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Sir Richard Steele-

Expelled from the House-Death of the Queen-Fall of Oxford and

Bolingbroke-Whig appointments

Steele's office in the Theatre Royal-Gratitude of the Players-Politicians

less grateful-Member for Boroughbridge

Oratory in the House of Commons-Steele characterises it-Views of
public questions-Opposition to High Church party.

Conduct in the House-On Schism Bill-Toleration to Catholics-Mercy

to Jacobites-South Sea Scheme-Walpole's proposition on the Debt

-Sunderland's Peerage Bill

Deprived of his Drury Lane appointment-Complaint to his wife-Inter-
ceding for South Sea Directors-Dull Mr. William Whiston

Treatment of Steele by the Whigs-Service in times of Danger for-

gotten-Apologue of Husbandman and Bridge

Nobody's Enemy but his own-Social Impressions against Moral Resolu-

tions-No Example of Improvidence for others

Bishop Hoadly-At a Whig festivity with Steele-Visiting at Blenheim

Stories of Steele told to Johnson-A Pamphlet written for a Dinner-

Bailiffs in Livery-Addison's Enforcement of Steele's Bond-

Probable explanation-Improbable suggestions

Entertainment in York Buildings-Addison Secretary of State-Steele

dining with him-Appointed Commissioner of Scotch Forfeited

His later married life-Boys and Girls-Alternate Sunshine and Storm
with Prue-Mistress Moll, Madam Betty, Eugene, and Dick
Last letters to Prue-Her death-His Later public life-Comedy of the
Conscious Lovers-Difference with Addison

A Summer's Evening Scene in Wales-Steele in his Invalid Chair-

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(From the Edinburgh Review, January 1845. With Additions.) 209-291.

An Editor's bad Example-Tendency of remarks on Individuals-Too

much either of blame or praise

Charles Churchill

Editorial Deficiencies-Dead hand at a Life, and not Lively at a Note-

Dr. Brown and Jeremy Bentham

Dr. Francklin's Sophocles-Ambition of a young Solicitor to Edit a
Satirist-Unfortunate Criticism

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Mistakes and Contradictions-Garth and his friend Codrington-The two
Doctors William King-The two Bishops Parker-Grave cor-
rection of a Joke by Addison

Tom Davies and T. Davis-Premature putting to death of Churchill's
brother John-Curacy in Wales-Failure in trade-Repulse at
Oxford

Admiration for Croly-Contempt for Wordsworths and Coleridges-

Attacks upon Noble Authors

Charles Churchill born-Two races of men-Dryden's Cromwell and

Shaftesbury, Churchill's Wilkes and Sandwich

Churchill's Father-Designs him for the Church-Places him at West-

minster-The Masters there.

His School-days and School-fellows-Stands by Cowper now, and Cowper

afterwards by him-Colman, Cumberland, and Warren Hastings. 217

Small poets at Westminster-Taggers of verse increasing and multiplying
-A Poetical Murrain-A Profession ill-chosen

Honours at School-Imprudent Marriage-Rejection at Oxford-Domestic

Entered at Trinity in Cambridge-Qualifying for Orders-Visit to London

Curate of Rainham-Forty Pounds a-year-Opens a school-Death of his

father-Elected Curate of St. John's in Westminster

Teaching in a Lady's Boarding School-In the Pulpit-His own admis-

sions-His heart never with his profession .

Character consistent with Itself-Monsters not in Nature-Churchill's

claim to fairer judgments

Wish to leave the Church-Early aspirations reawakened-Old school-

fellows established as Town wits-Result of ill-considered Marriage. 224

Ruin impending-A Friendly Hand stretched forth-Determines to

embark in Literature-The Bard and The Conclave rejected by

booksellers-Both destroyed

Charles Churchill-

The Rosciad completed-Booksellers will not have it-Publishes it

himself A Great Hit .

The Town startled-Example of Churchill's power-A Character without

Full length of a Fribble-Other likenesses-Lawyer Wedderburne .

Pictures of Players-Yates, Sparks, Smith and Ross

Mossop and his Monosyllables-Barry and his Conventionalities
Quin-Havard and Davies-David Garrick

The Chair given to Garrick-Satire a looking-glass for reflection of all
faces but our own

Players running about like Stricken Deer-Grieving for their friends, not

for themselves-The universal question Who is He ?-Answered by

the Critical Reviewers.

Churchill criticizes his Critics-His Apology-Depreciation of the Stage-

Smollett fiercely attacked-Garrick rudely warned

A crowd gathered round—Garrick's alarm-Description of the Strollers
-Imitated by Crabbe

Effect of Apology-Smollett's disclaimer of the authorship of Attack on
Churchill-Garrick's request for Lloyd's intercession

The Manager and the Poet reconciled-Warburton's allusion to the

Rosciad-Garrick's brethren of the Stage

Attacks on the Satirist-Anti-Rosciads, Triumvirates, Examiners, and

Churchilliads-Scene in Bedford Coffee-House-Foote's Lampoon-

Churchill's seat in the Drury Lane pit-Watched from the Stage by the
actors-Fright of Tom Davies

Pope's precautions against his Victims-Contrasted with Churchill's-
Personal Bravado-War with the Hypocrisies carried too far

Remonstrances of Dean Pearce and Churchill's replies-Parishioners

remonstrate, and he resigns his living-Generous uses of newly

acquired wealth

Epistle to Lloyd-Armstrong's attack in Day-Churchill's answer in

Night-Allusion to Pitt.

Wilkes seeks Churchill-Character and Antecedents-Alliance Offensive

Violent Party-Spirit reawakened-Bute a Privy Councillor-Court

Practices and Intrigues-Tamperings with Elections

Charles Churchill-

Prospects and Requisites for a Demagogue-Compact between Wilkes and

Churchill-Honesty of it on the poet's side

Medmenham Abbey Scandals-Excuses and disadvantages of a Satirist
-Evil influences of the Time

Churchill's claims to Respect-Morality of his Satire-Contrast with

Hanbury Williams's Indecencies and Lampoons

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New fashions in Verse-Durability of the Old-Publication of First Book
of the Ghost-Poetical Tristram Shandy

Comparative Failure in eight-syllable verse-Constantly recurring neces-

sity of rhyme-Tends to diffuseness-Poet-laureat Whitehead's

fine-gentleman airs

More successful in Duellist than in Ghost-Piqued by a Subject-A full-

length of Bishop Warburton

Tribunes of the People-Doings of the Court-Pitt turned out, and Bute

Prime-Minister-Dashwood a Minister and Bubb Dodington a Lord. 251

The Briton established by Bute-The people sullen-The North Briton
established by Wilkes

A Match to a Train-Churchill helps in the Explosion-Satirises the

Scotch in the Prophecy of Famine

Whig raptures-Tory terrors-Exultation of the Satirist—A fresh Plague

Tributes to the New Poem-Its witty and masterly exaggerations-
Resemblances to Dryden and Marvel

The Highland Lass and her Lover-A Starved Scene-The Cave of

Ingenuity of Praise-Delusion of supposing what is Not Prose to be

Poetry-Churchill now a marked man

Sudden and wide Popularity-Recommended to return to Church-Bene-

fices in Prospect-Manly self-assertion

Above temptation -Not lacking preferment-Dislike of the Aristocracy

-Horace Walpole depicts him among stark-mad Opposition

Private life-Fierce Extremes-Resignation of Bute-Sandwich and

Halifax in office-No. 45 of North Briton.

General Warrants for arrest of Wilkes and Churchill-Great questions
arising out of them-Wilkes's arrest and Churchill's escape

The Trial before Chief Justice Pratt-Hogarth in the Court sketching

Wilkes-Publishes his Caricature-Anger of Churchill

Charles Churchill-

The Epistle to Hogarth-Heavy hitting - Unpublished letter of

Character of the Epistle The Man savagely attacked, but the Genius

spared-Tribute to Hogarth's greatness

Effects of the terrible severity-Garrick's opinion-Lord Bath's-General

excitement Hogarth's Rejoinder- Print of Churchill as the

Churchill meditates further attack-Refrains on a lady's suggestion-

Who the lady was- -Reconciliation with Hogarth prevented by

Churchill's Mistress-Origin of the Connection-Walpole's account, and

Churchill's expressions of Remorse-His Poem of the Conference-Affect-

ing self-references

Unequal conflict of Vice and Virtue-Appeal on Churchill's behalf-Anec-

dote from Adventures of a Guinea

Conduct to an Unfortunate-Offices of the Good Samaritan-Absence

from London during proceedings on General Warrants.

Robert Lloyd's imprisonment-Churchill's grateful kindness-Goes to

him in the Fleet-Supports him-Gets up subscription for his

release-A true poet

Specimens of his Poetry apart from his Satire-On the Conquests in

His Five Ages-Infancy, Childhood, Youth, Manhood, and Old Age

Touching Paraphrase of a passage in Isaiah-Charming repetitions-

A suggestion for Robert Burns

The North Briton burnt-Wilkes prosecuted-Sandwich's Display in the

Warburton's assault on Wilkes-Resolve to expel him from the House of

Commons-Ministerial prosecution drives him into France

The Duellist published - Wilkes's Scheme to get help from French

Government-Opposed by Churchill-His fame abroad

Manner of Composition-Haste yet Care-Avoids Literary Society-

Dr. Johnson corrects his first opinion of him-Not so great a

Establishment at Acton Common-Mode of living-Greediness of gain

imputed to him-Cowper's reply to that objection-Tribute to

old school-fellow in the Table Talk

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