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measure was discountenanced by the king, and some portion of blame imputed by him to the agent. Had he succeeded, he would doubtless have been well rewarded; liberality would not have been wanting, if cash had been abundant. The finances of Frederic, becoming daily more and more impaired, he formed the fatal resolution of destroying himself, which he accomplished with a pistol at the gate of Westminster-Abbey, in the evening of Feb, 1, 1796. He was a man of general knowledge, accomplished manners, and eminent literary talents. He wrote "Memoirs pour servir l'Histoire de Corse," 1768, 8vo.

FULLER (THOMAS), an English historian and divine, was born in 1608. He was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, where he took his degree in arts. On entering into orders, he was presented to the rectory of Broad Windsor, in Dorsetshire. He successively enjoyed several other preferments in the church, and would, probably, have been raised to a bishopric, had he not been taken off by death, in 1661. He wrote "The History of the Worthies of England," a performance of great merit, and many other valuable works. Astonishing things are reported of his memory. From once hearing a sermon, he could repeat the whole of it verbatim. He undertook, in going from Temple-bar to the farther end of Cheapside, to tell at his return every sign as it stood in order, on both sides of the way, repeating them either backwards os forwards, which he performed exactly. He was a learned,

industrious, lively writer, but rather too fond of punning. He was a very corpulent man, and once as he was riding with a gentleman of the name of Sparrowhawk, he could not resist the opportunity of passing a joke upon him"Pray, what is the difference (said he) between an owl and a sparrowhawk ?” The other answered this sarcastic question, as follows: "An owl is fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over.

FULVIA, the wife of Mark Antony, was a woman of a most daring and masculine spirit, and therefore a proper coadjutor to her cruel husband during the massacres of the triumvirate. Antony caused the heads of those whom he had proscribed to be brought to a table, where he feasted his eyes with gazing on them. The head of Cicero was one, which he ordered to be fixed on the rostrum, from whence that great orator had pronounced so many charges against him. But before that order was executed, Fulvia took the head in her lap, and spit upon it; and afterwards thrust a silver bodkin through the tongue, as if triumphing over that eloquent member which had so often alarmed the Roman people. When Octavius returned to Rome, and had a quarrel with her, Fulvia took up arms against him, which gave so great offence to Antony, that he treated her with great severity. This behaviour had such an effect upon her spirits, that she retired to Greece, where she soon after died of grief.

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GAINSBOROUGH (THOMAS), a celebrated English painter, born at Sudbury, in Suffolk, in 1727. Nature was his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy. Here he was accustomed to pass his mornings in sketching an antiquated tree, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or other casual subjects, which presented themselves. From delineation, he proceeded to colouring; and after painting several landscapes from the age of ten to twelve, he quitted his native place and repaired to London, where he commenced portrait painter; in which line he also acquired great eminence. His portraits will pass to futurity, with reputation equal to that which follows the pictures of Vandyke. His greatest excellence, however, was as a landscape painter, in which he united the brilliancy of Claude, with the simplicity of Rysdael. This selftaught artist was no less distinguished by his virtues than his talents. Besides the usual claims of distress on a benevolent heart, he was surrounded by needy relatives and unfortunate friends, who quartered themselves on his humanity and generosity, and prevented his becoming affluent. This wonderful man died August 2,

1788.

GARRICK, (DAVID) a celebrated English comedian, was descended of a French family, who, being protestants, fled to England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantz. His father was a captain in the army, and generally re sided at Litchfield, though David was born at Hereford, in 1716, his father being then on a

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recruiting party in that city. He received his education, partly at the grammar-school at Litchfield, and partly under the celebrated Dr. Johnson, with whom he came to London, in 1735. He afterwards went into partnership with his brother in the wine trade, but shortly quitted that business for the stage. Having made his first attempt at Ipswich, under the assumed name of Lyddal, and having been received there with great applause, he ventured to make his appearance at the theatre in Goodman's-fields; and on the 19th of October, 1741, played Richard the Third, for the first time. His acting was attended with the loudest acclamations of applause; and his fame was so expeditiously circulated through the town, that the theatres of Coventgarden and Drury-lane were quickly deserted, and Goodman's-fields became the resort of people of fashion, till that theatre was shut up; in consequence of which, Garrick entered into an agreement with Fleetwood, the patentee of Drury-lane theatre, for 500l. a year. In June, July, and August 1742, he played in Dublin to such full houses, and the playhouse was so crowded during this hot season, that a very mortal fever was produced, which was fatal to many, and was called Garrick's fever. In 1747, Mr. Garrick became joint-patentee of Drury-lane theatre with Mr. Lacy; and in July, 1749, married Mademoiselle Viletti. In 1763, he, and Mrs. Garrick, undertook a journey into Italy, both of them being but in an indifferent state of health. After he had been

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abroad about a year and a half, he turned his thoughts homeward, and arrived in England, in April, 1765. In 1769, he projected and conducted the memorable jubilee at Stratfordupon-Avon, in honour of Shakespeare. On the death of Mr. Lacy, in 1773, the whole management of the theatre devolved on him, but, being advanced in years, and labouring under some afflictions, he finally left it in June 1776, and disposed of his moiety of the patent to Messrs. Sheridan, Linley, and Ford, for 35,000l. He died at his house in the Adelphi, Jan. 15, 1779. He wrote several dramatic pieces, and a great number of prologues and epilogues. "Take him for all in all," Garrick, is generally allowed to have been superior to any player that ever existed. He was fond of fame, and equally fond of money; and no man had it more in his power to gratify both those passions. Foote, the comedian, sometimes threw out some pleasantries on Garrick's avaricious propensity. Being once in company with Mr. Garrick, in the lower part of his garden at Hampton, Roscius, having a guinea in his hand, said, “I think, I could throw this guinea, to the other side of the Thames." The English Aristophanes expressed his doubts;

though I believe,” added he, “that you can make a guinea go as far as any man." At another time, when Foote was in company with Mr. Sheriff Vaillant, (who was much delighted in the practice of accumulation)--he told the sheriff, that he could have saved him

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