Chapter XXVI: Act I: Sc. 1

‘_Overstep the modesty._’ Hamlet, Act III., Sc. 2.

‘_Good set terms._’ _As You Like It_, Act II. Sc. 7.

_Lord Leveson Gower._ Lord Francis Leveson Gower (1800–1857), son
of the second Marquis of Stafford, inherited a large property
from his uncle, Francis Henry Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater,
assumed the name of Egerton, and in 1846 was created Earl of
Ellesmere. His translation of _Faust_ appeared in 1823.

275. Note. See vol. V. pp. 202–203, and notes.

LADY MORGAN’S LIFE OF SALVATOR

This _Life_ appeared in 1823. Sydney Owenson (1783?–1859), author of _The Wild Irish Girl_ in (1806), and many other less known books, was the daughter of Robert Owenson, the actor, and in 1812 married Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, the physician and philosopher. Cf. _The Spirit of the Age_ (vol. IV.), p. 308, and _The Plain Speaker_ (vol. VII.), p. 220. This review was republished in _Criticisms on Art_ (1843–4) and in _Essays on the Fine Arts_ (1873).

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278. _The miracle in Virgil._ _Æneid_, III. 37–40.

279. ‘_Housing with wild men_,’ _etc._ Coleridge, _Zapolya_, Act II.
Sc. 1.

280. ‘_Their mind_,’ _etc._ Sir Edward Dyer’s poem, beginning ‘My mind
to me a kingdom is.’

‘_In measureless content._’ _Macbeth_, Act II. Sc. 1.

‘_Unjust tribunals_,’ _etc._ _Samson Agonistes_, 695.

282. ‘_Pride, pomp_,’ _etc._ _Othello_, Act III. Sc. 3.

283. _The celebrated Lanfranco._ Giovanni Lanfranco (1581–1647), the
painter.

‘_Skins and films_,’ _etc._ Cf. _Hamlet_, Act III. Sc. 4.

287. ‘_Another moon_,’ _etc._ _Paradise Lost_, V. 311.

291. ‘_According to Lord Bacon_,’ _etc._ _Advancement of Learning_, Bk.
II. iv. p. 2.

‘_Burke, in a like manner_,’ _etc._ See _A Letter to a Member of
the National Assembly_, 1791 (_Works_, Bohn, II. p. 535, _et
seq._)

292. ‘_Moralizes_,’ _etc._ _As You Like It_, Act II. Sc. 1.

_Bernini._ Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), the sculptor.

296. _Passeri._ Giovanni Battista Passeri (1610?–1679), author of _Vite
de’Pittori, Scultori, e Architetri_, _etc._ (1772).

_Mrs. Radcliffe’s Italian._ Ann Radcliffe’s _The Italian_, 1797.

_Thaddeus of Warsaw._ By Jane Porter (1776–1850), published in
1803.

298. ‘_Like a wounded snake_,’ _etc._ Pope, _An Essay on Criticism_
(II.), 357.

300. ‘_Where universal Pan_,’ _etc._ _Paradise Lost_, IV. 266–268.

301. _Massaniello._ Tommaso Aniello—called Masaniello—(1623–1647), the
fisherman leader of the Neapolitan revolt against the Spanish
viceroy in 1647.

AMERICAN LITERATURE—DR. CHANNING

This review is stated to be Hazlitt’s in the volume of _Selections from the Correspondence of the late Macvey Napier_, p. 70 note. Jeffrey writes to Napier, Nov. 23, 1829 (_Ibid._ pp. 69–70): ‘Your American reviewer is not a first-rate man, a clever writer enough, but not deep or judicious, or even very fair. I have no notion who he is. If he is young he may come to good, but he should be trained to a more modest opinion of himself, and to take a little more pains, and go more patiently and thoroughly into his subject.’ Carlyle, on the other hand, writes, Jan. 27. 1830 (_Ibid._ p. 78): ‘I liked the last [number] very well; the review of Channing seemed to me especially good.’ It is very strange that Jeffrey should not have recognised Hazlitt’s manner. Procter (_An Autobiographical Fragment_, p. 261) quotes a letter from Jeffrey of May 12, 1826, in which he says, ‘Can you tell me anything of our ancient ally Hazlitt?’

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310. _Mr. Brown._ Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), one of the
earliest of American writers, author of _Wieland_ (1798),
_Ormond_ (1799), _Arthur Mervyn_ (1800), _Edgar Huntley_ (1801),
_Clara Howard_ (1801), and _Jane Talbot_ (1804). The first four
of these are mentioned by Peacock as amongst the books ‘which
took the deepest root in Shelley’s mind, and had the strongest
influence on the formation of his character.’

310. _Mr. Cooper._ James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), whose most famous
novel, _The Last of the Mohicans_, had appeared in 1826.

311. _An ample tribute of respect._ See reviews in the _Edinburgh_ of
_The Sketch Book_ (Aug. 1820), and _Bracebridge Hall_ (Nov.
1822). Both were written by Jeffrey.

_Frankenstein._ Mrs. Shelley’s novel (1818).

‘_Of Brownies_,’ _etc._ ‘Of Brownies and of bogillis full this
buke.’ Gawin Douglas, _Aeneis_, VI. Prol. 18.

_They hoot the Beggar’s Opera, etc._ Cf. vol. VIII. (_Dramatic
Essays_), p. 473 and note.

312. _Our own unrivalled novelist._ Sir Walter Scott.

313. _The historiographer of Brother Jonathan._ Hazlitt refers to John
Neal’s _Brother Jonathan: or the New Englanders_. 3 vols.
Edinburgh, 1825.

_His Pilot._ 1823.

‘_To suffer_,’ _etc._ _The Tempest_, Act I. Sc. 2.

314. ‘_Line upon line_,’ _etc._ _Isaiah_, xxviii. 10.

_Franklin._ Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).

_Poor Robin._ _Poor Richard’s Almanac_, begun by Franklin in 1732,
and continued with great success for twenty-five years.

_1754._ This apparently should be 1764.

‘_Metre-ballad-mongering._’ Cf. _Henry IV._, Part I. Act III. Sc.
1.

315. _Jonathan Edwards._ Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), whose _Freedom
of the Will_ appeared in 1754. Cf. Hazlitt’s philosophical
lectures in vol. XI.

‘_An honest method._’ _Hamlet_, Act II. Sc. 2.

316. _Dr. Channing._ William Ellery Channing (1780–1842), minister of a
Congregational church in Boston from 1803. He had visited
England in 1822. Hazlitt is here reviewing _Sermons and Tracts_:
including _Remarks on the Character and Writings of Milton, and
of Fenelon; and an analysis of the Character of Napoleon
Bonaparte_, 1829.

320. _In answer to Fenelon._ Channing’s ‘Remarks’ were upon a volume of
Selections from Fénelon, published in Boston, 1829.

323. _Bishop Butler’s Sermons._ 1726.

325. ‘_Wise above what is written._’ Cf. _1 Corinthians_, iv. 6.

‘_With authority_,’ _etc._ _S. Matthew_, vii. 29.

326. ‘_As having something_,’ _etc._ _The Advancement of Learning_,