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Carlyle's essay on Burns, with biogr. and critical intr. and notes
Carlyle's essay on Burns with biogr and critical intr and notes Author:Thomas Carlyle Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Notes This Essay appeared in The Edinburgh Review for December, 1828. It was occasioned by the appearance of Lockhart's Life of Burns, issued in May, 1828, as... more » Vol. XXIII. of Constable's Miscellany, which was so successful as to be totally disposed of in six weeks. Numerous editions of it have been reprinted, and its value as an authority, close to the period, yet not so close as to miss the focus, is high. Though his reputation is firmly based on his larger work, The Life of Scott, the plan and style of his smaller biography, together with his clear and balanced exposition, are calculated to show the skill and masterly touch of Lockhart as a critic and biographer. 85. Butler. The author of Hudibras. "Praise", says Johnson, "was his sole reward. It is reported that the king once gave him three hundred guineas; but of this temporary bounty I find no proof." brave mausoleum. To which the remains of the poet were transferred on Sept. 12, 1815. The structure, says Lockhart, is more gaudy than elegant. 86. sixth narrative. Heron's in 1797, Currie's in 1800, Cromek's in 1808, Walker's in 1811, Peterkin's in 1815, Lockhart's in 1828. hero to his valet. The phrase, a favourite text of our author, is by Voltaire from Montaigne. Sir Thomas Lucy and John a Combe figure in the mythical accounts of Shakspere's early life, the former as the not improbable original of Justice Shallow. " Tradition says that Shakspere joined some wild young fellows in breaking into Sir Thomas Lucy's park at Charlecote, about three miles from Stratford, and stealing his deer, for which, and for writing an impossibly bad ballad against Sir Thomas, the latter so persecuted the poet that he had to leave Stratford " (Furnivall). 87. Excise Commissioners, to whom Burns had applied through the Earl of...« less