Kemble.- Barrington. — Pitt.

J. P. KEMBLE.

1757-1823.

I give thee all — I can no more,
Tho' poor the offering be;

My heart and lute are all the store

That I can bring to thee.

391

Lodoiska. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But why did you kick me down stairs?

The Panel. Acti. Sc. 1.

GEORGE BARRINGTON.

1755

True patriots all; for be it understood
We left our country for our country's good.2
Prologue written for the Opening of the Play-house at
New South Wales, Jan. 16, 1796. Barrington's
"New South Wales," p. 152.

WILLIAM PITT.

1759-1806.

Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all
That shared its shelter, perish in its fall.

From The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin. No. xxxvi.

1 Altered from Bickerstaff's 'Tis Well it's no Worse. The lines are also found in Debrett's Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, Vol. i. p. 15.

2 'T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad. - Farquhar, The Beaux' Stratagem, Act iii. Sc. 2.

GEORGE COLMAN, THE YOUNGER. 1762 1836.

On their own merits modest men are dumb. Epilogue to the Heir at Law.

And what's impossible can't be,

And never, never comes to pass.

The Maid of the Moor.

Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.

Like two single gentlemen, rolled into one.

Ibid.

Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.

The Poor Gentleman. Act i. Sc. 2.

O Miss Bailey,

Unfortunate Miss Bailey!

Love laughs at Locksmiths. Act ii. Song.

JAMES HURDIS. 1763-1801.

Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.

The Village Curate.

Pinckney. - Lee. - Everett. 393

CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY. 1746-1825.

Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute. When Ambassador to the French Republic, 1796.

HENRY LEE. 1756-1816.

To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his country

men.

Eulogy on Washington.

Delivered by Gen. Lee, Dec. 26, 1799. Memoirs of Lee.

DAVID EVERETT.

1769-1813.

You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage;
And if I chance to fall below
Demosthenes or Cicero,

Don't view me with a critic's eye,

But pass my imperfections by.

Large streams from little fountains flow,

Tall oaks from little acorns grow.

Lines written for a School Declamation.

1 To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens. From the Resolutions presented to the House of Representatives, on the Death of General Washington, December, 1799. Mar. shall's Life of Washington.

394 Barère. - Fouché. - Morton.

MADAME ROLAND.

1754-1793.

O liberty liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name! (1793.)

BERTRAND BARÈRE. 1755-1841.

The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants.1

Speech in the Convention Nationale. 1792.

JOSEPH FOUCHÉ. 1763-1820.

It is more than a crime, it is a political fault; 2 words which I record because they have been repeated and attributed to others.

A Cure for the Heartache. Act ii. Sc. 1. Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise Ibid. Act v. Sc. 2.

indeed.

1 L'arbre de la liberté ne croît qu'arrosé par le sang des tyrans.

2 Commonly quoted, "It is worse than a crime, it is a blunder," and attributed to Talleyrand.

Ferriar.- Mackintosh.

395

JOHN FERRIAR. 1764-1815.

Illustrations of Sterne.

The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold.

Bibliomania. Line 6.

Now cheaply bought — for thrice their weight in

gold.

Ibid. Line 65.

Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed Of knightly counsel, and heroic deed).

Ibid. Line 121.

How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold
The small, rare volume, black with tarnish'd
gold!
Ibid. Line 137.

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. 1765-1832.

Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.

Vindicia Gallica.

The commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. Ibid.

Disciplined inaction.

Causes of the Revolution of 1688, ch. vii.

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy. Remarks on

Thomas Brown.