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Johnson expressed himself much satisfied with the application. On another day after this, when talking on the subject of prayer, Dr. Brocklesby repeated from Juvenal, 'Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore Sano , and so on to the end of the tenth satire; but in running it quickly over, he happened, in the line, 'Qui spatium vitae; extremum inter munera ponat,
Lord Bathurst likewise, by dint of sparing no pains, and by bringing in the best blood obtainable from Belvoir, Brocklesby, and other kennels, has gradually brought his pack to a high state of excellence. Turning to the week's programme for a man hunting five or six days a week from Cirencester, Monday is the day for the duke's hounds.
Brocklesby, as a man in whom he had confidence, to tell him plainly whether he could recover. Being pressed by Mr. Windham to take somewhat more generous nourishment, lest too low a diet should have the very effect which he dreaded, by debilitating his mind, he said, 'I will take any thing but inebriating sustenance. The Reverend Mr.
It was on the occasion of his ride to Brocklesby that Lord Yarborough's tenantry rode out to meet the Prince, and exhibited the finest farmers' cavalcade for men and horses in England.
Brocklesby wrote to Burke, on July 2, 1788, to make him 'an instant present of £1000, which, he continues, 'for years past, by will, I had destined as a testimony of my regard on my decease. Burke, accepting the present, said: 'I shall never be ashamed to have it known, that I am obliged to one who never can be capable of converting his kindness into a burthen. Burke's Corres. iii.78.
On Sunday, March 30, I found him at home in the evening, and had the pleasure to meet with Dr. Brocklesby , whose reading, and knowledge of life, and good spirits, supply him with a never-failing source of conversation. He mentioned a respectable gentleman, who became extremely penurious near the close of his life. Johnson said there must have been a degree of madness about him.
Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I had some difficulty; my hand, I knew not how nor why, made wrong letters. I then wrote to Dr. Taylor to come to me, and bring Dr. Heberden; and I sent to Dr. Brocklesby, who is my neighbour. My physicians are very friendly, and give me great hopes; but you may imagine my situation.
It is the only occasion in which the noble profession of medicine has not appeared in wise and beneficent connexion with the sufferings of men of letters. Why did Ferrara possess no Brocklesby in those days? no Garth, Mead, Warren, or Southwood Smith? Tasso enabled himself to endure his imprisonment with composition.
During his absence from London he kept up a correspondence with several of his friends, from which I shall select what appears to me proper for publication, without attending nicely to chronological order. To Dr. BROCKLESBY, he writes, Ashbourne, July 20:
Monro's, 'I most sincerely join you in sympathizing with that very worthy and ingenious character, from whom his country has derived much instruction and entertainment. Dr. Hope corresponded with his friend Dr. Brocklesby.
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