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'Disorders of intellect, answered Imlac, 'happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. Rasselas, ch. 44. See ante, i. 397, for Kit Smart's madness in praying. Yet he gave lessons in Latin to Miss Burney and Miss Thrale. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i. 243.
D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 198. 'Mrs. Porter, the tragedian, was so much the favourite of her time, that she was welcomed on the stage when she trod it by the help of a stick. Piozzi Letters, ii. 319. He said: 'Mrs. Clive was the best player I ever saw. Boswell's Hebrides, post, v. 126. See ante, p. 7. She was for many years the neighbour and friend of Horace Walpole. She acted the heroine in Irene.
Thrale which no flashes of merriment or beams of wit can pierce through; yet he seems pleased that everybody should be gay. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i. 220. The attack was in June. Piozzi Letters, ii. 47. On Aug. 3, Johnson wrote to Dr. Taylor: 'Mr. Which I communicated to him from his Lordship, but it has not yet been published. I have a copy of it.
"Why, madam," answered he, "they don't know when to abuse him, and when to praise him; I will allow no man to speak ill of David that he does not deserve." Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i. 65. See ante, i. 393, note 1. The passage is in a letter dated Dublin, Oct. 12, 1727. 'Here is my maintenance, wrote Swift, 'and here my convenience.
Burney, which were published ten years ago. The 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.
It is not only on account of the intrinsic merit of Madame D'Arblay's early works that she is entitled to honourable mention. Her appearance is an important epoch in our literary history. Evelina was the first tale written by a woman, and purporting to be a picture of life and manners, that lived or deserved to live. The Female Quixote is no exception.
It is from no unfriendly feeling to Madame D'Arblay's memory that we have expressed ourselves so strongly on the subject of her style. On the contrary, we conceive that we have really rendered a service to her reputation.
After the publication of Camilla, Madame D'Arblay resided ten years at Paris. During those years there was scarcely any intercourse between France and England. It was with difficulty that a short letter could occasionally be transmitted. All Madame D'Arblay's companions were French. She must have written, spoken, thought, in French.
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.
D'Arblay's Diary, i. 373. 'Mrs. Thrale says that though Mrs. Lennox's books are generally approved, nobody likes her. Ib. p. 91. See ante, i. 255, and iv. 10. 'Sept. 1778. MRS. THRALE. "Mrs. Montagu is the first woman for literary knowledge in England, and if in England, I hope I may say in the world." DR. JOHNSON. "I believe you may, Madam.
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