WHAT is it, then,—some Reader asks,—
'What is it that attaches
Your fancy so to fans and masks,—
To periwigs and patches?
Is Human Life to-day so poor,-
So bloodless, you disdain it,
To "galvanize" the Past once more?'
-Permit me. I'll explain it.
This Age, I grant (and grant with pride),
Is varied, rich, eventful;
But, if you touch its weaker side,
Deplorably resentful :
Whereas with these old Shades of mine,
Their ways and dress delight me; And should I trip by word or line, They cannot well indict me.
Not that I think to err. I seek
To steer 'twixt blame and blindness; I strive (as some one said in Greek) To speak the truth with kindness:
But-should I fail to render clear
Their title, rank, or station-
I still may sleep secure, nor fear
A suit for defamation.
N.B.-The titles of articles are in capitals.
Abbey, Mr. Edwin, 263.
Acis and Galatea, Handel's,
276.
Addison, Joseph, 9.
Eschylus, Flaxman's, 200.
Akenside, Thomas, 37, 38.
Allen, Ebenezer, 171.
Amateurs, Chodowiecki's,
223.
Amelia, Fielding's, 73, 227.
Amelia, Princess, 236, 245,
247, 261.
Anatomie, Burton's, 187.
Andrews, Mr. W. Loring,
Anecdotes of Bowyer, Nichols', Balthazar, 81, 97.
Barton, Mrs., 10.
Bateman, Christopher, the
bookseller, 10.
Beard, the tenor, 273, 276.
Beaumont, Joe, 16.
Bedford, Duchess of, 108.
Bedford, Duke of, 105, 110,
III, 114, 117, 121.
'Belfour, Mrs.,' 61, 71.
Bellamy, Miss, 45.
Belle-Isle, Marshal, 100.
Bentley, Richard, 86.
Bentley, Richard, Jun., 26.
Berkeley, George, 9.
BERLIN HOGARTH, THE,
204-225.
Bernini, 90, 91, 98.
Bernis, Cardinal de, 103.
Bessborough, Lord, 237.
Bewick, 46, 160, 204.
Bibliopegia, Arnett's, 198.
Bindley, James, 199.
Birkbeck Hill, Dr., 25, 68,
187.
Blandford, Lady, 242.
Blind Beggar of Bethnal
Green, The, 39.
Blossoms of Morality, The,
265.
Boerhaave, 190.
Bolingbroke, Lady, 8, 247.
Bolingbroke, Lord, 121.
Booksellers, The Old, 32, 33.
Boothby, Sir William, 62.
Boswell, James, 154, 160,
181, 187, 277.
Boufflers, Madame de, 122,
125, 126, 260.
Bourguignon,
(Gravelot), 95-
Bradshaigh, Lady, 72.
Bramble, Mr. Matthew, 133,
135, 140, 141, 142, 275.
Bramble, Tabitha, 133,135,
138.
Brent, 276.
Brent, Mrs., 273, 276.
British Museum, 148.
British Topography, Gough's,
194.
Brocklesby, Dr., 180, 185.
Brownrigg, Mrs. Elizabeth,
Bunbury, Lady Sarah, 247.
Bunyan, John, 164, 165,
166.
Burke, Edmund, 46, 47,
49, 241.
Burne-Jones, Sir E., 62.
Burnet, Bishop, 48.
Burney, Dr., 273, 276.
Burney, Miss Fanny, 282.
Bute, Lord, 104, 110, 111,
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