Category: Biographies
IT was the intention of the Biographer of DOCTOR BURNEY, to have printed the Doctor’s Correspondence, in a fourth volume, at the same time with the Memoir; but upon examining the collection, there appears such a dearth of the Doctor’s own Letters, of which he very rarely kept...
In shaking hands around with the family upon this occasion, Mr. Hutton related that he had just come from the apartment of M. de Solgas, sub-preceptor to his Royal Highness the...
17. Part 17“Mr. Twining, astonished, delighted, uttered the warmest praises, with all his heart; but that fervent effusion over, dropped his voice into its lowest key, to add, with a look...
2. Part 2“In 1738, she married Lord Ossulston, son of the Earl of Tankerville: and I remember leading off a choral song, or hymn, by her direction, to chaunt her out of St. Julian’s Chur...
8. Part 8“To thee, henceforth, my matchless mate, My leisure hours I’ll dedicate; To thee my inmost thoughts transmit, Whene’er the busy scene I quit. For thee, companion dear! I feel An...
18. Part 18Yet, with all this outward lack of allurement, her heart was kind, her temper was humane, and her friendships were zealous. But she had met with some misfortunes in early life t...
13. Part 13There are few things in which his perfect good-humour was more playfully demonstrated, than by the looks, arch yet reproachful, and piteous though burlesque, with which he was w...
5. Part 5During the first fair breathings of early wedded love, the scoff of the tender passion, the sneer against romance, the contempt of refined reciprocations of sentiment, are done...
12. Part 12Yet, this done, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton was by no means in a situation to reside in the share left to her disposal: Mr. Crisp, therefore, suggested that she should form a competent...
1. Part 1IT was the intention of the Biographer of DOCTOR BURNEY, to have printed the Doctor’s Correspondence, in a fourth volume, at the same time with the Memoir; but upon examining th...
6. Part 6If ’tis meet to fee or bribe A leech of th’ Æsculapius tribe, We Hepburn have, who’s wise as Socrates, And deep in physic as Hippocrates. Or, if ’tis meet to take the air, You b...
11. Part 11The time had arrived, and now was passed, for the long-settled project of Mr. Burney of conveying to Paris his second and, then, youngest daughters, Frances and Charlotte, to re...
10. Part 10The fondness of Mr. Garrick for this little spaniel was so great, that one of his first visits on his return from the continent was to see, caress, and reclaim him. Phill was ne...
4. Part 4The love of music, in Mr. Crisp, amounted to passion; yet that passion could not have differed more from modern enthusiasm in that art, if it had been hatred; since, far from de...
14. Part 14He made frequent visits to the house; conceived the most friendly regard for the whole family; and abruptly, and with great singularity, addressed a letter, that was as original...
15. Part 15The opportunity which thus powerfully had been prepared of promotion for the Doctor’s son, occurred early in the voyage. Mr. Shanks, the second lieutenant of the Discovery, was...
7. Part 7The following copy remains of a burlesque rhyming _billet-doux_, written by Mr. Burney in his old dramatic character of Will Fribble, and addressed to Mrs. Greville in that of M...
3. Part 3Young Burney, however, more alive to the graces of melody than to the subtleties of argument, gave answers that always finished with full-toned chords, which as constantly modul...
9. Part 9When dying in my arms, she softly said: “Write me some verses!”—and shall be obey’d. The sacred mandate vibrates in my ears, And fills my eyes with reverential tears. For ever o...
19. Part 19He had awaked, he said, that morning, under the formidable impression of an introduction to a profound Greek scholar, that was almost awful; and that had set him to pondering up...