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'Davies observes, in his account of Ireland, that no Irishman had ever planted an orchard. Johnson's Works, ix.7. Miss Burney this year mentions meeting 'Mr. Walker, the lecturer. Though modest in science, he is vulgar in conversation. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 237. Johnson quotes him, Works, viii. 474. 'Old Mr. Sheridan' was twelve years younger than Johnson.
Burney, which were published ten years ago. That unfortunate book contained much that was curious and interesting. Yet it was received with a cry of disgust, and was speedily consigned to oblivion. The truth is, that it deserved its doom. It was written in Madame D'Arblay's later style, the worst style that has ever been known among men.
Thrale: 'Why, Madam, you often provoke me to say severe things by unreasonable commendation. If you would not call for my praise, I would not give you my censure; but it constantly moves my indignation to be applied to, to speak well of a thing which I think contemptible. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i.132. See ante, iii.225. 'Mrs.
Miss Burney, describing him in 1783, says: 'He looks unformed in his manners and awkward in his gestures. He joined not one word in the general talk. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 237. See ante, ii. 41, note 1. By Garrick. See ante, i. 201. See post, under Sept. 30, 1783. The actor. With truly tragic stalk, He creeps, he flies. A Hero should not walk.
Langton, "who," he said, "might be very good children, if they were let alone; but the father is never easy when he is not making them do something which they cannot do; they must repeat a fable, or a speech, or the Hebrew alphabet, and they might as well count twenty for what they know of the matter; however, the father says half, for he prompts every other word." Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i. 73.
It is a long while since I read Madame d'Arblay's Recollections, but if I remember right, standing while royalty rests its bones is one of the drawbacks to a maid of honor's felicity. "Finally, at near three, we went into a great luncheon of some fifty. There were different tables, and I sat at the one with royalty. The Provost of Oriel took me in, and Mr. Browning was on my other side.
"Pray now," said he to the Doctor, "what would you give, old gentleman, to be as young and sprightly as I am?" "Why, Sir, I think," replied Johnson, "I would almost be content to be as foolish." Cradock's Memoirs, i. 172. 'Dr. Johnson almost always prefers the company of an intelligent man of the world to that of a scholar. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i. 241.
Beauclerk's library was offered for sale to the Russian Ambassador. Ante, iii. 420. Miss Burney, in 1789, said that a newspaper reported that 'Angelica Kauffmann is making drawings from Evelina for the Empress of Russia. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, v. 35. me peritus Disect Iber, Rhodanique potor. 'To him who drinks the rapid Rhone Shall Horace, deathless bard, be known.
The truth is, that Madame D'Arblay's style underwent a gradual and most pernicious change, a change which, in degree at least, we believe to be unexampled in literary history, and of which it may be useful to trace the progress. When she wrote her letters to Mr.
Such failures should be noted for the instruction of posterity; but they detract little from the permanent reputation of those who have really done great things. Yet one word more. It is not only on account of the intrinsic merit of Madame D'Arblay's early works that she is entitled to honorable mention. Her appearance is an important epoch in our literary history.
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