The poetical works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok, complete in one volume

Part II. Marriages 25

Part HI. Burials 29

The Library 38

The BiRTii of Flattery 48

Reflections npoN THE SuB.JECT 51

Sir Eustace Grey 52

The Hall OF Justice 56

Woman I 58

THE BOROUGH: Letter I. General description

TT. TheChurch 69

III. The Vicar-The Curate, etc 71

IV. Sects and Professions in Religion ... 74 V. Elections 79

VI. Professions— Law 81

VII. Professions— Physic 84

Vin. Trades 87

IX. Amusements 89

X. Clubs and Social Meetings 92

XI. Inns , 96

XII. Players 99

XIII. The Aims-House and Trustees 102

XIV. Inhabitants of the Aims-House —

Blaney 105

XV. Inhabilantsofthe Aims-House— Clelia 107 XVI. Inhabitants of the Aims-House — Benbow 109

XVn. The Hospital and Governors Ill

XVIII. The Poor and their Dwellings 114

XIX. The Poor of the Borough— The Parish

Clerk 117

XX. The Poor of the Borough— Ellen Orford 120 XXI. The Poorof the Borough— Abel Keene 123 aXII. The Poor of the Borough — Peter

Grimes 126

XXIII. Prisons 130

XXIV. Schools 133

TALES: Tale I. The Dumb Orators; or, The Benefit

of Society 140

IL The Parting Hour 144

III. The Gentleman Farmer 148

IV. Procrastination 153

V. The Patron 156

VL The Frank Courtship 162

VII. The Widow's Tale 166

VIII. The Mother 170

IX. Arabella 173

X. The Lover's Journey 176

XI. Edward Shore 179

XII. Squire Thomas; or, the Precipitate

Choice 183

XIIL Jesse and Colin 186

XIV. The Struggles of Conscience 191

XV. Advice ; or, the Squire and the Priest 195

XVL The Confidant 198

XVII. Resentment 203

XVIIL The Wager 207

XIX. The Convert 210

XX. The Brothers 214

XXL The Learned Boy 218

Book L The Hall 225

IL The Brothers 223

in. Boys at School 230

IV. Adventures of Richard 233

V. Ruth 238

VI. Adventures of Richard concluded . . 242

Vn. The Elder Brother 245

VIIL The Sisters 252

IX. The Preceptor Husband 260

X. The Old Bachelor 263

XL The Maid's Story 268

XIL Sir Owen Dale 279

XIIL Delayhas Danger 287

XIV. The Netural Death of Love 294

XV. Gretna Green 297

XVI. Lady Barbara ; or, the Ghost 301

XVIL The Widow 310

XVIIL Ellen 315

XIX. William Bailey 318

XX. The Cathedral Walk 324

XXL Smugglers and Poachers 328

XXII. The Visit concluded 334

POSTHUMOUS POEMS : Tale I. Silford Hall ; or, the Happy T^y .... 339

II. The Family of Love 346

in. The Equal Marriage 355

IV. Rachel 358

V. Villars 359

VL The Farewell and Return 363

VIL The School-Fellow 365

VIIL Barnaby; The Shopman 366

IX. Jane 367

X. The Ancient Mansion 369

XL The Merchant 371

XIL The Brother Burgesses 372

XIIL The Dean's Lady 373

XIV. The Wife and Widow 375

XV. Belinda Waters 376

XVL The Dealer and Clerk 377

XVIL Dan vers and Rayner 381

XVIIL The Boat Race 384

XIX. Master William; or, Lad's Love ... 387

XX. The Will 389

XXL TheCousins 391

XXII. Preaching and Practice 394

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JHemotr of tfie iie^. O^eorire €v^i)f)t.

If the humorous observation of Addison were founded in fact, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure " till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man — of a mild or choleric disposition, — with other particulars of the like nature," — we should be in a state of some apprehension, since the Rev. George Crabbe, the celebrated author of the poems a new edition of which we here present to the public, has, from the modesty and retiredness of his life, furnished but few biographical particulars to be developed to an admiring world. Unlike so many others of his genus, he never intermeddled in the turmoils of politics, or mingled in the intrigues of fashion. He was, in his manners and feelings, a cJiild of nature ; though a savant in her dispositions and her laws. Contented with keeping the " noiseless Cenor of his way," with the approbation of his conscience and the approval of his God, — he was willing to allow some to be the idol of the factious, and others to fawn at the footstool of power ; — satisfied himself with being admired as a poet — revered as a divine, — and respected as a man.

Our poet was born at Aldborough, on the coast of Suffolk, England, on the Christmas eve of 1754. His father held the station of salt-master, or collector of the salt duties, and was a man of strong intellect, vigorous habits of business, and a remarkable faculty of calculation. Early in his boyhood, as soon, indeed, as he had learned to read, young Crabbe manifested a strong inclination towards books of all kinds ; and he perused with eagerness every thing that came within his reach, especially if it were a work of fiction and romance, or treated of witches, fairies, and ghosts. But he particularly delighted in verse, and began at a very early period to imitate the humble specimens of poetry which were then accessible to him.

His father observed this bookish disposition, and although he had no higher views for the boy than that of following his own example, and being employed in some inferior department of the revenue service, he resolved to send George to a school at Bungay, on the borders of Norfolk. — Here he remained for a short time, and was then removed to a school at Stowmarket, kept by a skilful mathematician named Haddon. The boy 1* himself had a predilection, as well as his father for mathematics ; and he made considerable proficiency in the pursuit.

After leaving this latter school, George was placed as a surgeon's apprentice at Wickham- Brook ; but as this situation was not a very desirable one, he left; it, and concluded his apprenticeship with a Mr. Page, surgeon at Woodbridge, a market-town about seventeen miles from Aldborough. Here he met with society congenial to his own disposition, and was by this means introduced to Miss Sarah Elmy, who afterwards became his wife. Notwithstanding that he here applied himself with energy to the studies necessary to a knowledge of his intended profession, he was often beguiled into the more flowery fields of poesy, and contributed numerous pieces to the Lady's Magazine, a periodical of some repute at that period.

About the end of the year 1775, Mr. Crabbe's term of apprenticeship expired, and he returned to his native village, with the hope of finding means of finishing his professional education in London. But his father's circumstances did not permit the necessary expenditure, and the youthful aspirant was compelled to labour in the drudgery of the public warehouse wherein his parent's duties were performed. This was in the highest degree unpleasant to young Crabbe ; and the irksomeness of his situation was increased by an unhappy change in the habits of his father, who had become a politician, a tavern-haunter, and a domestic tyrant.

Mr. Crabbe, at this period, devoted such leisure time as was at his disposal, to the study of botany, and the advancement of his professional knowledge ; and if he still dallied with the muses, it was with the persuasion that this was not his main pursuit in the progress of life. At length, liov.'cver, his father was able to afford some slight assistance, and the son journeyed to London with the view of walking the hospitals and profiting by the medical lectures. He remained in the metropolis about eight or ten months ; but his means were inadequate to an effectual pariicipa tion in the advantages which such a residence ordinarily affords to the student of medicine ; and

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he was compelled once more to return to Aldborough.

Crabbe now engaged himself as an assistant in the shop of a surgeon named Maskill. This man had an imperious temper, and Crabbe's situation was a most imdcsirable one. But he was content to submit for a while to ill-usage, for he felt the necessity of acquiring additional knowledge in his business. After a short time, Maskill removed from Aid borough, and Crabbe was encouraged to set up for liimself in his native town. He was hardly qualified for his task, however, and his practice and emoluments were scanty enough.

All tiiis time, he improved liia opportunities of acquaintance with Miss Elmy, and the young couple were understood to be affianced. But poverty barred the nuptials, and a dispassionate view of the future seemed scarcely to promise a removal of the impediment.

Brooding over the profitless life he was leading in this secluded village, our poet at length formed tlie bold resolution of abandoning the medical profession, and pushing his fortune in the literary world of London. He was so poor, tliat he had not the means of defraying the expenses of the journey thither ; and all his friends were as poor as himself. In tliis dilemma, he addressed a letter to Mr. Dudley North, asking the loan of a small sum. Tliat gentleman kindly advanced him five pounds; and with this fund, Crabbe settled his affairs at Aldborough, and, embarking in a sloop at Slaughton, he sailed for the great city. He was at this time about 24 years of age.

Upon his arrival in the metropolis, he took economical lodgings, and applied himself diligently ■ to transcribing and correcting the poetical pieces he had brought with him from the country. But he applied to the publishers in vain : none of them would hazard print and paper on behalf of the unknown author. Crabbe now was soon reduced to a situation of great embarrassment and distress. He made written applications to several eminent individuals, but none would aid him, until, in an auspicious moment, he determined to address the illustrious Edmund Burke. That gentleman immediately appointed an interview, and judged so favourably of the young poet's charac>jr and attainments, that he immediately became his friend, took him to dwell in his own family, introduced him to the higliest literary society of London, and assisted him in the publication of his poems. " The Lihrari/^ was issued in 1781 ; and its favourable reception was such as at once to •jstablisli the poetical reputation of the author.

Even the fastidious Dr. Johnson condescended to admire and commend, and indeed had lent the aid of his efficient revisal to the manuscript of the poem.

Crabbe had long felt an inclination towards the clerical profession, and the powerful influence of his present friends soon enabled him to enter the Church as one of its ministers. He was admitted to deacon's orders by the Bishop of Norwich, and soon after left London to assume the duties of a curate at his native village of Aldborough.

Mr. Crabbe retained this post only for a few months. The untiring friendship of Mr. Surke obtained for him the more advantageous situation of domestic chaplain to the Duke of Rutland ; and Mr. Crabbe took up his residence, of course, at Belvoir Castle.

In 1783, our author again ventured before the public, in his " Village" which met with the most decided success, and materially enhanced Mr. Crabbe's poetical reputation.

His altered prospects never in the least degree influenced his habits or demeanour; — these continued to be characterized by the same simplicity and equanimity which marked the penniless student, and the rejected candidate for publication.

It was now deemed expedient that Mr. Crabbe should have a university degree ; and his name was accordingly entered on the boards of Trinity College, Cambridge. Soon after this, the Chancellor Thurlow bestowed upon him the small livings of Frome St. Quintin, and Evershot, in Dorsetsliirc ; and Mr. Crabbe obtained, at the same time, from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the degree of LL. B.

When the Duke of Rutland went to Ireland as lord-lieutenant, Mr. Crabbe did not accompany him ; — for the time had arrived when he could, without incurring the imputation of imprudence, oifer his hand to the long-beloved Miss Elmy. The marriage took place in December 1783, and the wedded couple took possession of apartments in Belvoir Castle, which had been kindly tendered by the Duke, on his departure from England. But from various causes, it was found that a residence here was not desirable ; and, before a year and a half had elapsed, Mr. Crabbe removed to the neighbouring parsonage of Stathern. He here spent four of the happiest years of his life, and in this period became the father of four children, two of whom only (George and John) grew to maturity.

In 1785, Mr. Crabbe again appeared as a poet, and published " The Ne.wspajier,'''' which received

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the same emphatic approval which had attended his prior efForts.

In October, 1787, the Duke of Rutland died, somewhat suddenly, in Dublin, and his widow, returning to Bclvoir, was not forg'ctful of her husband's protege. She procured from the Chancellor the exchang-e of the two inconsiderable livings aeld by Mr. Crabbe, for the more important ones cf Muston in Leicestershire, and Allington in Lincolnshire. In February, 1789, he removed, vith his family, to the parsonage of Muston.

His new residence was pleasant in many respects ; and it was with much reluctance, after abiding here for three years, that he yielded to another change. The death of a relative of Mrs. Orabbe rendered necessary the services of her hisband as executor; and he removed to Parham, in Suffolk — again placing himself near the scenes of his boyhood and early courtship. Here he un(!ertook the curacies of Swefling and Great Glenham, and the course of his life varied but littk from what it had been in Muston. He had resided four years at Parham, when he lost by death his third son, a child of about six years. His diildren had been seven, and they were now reduced to two. This deprivation was severely felt by the mother, and conjoined with other circumstmces to cause a removal again. Mr. Crabbo now rented Great GlemhaniHall, a pleasant house belongng to Mr. North, and lived in it four or five years with great comfort and satisfaction. — But another removal then becoming necessary on account of the sale of the estate, Mr. Crabbe hired a house in the neighbouring village of Rendham, wherein he remained until the year 1805, when he left SuiTolk, and resumed his clerical station at Muston.

In this tranquil course of life, attending to the care of his flock, and to the instruction of liis beloved family, Mr. Crabbe long concealed himself from the gaze of the world until the year 1807; when, after an absence of about twenty-two jears, he at length produced a collection of "Poems." (" The Parish Register," &c.) " Laudiri a laudato vii"o" has ever been deemed a stamp of merit ; and, such has been the invariable proof of Mr. Crabbe's excellence as a Poet, that he has ever been distinguhhed by the discerning kw, as he will always be admired by the reading public.

The "Poems" were honoured with a perusal in manuscript by the present Lord Holland, and his late illustrious uncle ; and may naturally be supposed to have derived considerable advantage from tiieir critical acumen.

In addition to their intrinsic merit, they will be deemed, by kindred minds, to possess an additional value, when it is considered that they tended to cheer the death-bed of the highly-gifted Charles Fox. This collection has passed through several editions.

Three years afterwards (1810) he produced the Poem of the " Borough ;" the scene of which is his native place: and in 1812 he published his Tales.

In 1813, Mr. Crabbe sustained the severe affliction of losing his wife ; and soon after, having obtained the living of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire, he removed to that town. From this period, our author mixed much more in society, and especially in the gay and literary world of London, than during the lifetime of his wife. In the metropolis, he met on intimate terms with most of the eminent writers of the day, and seemed to form a connecting link between the era of Johnson, Burke, and Reynolds, and that of Scott, Byron, Moore, and Campbell.

In 1819, Mr. Murray published the " Tales of the HalV — and gave for the manuscript of that work, and the copy -right of Mr. Crabbe's previous poems, the liberal sum of 3000Z. This work was not less favourably received than its predecessors.

Whilst in London upon one of his visits, in 1821, our poet had the good fortune of meeting Sir Walter Scott, and accepted a pressing invitation to visit him in Scotland. Mr. Crabbe accordingly journeyed to the north for that purpose in the following year, and found Sir Walter in Edinburgh, attending upon George IV., who was then making his famous visit to Scotland. But, notwithstanding the pressure of multifarious business, the great novelist contrived to make Crabbe's sojourn in his house pleasant and gratifying in no ordinary degree.

In the year 1821, Mr. Crabbe had a severe attack of tic douloureux, and thenceforward he was subject to that complaint, which aided the natural decay attendant upon old age. But he continued in the performance of his clerical duties, and maintained his friendly and social relations, until within a few days of the termination of his existence. Tills event took place at Trowbridge, on the 7th of February, 1832.

It is not our intention to enter into an elaborate criticism of Mr. Crabbe's qualities as a poet. — We shall content ourselves with observing merely

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—that the characteristics of his style arc, originality of" thouglit, force, precision, truth, depth, and pathos of description ; clothed frequently in the happy diction and polished versification which we so much admire in Goldsmitli.

It must not, however, be supposed, from this remark, that Mr. Crabbe is a copyist of any former author. He is a bard sui generis ; he has formed himself upon no model, and is consequently unlike other writers. He is a poet who examines man as he is, there is, therefore, no illusion in his poetry.

He is, in fact, the Portrait-Painter of humble life — in all its variety and detail. His portraits are exact likenesses ; and are equally to be praised for the correctness of the outline, and the propriety uf the colouring. His descriptions are. not like those of Thomson, of imaginary, but of real nature. The delineations of his rustics are, consequently, different from those which we meet with in the Georgics of Virgil, or the Idylls oC Gesner : but they are such as may be seen every day in the country. He sees with a keen, correct, and perhaps too microscopic an eye, and all his scenes of common life are portrayed with minuteness, but with a fidelity true to nature. He is naturally and deservedly a popular poet ; since all his delineations come home closely to the " business and bosoms of men." He is certainly on« of the most original and pathetic poets that Enj land has, in modern times, produced ; and is a bright star in that splendid constellation of British genius that has illumined and adorned the present age.

THE

POETICAL WORKS

$oein!$.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY-RICHARD FOX, LORD HOLLAND,

Of Holland, in Lincolnshire ; Lord Holland of Farley ; and Fellow of the Society of Jlntiquaries.

My Lord, That the longest poem in this collection was honoured by the notice of your Lordship's right honourable and ever-valued relation, Mr, Fox; that it should be the last which engaged his attention, and that some parts of it were marked with his approbation ; are circumstances productive of better hopes of ultimate success tlian I liad dared to entertain before I was gratified with a knowledge of them : and the hope thus raised leads me to ask permission that I may dedicate this book to your Lordship, to whom that truly great and greatly-lamented personage was so nearly allied in family, so closely bound in affection, and in whose mind presides the same critical taste which he exerted to the delight of all who heard him. He doubtless united with his unequalled abilities a fund of good-nature ; and this possibly led him to speak favourably of, and give satisfaction to writers, with whose productions he might not be entirely satisfied : nor must I allow myself to suppose his desire of obliging was withholden, when he honoured any effort of mine witii his approbation : but, my Lord, as tliere was discrimination in the opinion he gave ; as he did not veil indifference for msipid mediocrity of composition under any general expression of cool approviil — I allow myself to drav/ a favourable conclusion from the verdict of one who had the superiority of intellect few would dispute, which he made manifest by a force of eloquence peculiar to himself; whose excellent judg- B ment no one of his friends found cause to distrust, and whose acknowledged candour no enemy had the temerity to deny.

With such encouragement, I present my book to your Lordship : the Account of the Life and Writings of Lopez de Vega has taught me what I am to expect ; I there perceive how your Lordship can write, and am there tauglit how you can judge of writers : my fault?;, however numerous, I know will none of them escape through inattention, nor will any merit be lost for want of discernment: my verses are before him who has written elegantly, who has judged with accuracy, and who has given unequivocal proof of abilities in a work of difficulty ; — a translation of poetry, which few persons in this kingdom are able to read, and^ in the estimation of talents not hitherto justly appreciated. In this view, I cannot but feel some appreliension ; but I know also, that your Lordship is apprised of the great difficulty of writing well ; that you will make much allowance for failures, if not too frequently repeated ; and, as you can accurately discern, so you will readily approve, all the better and more happy efforts of one, who places the highest value upon your Lordship's approbation, and who has the honour to be,

My Lord, Your Lordship's most faithful

And obliged humble servant,

GEO. CRABBE 9)

Preface

Abo:-t twcniy-five years since was published a pooiu culled " 'I'l'.c Library ;" whicli, in no long linu', was followed by two others, "The Village," and " The Newspaper :" tliese, with a few alterations and additions, are lierc reprinted ; and are acconipunicd by a ])oem of greater length, and several shorter attempts, now, for the first time, before the public; whose reception of them creates in their author something more than common solicitude, because he conceives that, with the judgment to be formed of these latter productions, upon whatever may be found intrinsically meritorious or defective, there Avill be united an inquiry into the relative degree of praise or blame wliich they may be thought to deserve, when compared with tlie more early attempts of the same writer.

And certainly, were it the principal employment of a man's life to compose verses, it miglit seem reasonable to expect that he would continue to improve as long as he continued to live ; though, even then, there is some doubt whether such improvement would follow, and perhaps proof might be adduced to show it would not : but when, to this " idle trade" is added some " calling" with superior claims upon his time and iitfention, his progress in the art of versification will probably be in proportion neither to the years he has lived, nor even to the attempts he has made.

Wliile composing the first-published of these poems, the author was honoured with the notice, and assisted by the advice of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke : part of it was written in his presence, and the whole submitted to his judgment; receiving, in its progress, the benefit of his correction : I hope, therefore, to obtain pardon of the reader, if I eagerly seize the occasion, and, after so long a silence, endeavour to express a grateful sense of the benefits I have received from this gentleman, who was solicitous for my more essential interests, as well as benevolently anxious for my credit as a writer.

I will not enter upon the subject of his extraordinary abilities ; it would be vanity, it would be weakness in me to believe that I could make them better known, or more admired than they now are : but of his private worth, of his wishes to do good, of his affability and condescension ; his readi- .ies.s to lend assistance when he knew it was vv'anted, and his delight to give praise where he thought it was deserved ; of these I may write with some propriety. All know that his powers were vast, his acquirements various ; and I take leave to add, that he applied thcrn with unremitted attention to those objects which he believed tended to the honour and welfare of his country. But it may not be so generally understood that he was ever assiduous in the more private duties of a benevolent nature, that he deliglitcd to give encouragement to any promise of ability, and assistance to any appearance of desert: to what purposes he employed l)is pen, and witli what eloquence he spake in the w uutf;, will be told by many, who yet may be ignorant of the solid instruction, as well as the fascinating pleasantry, found in his connnon conversation, amongst his friends, and his affectionate manners, amiable disposition, and zeal for their happiness, which he manifested in the hours of retirement with his family.

To this gentleman I was indebted for my knowledge of Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was as well known to his friends for his perpetual fund of good-humour and his unceasing wisiies to oblige, as he was to the public for the extraordinary productions of his pencil and his pen. By him I was favoured with an introduction to Doctor Johnson, who honoured me with his notice, and assisted me, as Mr. Boswcll has told, with remarks and emendations for a poem I was about to publish.* The Doctor had been often wearied by applications, and did not readily. comply with requests for Jiis opinion ; not from any unwillingness to oblige, but from a painful contention in his mind, between a desire of giving pleasure and a determination to speak truth. No man can, I think, publish a work without some expectation of satisfying those who are to judge of its merit : but I can, with the utmost regard to veracity, speak my fears, as predominating over every pre-indulged thought of a more favourable nature, when I was told that a judge so discerning had consented to read and give his opinion of " Tlic Village," the poem I had prepared for publication. The time of suspense was not long protracted ; I was soon favoured with a few words from Sir Joshua, who observed, — " If I knew how cautious Doctor Johnson was in giving commendation, I should be well satisfied with the portion dealt to me in his letter." — Of that letter the following is a copy :

"Sir, — I have eent yon back Mr. Crabbe's poem, which I rend with great delight. It is origiiiiil, vigorous, and elegant. The alterations wliich I liave made, I do not require him to adopt; for ray lines are, perhaps, not often better [than] his own: but he may take mine and his own together, and perhaps, between them, produce something better than either. — He is not to think his copy wantonly defaced : a wet sponge will wash all the rod lines away, and leave the pages clean. — His Dedicationt will be least liked : it were btitler to contract it into a short sprightly address. — I do not doubt of Mr. Crabbe's success.

" ( am, Sir, your most humble servant,

" SAM. JOHNSON.

That I was fully satisfied, my readers will do me the justice to believe ; and I hope they will pardon me, if there should appear to them any impropriety in publishing the favourable opinion expressed in a private letter : they will judge, and truly, that by so doing, I wish to bespeak their good opinion, but have no design of extorting their applau?e. I would not hazard an appearance so ostentatious to gratify my vanity, but I venture to do it in compliance with my fears.

* See the Life of S. Johnson, by Boswell, vol. iv, p. 18.5, octavo edition.

t Neither of these were adopted; the author had written, about that time, gomo verses to the memory of Lord Kobert Manners, brother to the late Duke of Rutland ; and iliise, hy a jimciion, il Is presumed nnt,forced or unnatural, form tlie coo eluding part of " Tlic Village."

P R E FA C E.

After these was published " The Newspaper :" it had not the advantagfe of such previous criticism from any friends, nor perhaps so much of my own attention as I ought to liave given to it ; but the impression was disposed of, and I will not pay so little respect to the judgment of my readers as now to suppress what they then approved.

Since the publication of this poem more than twenty years have elapsed, and 1 am not witiiout apprehension, lest so long' a silence should be construed into a blamable neglect of my own interest, which those excellent friends were desirous of promoting : or what is yet worse, into a want of gratitude for their assistance ; since it becomes me to suppose, they considered these first attempts as promises of better things, and their favours as stimulants to future exertion. And here, be the construction put upon my apparent negligence what it may, let me not suppress my testimony to the liberality of those who are looked up to, as patrons and encouragers of literary merit, or indeed of merit of any kind : their patronage has never been refused, I conceive, where it has been reasonably expected or modestly required ; and it would be difficult, probably, to instance, in these times and in this country, any one who merited or was supposed to merit assistance, but who nevertheless languished in obscurity or necessity for the want of it ; unless in those cases where it was prevented by the resolution of impatient pride, or wearied by the solicitations of determined profligacy. And, while the subject is before me, I am unwilling to pass silently over the debt of gratitude which I owe to the memory of two deceased noblemen. His Grace the late Duke of Rutland, and the Right Honourable the Lord Thurlow : sensible of the honour done me by their notice, and the benefits received from them, I trust this acknowledgment will be imputed to its only motive, a grateful sense of their favours.