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158. ‘_Pleasurable poetic fervour._’ Hazlitt probably had in his mind chap. xviii. of the _Biographia Literaria_. The words suggest that conception of poetry which was expressed by Wordsworth in his _Preface to the Lyrical Ballads_ (especially in the extended 1802 form), and which was frequently repeated by Coleridge. See, in addition to the _Biographia Literaria_, _Lectures on Shakespere, etc._ (Bohn’s ed.), p. 49.

158. Note.—Maturin’s _Bertram_ was attacked in _The Courier_, ‘the pen being either wielded or guided by Coleridge,’ but the attack in _Biographia Literaria_ was a different one. See Dykes Campbell’s _Samuel Taylor Coleridge_, 223 note 1.

LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE

A review of _Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole to George Montagu, Esq. From the year 1736 to 1770_, published in 1818. This and other volumes of Walpole’s correspondence were reprinted in Peter Cunningham’s collected edition of _Walpole’s Letters_ (9 vols., 1857–1859), where the passages quoted by Hazlitt may be found.

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159. _Princess Amelia._ George II.’s daughter. See Walpole’s _Letters_, _passim_.

_George Selwyn._ George Augustus Selwyn (1719–1791), the wit, Walpole’s ‘oldest acquaintance and friend.’

_Mr. Chute._ John Chute (1703–1776), a great friend of Walpole’s. See especially a letter to Sir Horace Mann, 27 May, 1776.

160. ‘_Of outward show_,’ _etc._ _Paradise Lost_, VIII. 539.

_Pam._ The Knave of Clubs, and the best trump at one form of Loo.

161. _Balmerino._ Arthur Elphinstone, sixth Lord Balmerino (1688–1746), beheaded for participation in the Rebellion of 1745.

‘_Are kept in ponderous vases._’ Pope, _The Rape of the Lock_, V. 115.

163. ‘_Have got the start_,’ _etc._ _Julius Cæsar_, Act I. Sc. 2.

_Poor Bentley._ Richard Bentley (1708–1782), son of the scholar.

‘_High fantastical._’ _Twelfth Night_, Act I. Sc. 1.

164. _Müntz._ John Henry Müntz, a Swiss, who painted and copied paintings for Walpole.

‘_That which he esteemed_,’ _etc._ _Macbeth_, Act I. Sc. 7.

_Mr. Mason._ William Mason (1724–1797), the poet and friend of Gray.

165. _The Mysterious Mother._ Walpole’s tragedy (1768).

166. ‘_Himself and the universe._’ Hazlitt elsewhere says of Wordsworth (vol. I. p. 113), ‘it is as if there were nothing but himself and the universe.’

‘_Admit no discourse_,’ _etc._ _Hamlet_, Act III. Sc. 1.

168. _Lord Ferrers._ Laurence Shirley (1720–1760), fourth Earl Ferrers, was hanged for the murder of his steward, John Johnson.

169. ‘_Sleep no more_,’ _etc._ _Macbeth_, Act II. Sc. 2.

172. _Smithson._ Sir Hugh Smithson (1715–1786), married in 1740 the heiress of the Percy estates, succeeded to the title of Earl of Northumberland in 1750, and was created Duke in 1766.

_Pope._ Hazlitt refers presumably to ‘Song, by a Person of Quality,’ beginning, ‘Flutt’ring spread thy purple pinions.’

‘_Very chargeable._’ _A New Way to Pay Old Debts_, Act III. Sc. 2.

LIFE OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS

Joseph Farington’s (1747–1821) _Memoirs of the Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds_ was published in 1819. This review was republished in _Criticisms on Art_ (1843–4), and in _Essays on the Fine Arts_ (1873).

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172. _Dispute between their late President, etc._ Relating to the election of Joseph Bonomi as professor of perspective. Reynolds resigned his membership of the Academy in Feb. 1790, but afterwards withdrew his resignation. Edmond Malone (1741–1812) published a Memoir of Reynolds in 1797.

173. ‘_Pleased with a rattle_,’ _etc._ Pope, _Essay on Man_, II. 276.

174. _Richardson._ Jonathan Richardson (1665–1745), author of _A Theory of Painting_ (1715).

_Hudson._ Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), portrait-painter.

177. _The French materialists._ See Helvétius, _De l’Esprit_, Discourse III.

178. ‘_A greater general capacity_,’ _etc._ See Johnson’s _Life of Cowley._

180. _Hayman._ See VOL. I. (_The Round Table_) note to p. 149.

_Highmore._ _Ibid._

‘_Darted contagious fire._’ _Paradise Lost_, IX. 1036.

181. _Gandy._ See vol VI. (_Table Talk_), note to p. 21.

184. _In the days of Montesquieu._ See his _De l’ Esprit des Lois_.

185. ‘_Like flowers_,’ _etc._ Macbeth, Act IV. Sc. 3.

186. _Says Schlegel._ _Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature_, I.

‘_Like the forced pace_,’ _etc._ _Henry IV._,