

"Vol. ii. p. 32. Num. 1022. 58. COLL. Nov. Commentaria in Acta Apostol. - Comment. in Septem Epistolas Catholicas.

"He is desired to tell what is the age of each of these manuscripts; and what it will cost to have a transcript of the two first pages of each.

"If Mr. Warton be not in Oxford, you may try if you can get it done by any body else; or stay till he comes, according to your own convenience. It is for an Italian literato.

"The answer is to be directed to his Excellency Mr. Zon, Venetian Resident, Soho Square.

"I hope, dear Sir, that you do not regret the change of London for Oxford. Mr. Baretti is well, and Miss Williams; and we shall all be glad to hear from you, whenever you shall be so kind as to write to, Sir, your most humble servant,

SAM. JOHNSON."

The degree of Master of Arts, which, it has been observed, could not be obtained for him at an early period of his life, was now con

› Curis acuens mortalia corda. Poverty was the stimulus which made Johnson exert a genius naturally, it may be supposed, more vigorous than Meeke's, and he was now beginning to enjoy the fame, of which so many years of painful distress and penury had laid the foundation. Meeke had lived an easy life of decent competence; and on the whole, perhaps, as little envied Johnson, as Johnson him: the goodness and justice of Providence equalise, to a degree not always visible at first sight, the happiness of mankind-nec visit malè qui natus moriensque fefellit.-C., 1831. Meeke died about September, 1764. His death was followed by a curious incident. Horace Walpole, in one of his curiosity-hunts, intending to visit a Sir Thomas Reeves, was misdirected to poor Meeke's parsonage, where he arrived soon after his decease, and was surprised to find the house shut up, and to be told "the gentleman is dead suddenly." He drove away believing that Sir Thomas was no more. See letter to Montagu, 3 Oct. 1763. - Скокия, 1846.

1 Sir Robert Chambers was born in 1737, at Newcastle-onTyne, and educated at the same school with Lord Stowell

sidered as an honour of considerable importance, in order to grace the title-page of his Dictionary; and his character in the literary world being by this time deservedly high, his friends thought that, if proper exertions were made, the University of Oxford would pay him the compliment.

JOHNSON TO THOMAS WARTON.

"DEAR SIR,

"[London,] Nov. 28. 1754.

I am extremely obliged to you and to Mr. Wise, for the uncommon care which you have taken of my interest; if you can accomplish your kind design, I shall certainly take me a little habitation among you.

"The books which I promised to Mr. Wise, I have not been yet able to procure: but I shall send him a Finnick Dictionary, the only copy, perhaps, in England, which was presented me by a learned Swede: but I keep it back, that it may make a set of my own books of the new edition, with which I shall accompany it, more welcome. You will assure him of my gratitude.

Poor dear Collins - Would a letter give him any pleasure? I have a mind to write.

"I am glad of your hindrance in your Spenserian design, yet I would not have it delayed. Three hours a day stolen from sleep and amusement will produce it. Let a Servitour transcribe the quotations, and interleave them with references, to save time. This will shorten the work, and lessen the fatigue.

"Can I do any thing to promoting the diploma? I would not be wanting to co-operate with your kindness; of which whatever be the effect, I shall be, dear Sir, your most obliged, &c.

"SAM. JOHNSON."

JOHNSON TO THOMAS WARTON.

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"[London,] Dec. 21. 1754.

“DEAR SIR, — I am extremely sensible of the favour done me, both by Mr. Wise and yourself. The book cannot, I think, be printed in less than six weeks, nor probably so soon; and I will keep back the title-page for such an insertion as you seem to promise me. Be pleased to let me know what money I shall send you, for bearing the expense of the affair [of the degree]; and I will take care that you may have it ready at your hand.

and his brother the Earl of Eldon, and afterwards (like them) a member of University College. It was be visit ing Chambers, when a fellow of University, that Johnson became acquainted with Lord Stowell; and when Chambers went to India, Lord Stowell, as he expressed it to me, “seemed to succeed to his place in Johnson's friendship." --- CROK & R. 3 In procuring him the degree of M. A., by diploma, at Oxford. WARTON.

The Rambler. — CROKER.

5 Collins (the poet) was at this time at Oxford, on a visit to Mr. Warton; but labouring under the most deplorable languor of body, and dejection of mind. -WARTON. He was the son of a hatter in Chichester; born in 720, and died there 1759 - CHOKER.

Of publishing a volume of observations on Spenser. was hindered by my taking pupils in this College - WARTUN 7 Young students of the lowest rank are so called. — WARTON.

His Dictionary. - WARTON.

"I had lately the favour of a letter from your brother, with some account of poor Collins, for whom I am much concerned. I have a notion, I that by very great temperance, or more properly abstinence, he may yet recover.

There is an old English and Latin book of poems by Barclay, called "The Ship of Fools;" at the end of which are a number of Eglogues, so be writes it, from Egloga, which are probably the first in our language. If you cannot find the book, I will get Mr. Dodsley to send it you.

"I shall be extremely glad to hear from you soon, to know if the affair proceeds. I have mentioned it to none of my friends, for fear of being laughed at for my disappointment.

You know poor Mr. Dodsley has lost his wife; I believe he is much affected. I hope he will not suffer so much as I yet suffer for the loss of mine.

Οίμοι τί δ' οἴμοι; θνῆτα γὰρ πεπόνθαμεν.1

I have ever since seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life, without any direction, or fixed point of view; a gloomy gazer on the world, to which I ave little relation. Yet I would endeavour, by the help of you and your brother, to supply the want of closer union by friendship; and hope to ave long the pleasure of being, dear Sir, most fectionately yours, SAM. JOHNSON."

JOHNSON TO JOSEPH WARTON. "[London,] Dec. 24. 1754.

"DEAR SIR,I am sat down to answer your ad letter, though I know not whether I shall Greet it so as that it may reach you; the misamage of it will be no great matter, as I have WALrg to send but thanks, of which I owe you aly; yet, if a few should be lost, I shall amply at them in my own mind; and professions of reof which the profession will easily be renewed de the respect continues: and the same causes ca first produced can hardly fail to preserve it. Pay let me know, however, whether my letter sts way to you.

Por dear Collins!-Let me know whether think it would give him pleasure if I should write to him. I have often been near his state, and therefore have it in great commiseration.

I sincerely wish you the usual pleasures of this us season, and more than the usual pleasures, the of contemplation on the great event which this festival commemorates. I am, dear Sir, your affectionate and most humble servant, "SAM. JOHNSON."]

- Wool's Life.

JOHNSON TO THOMAS WARTON. "[London,] Feb. 1. 1755. but believe did not direct accurately, and therefore "DEAR SIR, I wrote to you some weeks ago, know not whether you had my letter. I would, likewise, write to your brother, but know not where to find him. I now begin to see land, after having wandered, according to Mr. Warburton's phrase, in this vast sea of words. What reception I shall meet with on the shore, I know not: whether the sound of bells, and acclamations of the

people, which Ariesto talks of in his last Canto, or a general murmur of dislike, I know not: whether I shall find upon the coast a Calypso that will court, or a Polypi me that will eat me. But if Polypheme comes, have at his eye. hope, however, the critics will let me be at peace; for though I do not much fear their skill and strength, I am a little afraid of myself, and would not willingly feel so much ill-will in my bosom as literary quarrels are apt to excite.

"Mr. Baretti is about a work for which he is in great want of Crescimbeni, which you may have again when you please.

Tha worse is from the long-lost BELLEROPHON, a tragedy des. It is preserved by Suidas. - CHARLES BURNEY. nga Alas! but why should I say alas? we have fered the common lot of mortality!" It was the habi nation of the philosopher Crantor.-CROKER. , p. 5. and post, p. 336.

2" Sento venir per allegrezza, un tuono
Che fremar l'aria, e rimbombar far l' onde:
Odo di squille," &c.

Orlando Furioso, c. xlvi. s. 2. — WRIGHT. His degree had now past the suffrages of the heads of colleges; but was not yet finally granted by the university: it was carried without a dissentient voice. WARTON.