My Friends and Acquaintance
Vol III Contents
MY FRIENDS
AND ACQUAINTANCE:
BEING
MEMORIALS, MIND-PORTRAITS,
AND
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
OF
DECEASED CELEBRITIES
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY:
WITH
SELECTIONS FKOM THEIR UNPUBLISHED LETTERS.
By P. G. PATMORE,
AUTHOR OF
“CHATSWORTH; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK;” “MARRIAGE IN
MAY FAIR,”
ETC. ETC. ETC.
VOL. III.
LONDON
SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET.
1854
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LONDON:
SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT
GARDEN.
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CONTENTS
TO
THE THIRD VOLUME.
WILLIAM HAZLITT.
Page
IX.
HIS METHOD OF COMPOSITION.—HIS DISLIKE OF WRITING.—HIS POWER OF
ABSTRACTION.—HAZLITT AT WINTERSLOW HUT
1
X.
HAZLITT’S CONVERSATIONAL AND SOCIAL POWERS.—EXTRACTS FROM MY
DIARY.—VISIT TO JOHN HUNT IN PRISON.—ANECDOTES OF
JEFFREY.—MRS. SIDDONS AND MISS
O’NEIL.—WALTER SCOTT.—THE MARQUIS AND THE MANAGER
20
XI.
A NIGHT AT THE SOUTHAMPTON.—DAWE, THE PAINTER.—ANECDOTES
OF HIM.—DRAMATIC SCENE AT HIS HOUSE. THE TWO DROMIOS. SCENE AT MRS.
M——’s.—ANECDOTE OF HAYDON.—SKETCH OF
HAYDON’S CHARACTER BY HAZLITT
28
XII.
HAZLITT AS AN ARTIST.—HAZLITT AT A PRIZE
FIGHT.—HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGHT
36
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XIII.
OUR JOURNEY HOME FROM THE FIGHT.—HAZLITT’S TALK BY
THE WAY.—THE PHILOSOPHY OF TASTE AND SMELL.—SCHOOL DAYS.—THE “NOUVELLE HELOISE.”—HAZLITT’S DESCRIPTION OF
THE BATTLE
47
XIV.
HAZLITT AT FONTHILL.—AT BURLEIGH HOUSE.—AT STOURHEAD.—HIS GREAT
CRITICAL FACULTIES
60
XVI.
HAZLITT’S SYMPATHY WITH STRANGE PEOPLE.—ANECDOTES OF
BECKFORD.—HONEST ROGUERY
69
XVI.
HAZLITT WITH HIS INTIMATES.—WILLIAM HONE, THE
PARODIST.—HIS AMIABLE CHARACTER.—EVENINGS AT THE SOUTHAMPTON.—THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
74
XVII.
MORE EVENINGS AT THE SOUTHAMPTON.—BARRY
CORNWALL.—MR. M——Y, A PHILOSOPHIC LAWYER. MR.
W——E, AN AMATEUR CRITIC.—HAZLITT’S CRITICAL
ESTIMATE OF HIS FRIENDS
86
XVIII.
A VISIT WITH HAZLITT TO MR. JOHN HUNT, IN COLDBATH FIELDS
PRISON.—ESTIMATE OF J. HUNT’S
CHARACTER—HAZLITT’S PAINTINGS
98
XIX.
HAZLITT’S PERSONAL OPINIONS AND CRITICAL ESTIMATES OF HIS
CONTEMPORARIES.—LEIGH HUNT
113
XX.
HAZLITT’S PERSONAL OPINIONS AND CRITICAL ESTIMATES OF HIS
CONTEMPORARIES.—WALTER SCOTT
121
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XXI.
HIS OPINIONS OF BYRON AND MOORE.—HOW
FORMED AND MODIFIED
127
XXII.
HIS OPINIONS OF CONTEMPORARIES (continued).—SHELLEY AND
MOORE.—HIS CONNEXION WITH THE “LIBERAL”
133
XXIII.
HIS CONTEMPORARIES (
continued).
COLERIDGE, SOUTHEY, AND
WORDSWORTH
139
XXIV.
HIS CONTEMPORARIES (
continued).—SIR LYTTON
BULWER AND WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
155
XXV.
HIS CONTEMPORARIES—(
concluded). BARRY
CORNWALL AND SHERIDAN KNOWLES
161
XXVI.
HAZLITT IN LOVE.—ORIGIN OF THE “LIBER
AMORIS.”—EXTRACTS FROM HAZLITT’S
LETTERS.—CONCLUSION
171
LAMAN BLANCHARD.
I.
ORIGIN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIM.—AN HONEST COURTIER.—THE DEFECTS OF HIS
INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER
191
II.
RESEMBLANCES AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN BLANCHARD AND
C. LAMB
198
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III.
BLANCHARD IN THE COUNTRY.—LETTERS TO P. G.
PATMORE
207
IV.
BLANCHARD AS A POET.—HIS SYMPATHY WITH A YOUTHFUL POET.—THREE LETTERS
212
V.
L. BLANCHARD TO P. G. PATMORE.—MISS
BARRETT’S POEMS.—BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE
218
VI.
BLANCHARD’S ADMIRATION OF
BYRON.—BULWER, DICKENS,
LAMB, TENNYSON, PLUMER
WARD
223
VII.
CHANGE IN BLANCHARD’S CHARACTER AND STYLE OF
WRITING. EXPLANATION OF IT.—HIS LAST LETTERS TO P. G. PATMORE
232
VIII.
EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY.—A LITERARY DINNER.—ANECDOTES OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.—TABLE-TALK
243
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
AND
THOMAS SHERIDAN.
I.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS AND ANECDOTES OF THE SHERIDANS.—TOM
SHERIDAN WHEN A BOY.—SHERIDAN’S FONDNESS FOR HIS
SON.—TOM SHERIDAN AT
CAMBRIDGE.—SHERIDAN’S WONDERFUL
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POWER OF APPLICATION ON IMPORTANT OCCASIONS.—A WIT-CONTEST BETWEEN FATHER AND
SON.—SHERIDAN’S PERSONAL VANITY.—EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A
FUNERAL.—CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTES
255
II.
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SHERIDAN PAPERS
266
III.
THE SHERIDAN PAPERS.—DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THEM
276
IV.
THE SHERIDAN PAPERS (
continued).—A
BURLESQUE BY R. B. SHERIDAN
281
V.
THE SHERIDAN PAPERS (
continued).—EXTRACTS FROM A BURLESQUE BURLETTA BY R. B. SHERIDAN
286
VI.
THE SHERIDAN PAPERS (
continued).—DESCRIPTION OF A FAIRY OPERA BY R. B. SHERIDAN, WITH
EXTRACTS
300
VII.
THE SHERIDAN PAPERS (
continued).—A
MUSICAL AFTERPIECE BY R. B. SHERIDAN, WITH EXTRACTS AND FAC-SIMILE
313
VIII.
THE SHERIDAN PAPERS (
concluded).—TWO FARCES BY THOMAS SHERIDAN, WITH EXTRACTS AND
FAC-SIMILE
324
