DR. GEORGE SEWELL.

--1726.

When all the blandishments of life are gone,
The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
The Suicide. From Martial, Book xi. Ep. 56.

EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.

1694-1773.

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. Letter, March 10, 1746.

I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow,' who used to say, Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.

Sacrifice to the Graces.2

Nov. 6, 1747.

March 9, 1748.

Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.

Style is the dress of thoughts.

Despatch is the soul of business.

Chapter of accidents.

July 1, 1748.

Nov. 24, 1749.

Feb. 5, 1750.

Feb. 16, 1753.

1 W. Lowndes, Secretary of the Treasury in the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George the Third.

2 Literally from the Greek Ove raîs Xápɩɩ. Diog. Laert., Lib. iv. § 6, Xenocrates.

8 See Burke, Notes for Speeches, ed. 1852, Vol. ii. p. 426. John Wilkes said that "the Chapter of Accidents is the longest chapter in the book."-Southey, The Doctor, cxviii.

CHESTERFIELD. — PULTENEY.-DYER.

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I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.

The World. No. 101.

Unlike my subject now shall be my song,
It shall be witty, and it sha'n't be long.

Impromptu Lines.

The dews of the evening most carefully shun,
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

Advice to a Lady in Autumn. The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.

Character of Pulteney.

WILLIAM PULTENEY. 1682-1764.

For twelve honest men have decided the cause,
Who are judges alike of the facts and the laws.

The Honest Jury.

JOHN DYER. 1700-1758.

A little rule, a little sway,

A sunbeam in a winter's day,

Is all the proud and mighty have

Between the cradle and the grave. Grongar Hill. Line 88.

Ever charming, ever new,

When will the landscape tire the view?

Disparting towers

Trembling all precipitate down dashed,

Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon.

Line 102.

The Ruins of Rome. Line 40.

ROBERT BLAIR. 1699-1747.

The Grave, dread thing!

Men shiver when thou 'rt named: Nature, appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.

The Grave. Part i. Line 9.

The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.1

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul!
Sweetener of life! and solder of society!

Of joys departed,

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Line 88.

Not to return, how painful the remembrance! Line 109.

The good he scorned

Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,

Not to return; or, if it did, in visits

Like those of angels, short and far between.2

Part ii. Line 586.

RICHARD SAVAGE. 1698-1743.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

The Bastard. Line 7.

May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,
And glorify what else is damned to fame.3

Character of Foster.

1 Compare Dryden, Amphitryon. Page 231.

2 Compare Norris. Page 238.

3 Compare Pope, Essay on Man, Ep. iv. Line 281.

JAMES THOMSON. 1700-1748.

Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come.
The Seasons. Spring. Line 1.

Base Envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

But who can paint

Like Nature? Can imagination boast,
Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.

An elegant sufficiency, content,

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,
Ease and alternate labour, useful life,
Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!

The meek-eyed Morn appears, mother of dews.

Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?

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Summer. Line 47.

But yonder comes the powerful king of day,
Rejoicing in the east.

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Ships, dim-discovered dropping from the clouds.

Line 946.

And Mecca saddens at the long delay.

Line 979.

Line 1188.

Sighed and looked unutterable things.

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate . Of mighty monarchs.

Line 1285.

So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.

Summer. Line 1346.

Who stemmed the torrent of a downward age. Line 1516.

Autumn nodding o'er the yellow plain. Autumn. Line 2. Loveliness

Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,

But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.1

Line 204.

He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty concealed. Line 229.

For still the world prevailed, and its dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.

Line 233.

See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year.

Winter. Line 1.

Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

Line 393.

There studious let me sit,

And hold high converse with the mighty dead. Line 431.

The kiss, snatched hasty from the sidelong maid.

These as they change, Almighty Father! these
Are but the varied God. The rolling year
Is full of Thee.

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Hymn. Line 1.

Shade, unperceived, so softening into shade.

From seeming evil still educing good.

1 In naked beauty more adorned,

More lovely, than Pandora.

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Milton, Paradise Lost, Book iv. Line 713.