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The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals novel. A total of 185 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals.Vol. 1.by Lord Byron.PREFACE Two great col
The Works Of Lord Byron, Letters and Journals.Vol. 1.by Lord Byron.PREFACE Two great collections of Byron's letters have been already printed. In Moore's 'Life', which appeared in 1830, 561 were given. These, in FitzGreene Halleck's American edition
- 185 Ah, lucky! if the hand of Time Should all thy Muses crimes efface! "MOURN--for thy lays are Rancours lays-- Disgraceful to a Briton born; And hence each theme of factious praise Consigns thee to thy Countrys scorn."……
- 184 III. THE SUN.(1) LORD BYRON AND THE 'MORNING CHRONICLE'('The Sun', February 4, 1814).That poetical Peer, Lord BYRON, knowing full well that anything insulting to his Prince or injurious to his country would be most thankfully received and published by
- 183 HORATIO.Fitzroy-square, Feb. 13.[Footnote 1: Supposing LORD BYRON to have a daughter.](7) To LORD BYRON ('Morning Post', February 16, 1814)."Bard of the pallid front, and curling hair, To London taste, and northern critics dear, Friend of t
- 182 "Unblest by nature in thy mien, Pity might still have play'd her part, For oft compa.s.sion has been seen, To soften into love the heart.But when thy gloomy lines we read, And see display'd without controul, Th' ungentle thought, the A
- 181 (9) From 'The Courier' (March 15, 1814).The republication of some _Satires_, which the humour of the moment now disposes the writer to recall, was strenuously censured, the other day, in a Morning Paper. It was there said, amongst other things,
- 180 "'Don Pedro.' What offence have these men done?"'Dogberry.' Many, Sir; they have committed false reports; moreover they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixthly and lastly, they have belied a Lady; thirdl
- 179 By which it appears, that "--These wolves that still in darkness prowl; This coward brood, which mangle, as their prey, By h.e.l.lish instinct, all that cross their way;"are hired by Lord Holland, and it follows, very naturally, that the "_
- 178 (2) 'The Courier', February 2, 1814.Lord BYRON, as we stated yesterday, has discovered and promulgated to the world, in eight lines of choice doggrel, that the realm of England is in decay, that her Sovereign is disgraced, and that the situation
- 177 "I hope your Lords.h.i.+p intends to give us more of 'Childe Harold'. I was delighted that my friend Jeffrey--for such, in despite of many a feud, literary and political, I always esteem him--has made so handsomely the 'amende honorabl
- 176 LETTERS OF BERNARD BARTON.The two following letters were written to Byron in 1814, by Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet (see Letter 238, [Foot]note 1):-- I "Woodbridge, Suffolk, Apl. 14th, 1814."MY LORD,--I received this morning the reply with whi
- 175 4. The following letter was evidently written at the time when the separation of Lord and Lady Byron was first rumoured: "Melbourne House, Thursday."When so many wiser and better surround you, it is not for me to presume to hope that anything I can say
- 174 Lord BYRON replied, that he had, from motives of duty, presented this pet.i.tion to their Lords.h.i.+ps' consideration. The n.o.ble Earl had contended that it was not a pet.i.tion, but a speech; and that, as it contained no prayer, it should not be recei
- 173 2. DEBATE ON THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE'S MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE ON THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS, APRIL 21, 1812.[Byron's notes for a portion of his speech are in the possession of Mr.Murray.]Lord BYRON rose and said: My Lords,--The question before the House
- 172 We think that Mr. Spencer's Italian rhymes are better finished than his French; and indeed the facility of composing in that most poetical of all languages must be obvious: but, as a composer in Italian, he and all other Englishmen are much inferior to M
- 171 ARTICLES FROM 'THE MONTHLY REVIEW'.1. 'POEMS', BY W. R. SPENCER. (VOL. 67, 1812, PP. 54-60.) Art. VII. Poems by William Robert Spencer. 8vo. 10s. Boards. Cadell and Davies. 1811.The author of this well-printed volume has more than once been introduced
- 170 "I see, men's judgements are a parcel of their fortunes."'Antony and Cleopatra', act iii. sc. II, line 32.][Footnote 3: "Expende Hannibalem: quot libras in duce summo Invenies?"Juvenal, 'Sat'. x. 147."Produce the urn that Hannibal contains, And
- 169 'Moniteur', 17 Mars, 1814.]Albany, March 28.This night got into my new apartments, [1] rented of Lord Althorpe, on a lease of seven years. s.p.a.cious, and room for my books and sabres. _In_ the _house_, too, another advantage. The last few days, or who
- 168 Sunday, March 20.I intended to go to Lady Hardwicke's, [1] but won't. I always begin the day with a bias towards going to parties; but, as the evening advances, my stimulus fails, and I hardly ever go out--and, when I do, always regret it. This might ha
- 167 [Footnote 2: Henry, Lord Brougham (1778-1868) acknowledged that he wrote the famous article on Byron's 'Hours of Idleness' in the 'Edinburgh Review' (Sir M.E. Grant-Duff's 'Notes from a Diary', vol. ii. p. 189).He lost his seat for Camelford in Se
- 166 [Footnote 3: The Marquis of Donegal married, in 1795, Anna, daughter of Sir Edward May, Bart.][Footnote 4: For J. H. Merivale, see 'Letters', vol. iii. (January, 1814. 'note' 1).][Footnote 5: Hester Maria, eldest daughter and co-heir of Henry Thrale,
- 165 Heigho! I would I were in mine island!--I am not well; and yet I look in good health. At times, I fear, "I am not in my perfect mind;" [4]--and yet my heart and head have stood many a crash, and what should ail them now? They prey upon themselve
- 164 In the 'Courier', February 26, 1814, appears this paragraph: "Mr. Kean's attraction is unprecedented in the annals of theatricals--even Cooke's performances are left at an immeasurable distance; his first three nights of 'Ric
- 163 Began a letter, which I threw into the fire. Redde--but to little purpose. Did not visit Hobhouse, as I promised and ought. No matter, the loss is mine. Smoked cigars.Napoleon!--this week will decide his fate. All seems against him; but I believe and hope
- 162 Much done, but nothing to record. It is quite enough to set down my thoughts,--my actions will rarely bear retrospection.December 17, 18.Lord Holland told me a curious piece of sentimentality in Sheridan. The other night we were all delivering our respect
- 161 Sat.u.r.day, December 11.Sunday, December 12.By Galt's answer, I find it is some story in _real life_, and not any work with which my late composition coincides. It is still more singular, for mine is drawn from _existence_ also.I have sent an excuse
- 160 Tuesday, December 7.Went to bed, and slept dreamlessly, but not refres.h.i.+ngly. Awoke, and up an hour before being called; but dawdled three hours in dressing. When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),--sleep, eating, and swilling--b.u
- 159 Campbell talks of lecturing next spring; his last lectures were eminently successful. Moore thought of it, but gave it up,--I don't know why.----had been prating _dignity_ to him, and such stuff; as if a man disgraced himself by instructing and pleas
- 158 Wrote to H.:--he has been telling that I------[3] I am sure, at least, _I_ did not mention it, and I wish he had not. He is a good fellow, and I obliged myself ten times more by being of use than I did him,--and there's an end on't.Baldwin [4] i
- 157 Why does Lady H. always have that d.a.m.ned screen between the whole room and the fire? I, who bear cold no better than an antelope, and never yet found a sun quite _done_ to my taste, was absolutely petrified, and could not even s.h.i.+ver. All the rest,
- 156 How the deuce did all this occur so early? where could it originate? I certainly had no s.e.xual ideas for years afterwards; and yet my misery, my love for that girl were so violent, that I sometimes doubt if I have ever been really attached since. Be tha
- 155 SOUTHEY.--WORDSWORTH.--COLERIDGE. There is a triangular _Gradus ad Parna.s.sum_!--the names are too numerous for the base of the triangle. Poor Thurlow has gone wild about the poetry of Queen Bess's reign--_c'est dommage_. I have ranked the name
- 154 12, midnight.Here are two confounded proofs from the printer. I have looked at the one, but for the soul of me, I can't look over that _Giaour_ again,--at least, just now, and at this hour--and yet there is no moon.Ward talks of going to Holland, and
- 153 My unfortunate paradoxes had entirely dried up that source of comfort.I could neither read nor write with satisfaction; for excellence in another was my aversion, and writing was my trade.'"][Footnote 6: From Boileau ('Imitations, etc.'
- 152 [Footnote 5: Henry IV., Part II. act iv. se. 3.][Footnote 6: Mary Duff, his distant cousin, who lived not far from the "Plain-Stanes" of Aberdeen, in Byron's childhood. She married Mr. Robert c.o.c.kburn, a wine-merchant in Edinburgh and Lo
- 151 3.)][Footnote 2: "But words are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think."'Don Juan', Canto III. stanza lx.x.xviii.][Footnote 3: "-----my weal
- 150 "Dear fatal name! rest ever unrevealed, Nor pa.s.s these lips in holy silence sealed."Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard', lines 9, 10.][Footnote 2: Virgil, 'aeneid', ii. 5: ". ... quoeque ipse miserrima vidi Et quorum pars
- 149 "Dear Sir,--It will be easier for you to imagine than for me to express the pleasure which your very kind letter has given me. Not only on account of its gratifying intelligence, but also as introductory to an acquaintance which I have been taught to
- 148 "'Cette terre, ou les myrtes fleurissent, Ou les rayons des cieux tombent avec amour, Ou des sons enchanteurs dans les airs retentissent, Ou la plus douce nuit succede au plus beau jour,' etc."]375.--To John Murray.Decr. y'r 14th,
- 147 373.--To Thomas Moore.December 8, 1813.Your letter, like all the best, and even kindest things in this world, is both painful and pleasing. But, first, to what sits nearest. Do you know I was actually about to dedicate to you,--not in a formal inscription
- 146 369.--To John Murray.Dec. 3, 1813.My dear Sir,--Look out the Encyclopedia article _Mecca_ whether it is there or at _Medina_ the Prophet is entombed, if at Medina the first lines of my alteration must run: Blest as the call which from Medina's dome I
- 145 and 'Bride'), and told M'e. de Stael that he had _paid_ them to me!! I should be glad to be able to tell her so too. But the truth is, he would; but I thought the fair way was to decline it till May, and, at the end of 6 months, he can safe
- 144 363.--To John Murray.Tuesday evening, Nov. 30, 1813.Dear Sir,--For the sake of correctness, particularly in an Errata page, the alteration of the couplet I have just sent (half an hour ago) must take place, in spite of delay or cancel; let me see the _pro
- 143 Sir James Mackintosh ('Life', vol. ii. p. 271).]360.--To John Murray.November 29, 1813.Sunday--Monday morning--three o'clock--in my doublet and hose,--_swearing_.Dear Sir,--I send you in time an Errata page, containing an omission of mine [
- 142 "I received the books, and, among them, 'The Bride of Abydos'. It is very, very beautiful. Lord Byron (when I met him, one day, at dinner at Mr. Ward's) was so kind as to promise to give me a copy of it. I mention this, not to save my
- 141 353.--To John Murray.November 17, 1813.My Dear Sir,--That you and I may distinctly understand each other on a subject, which, like "the dreadful reckoning when men smile no more,"[1] makes conversation not very pleasant, I think it as well to _w
- 140 Print: And tints to-morrow with _prophetic_ ray. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray; Or, And {_gilds_/tints} the hope of Morning with its ray; Or, And gilds to-morrows hope with heavenly ray. Dear Sir,--I
- 139 [Footnote 1: Pope, 'Epistle to Arbuthnot', l. 44.][Footnote 2: Horace, 'Sat'. 1. iv. 10.]347.--To John Murray.Nov. 12, 1813.Two friends of mine (Mr. Rogers and Mr. Sharpe) have advised me not to risk at present any single publication s
- 138 I really think the writer in most parts very right. The only mortifying thing is the accusation of imitation._Crabbe's pa.s.sage_ I never saw; and Scott I no further meant to follow than in his _lyric_ measure, which is Gray's, Milton's, an
- 137 Stilton, Oct. 3, 1813.Dear Sir,--I have just recollected an alteration you may make in the proof to be sent to Aston.--Among the lines on Ha.s.san's Serai, not far from the beginning, is this: Unmeet for Solitude to share.Now to share implies more th
- 136 338.--To Francis Hodgson.October 1, 1813.My Dear H.,--I leave town again for Aston on Sunday, but have messages for you. Lord Holland desired me repeatedly to bring you; he wants to know you much, and begged me to say so: you will like him. I had an invit
- 135 Thomas Moore,--(Thou wilt never be called "_true_ Thomas," [1] like he of Ercildoune,) why don't you write to me?--as you won't, I must. I was near you at Aston the other day, and hope I soon shall be again. If so, you must and shall m
- 134 331.--To the Hon. Augusta Leigh. [Wednesday], Septr. 15th, 1813. My dear Augusta,--I joined my friend Scrope about 8, and before eleven we had swallowed six bottles of his burgundy and Claret, which left him very unwell and me rather feverish; we were tet
- 133 [Footnote 3: No. 20, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, was a tavern called the 'Cider Cellars'. Over the entrance was the motto, 'Honos erit huic quoque h.o.m.o', supplied by Porson, who frequented the house. There Lord Campbell heard him &q
- 132 Albany, Monday, August 31, 1813."MY DEAR BYRON,--You have requested me to tell you all that I heard at Athens about the affair of that girl who was so near being put an end to while you were there; you have asked me to remember every circ.u.mstance,
- 131 [Footnote 1: Jerry Sneak, in Foote's 'Mayor of Garratt' (act ii.), says to Major Sturgeon, "I heard of your tricks at the King of Bohemy."][Footnote 2: "The Ode of Horace-- 'Natis in usum laet.i.tiae,' etc.; some pa
- 130 [Footnote 5: Winifred Jenkins is the maid to Miss Tabitha Bramble, who marries Captain Lismahago, in Smollett's 'Humphrey Clinker'.][Footnote 6: Lord Foley and Scrope Davies.][Footnote 7: G. F. Cooke (1755-1812), from 1794 to 1800 was the h
- 129 My Dear Webster,--I am, you know, a detestable correspondent, and write to no one person whatever; you therefore cannot attribute my silence to any thing but want of good breeding or good taste, and not to any more atrocious cause; and as I confess the fa
- 128 317.--To John Murray.July 31, 1813.Dear Sir--As I leave town early tomorrow, the proof must be sent to-night, or many days will be lost. If you have any _reviews_ of the 'Giaour' to send, let me have them now. I am not very well to day. I thank
- 127 "Epistolam, quam attulerat Phileros tabellarius."(Cic., 'Fam'.,9, 15).]315.--To Thomas Moore.July 27, 1813.When you next imitate the style of "Tacitus," pray add, _de moribus Germannorum_;--this last was a piece of barbarous
- 126 314.--To Thomas Moore.July 25, 1813.I am not well versed enough in the ways of single woman to make much matrimonial progress.I have been dining like the dragon of Wantley [1] for this last week. My head aches with the vintage of various cellars, and my b
- 125 311.--To Thomas Moore.July 13, 1813.Your letter set me at ease; for I really thought (as I hear of your susceptibility) that I had said--I know not what--but something I should have been very sorry for, had it, or I, offended you;--though I don't see
- 124 [Sunday], June 27th, 1813.MY DEAREST AUGUSTA,--If you like to go with me to ye Lady Davy's [1] [ to-night, I _have_ an invitation for you.There you will see the _Stael_, some people whom you know, and _me_ whom you do _not_ know,--and you can talk to
- 123 "ugly, and not of an intellectual ugliness. Her features were coa.r.s.e, and the ordinary expression rather vulgar, she had an ugly mouth, and one or two irregularly prominent teeth, which perhaps gave her countenance an habitual gaiety. Her eye was
- 122 303.--To W. Gifford.June 18, 1813.My Dear Sir,--I feel greatly at a loss how to write to you at all--still more to thank you as I ought. If you knew the veneration with which I have ever regarded you, long before I had the most distant prospect of becomin
- 121 [Footnote 1: In the 'Morning Chronicle' (June 10, 1813) appeared advertis.e.m.e.nts of the two following books:--'Practical Observations on the best mode of curing Strictures, etc., with Remarks on Inefficacy, etc., of Caustic Applications&
- 120 297.--To Francis Hodgson.June 6, 1813.MY DEAR HODGSON,--I write to you a few lines on business. Murray has thought proper at his own risk, and peril, and profit (if there be any) to publish 'The Giaour'; and it may possibly come under your ordea
- 119 June 2, 1813.Dear Sir,--I presented a pet.i.tion to the house yesterday, [1] which gave rise to some debate, and I wish you to favour me for a few minutes with the 'Times' and 'Herald' to look on their hostile report.You will find, if
- 118 "Though he roared pretty well--this the puppy allows-- It was all, he says, borrowed--all second-hand roar; And he vastly prefers his own little bow-wows To the loftiest war-note the Lion could pour."'Tis, indeed, as good fun as a 'Cyn
- 117 291.--To Thomas Moore.May 19, 1813.Oh you, who in all names can tickle the town, Anacreon, Tom Little, Tom Moore, or Tom Brown, [1]-- For hang me if I know of which you may most brag, Your Quarto two-pounds, or your Twopenny Post Bag; But now to my letter
- 116 Presteigne, April 17th, 1813.Dear Sir,--I shall follow your advice and say nothing to our shuffling purchaser, but leave him to you, and the fullest powers of _Attorney_, which I hope you will have ready on my arrival in town early next week.I wish, if po
- 115 My Dearest Augusta,--I did not answer your letter, because I could not answer as I wished, but expected that every week would bring me some tidings that might enable me to reply better than by apologies. But Claughton has not, will not, and, I think, cann
- 114 282.--To John Hanson.March 6th, 1813.Dear Sir,--I must be ready in April at whatever risk,--at whatever loss.You will therefore advertize Rochdale; if you decline this, I will sell it for what it will bring, even though but a few thousand pounds.With rega
- 113 278.--To Robert Rushton.4, Bennet Street, St. James's, Feb. 24th, 1813.I feel rather surprised to have heard nothing from you or your father in answer to Fletcher's last letter. I wish to know whether you intend taking a share in a farm with you
- 112 "Byron often talks of the authors of the 'Rejected Addresses', and always in terms of unqualified praise. He says that the imitations, unlike all other imitations, are full of genius. 'Parodies,' he said, 'always give a bad i
- 111 "Junius's Letters, by Woodfall, 3 vol., _Large Paper_, 1812."]273.--To William Bankes.December 26, [1812].The mult.i.tude of your recommendations has already superseded my humble endeavours to be of use to you; and, indeed, most of my princ
- 110 I shall be in London the latter end of the week. I set out from this place on the 12th. As to Mr. C., the Law must decide between us; I shall abide by the Contract. Your answer will not reach me in time, so do not write to me while here.Pray let Mr. D. be
- 109 Believe me, ever yours truly, BYRON.My best remembrances to all.I shall draw for _fifty_ this week.Is anything done about Miss M[a.s.singberd]? You have not mentioned her.268.--To John Murray.Oct. 23, 1812.DEAR SIR,--Thanks, as usual. You go on boldly; bu
- 108 264.--To John Murray.Cheltenham, Oct. 18, 1812, Dear Sir,--Will you have the goodness to get this Parody of a peculiar kind [1] (for all the first lines are _Busby's_ entire), inserted in several of the papers (_correctly_--and copied _correctly; my
- 107 262.--To Lord Holland.Cheltenham, Oct. 14, 1812.MY DEAR LORD,--I perceive that the papers, yea, even Perry's [1], are somewhat ruffled at the injudicious preference of the Committee. My friend Perry has, indeed, 'et tu, Brute'-d me rather s
- 106 Now, one word as to the Committee--how could they resolve on a rough copy of an _Address_ never sent in, unless you had been good enough to retain in memory, or on paper, the thing they have been good enough to adopt? By the by, the circ.u.mstances of the
- 105 [Footnote 7: An account of the accident is given in the Chronicle of the 'Annual Register', September 21, 1812. The party consisted of ten people, three of whom were saved. Among those rescued was Mr.Rothery--not Rossoe, as Byron gives it.][Foot
- 104 "Ladies and gentlemen,--I know nothing I have done to offend you, and has set ('sic') those who are sent here to hiss me; I will be very much obliged to you to turn them out."This unfortunate speech made matters worse; the audience ref
- 103 Will this do better? The metaphor is more complete.Till slowly ebb'd the {_lava of the_/spent volcanic} wave, And blackening ashes mark'd the Muse's grave.If not, we will say "burning wave," and instead of "burning clime,&quo
- 102 252.--To Lord Holland.September 27, 1812.I have just received your very kind letter, and hope you have met with a second copy corrected and addressed to Holland House, with some omissions and this new couplet, As glared each rising flash, [1] and ghastly
- 101 Ye who beheld--oh sight admired and mourn'd, Whose radiance mock'd the ruin it adorn'd; because "night" is repeated the next line but one; and, as it now stands, the conclusion of the paragraph, "worthy him (Shakspeare) and _
- 100 248.--To Lord Holland.September 24.I send a recast of the four first lines of the concluding paragraph.This greeting o'er, the ancient rule obey'd, The drama's homage by her Herald paid, Receive _our welcome too_, whose every tone Springs f
- 99 But my book on 'Diet and Regimen', where is it? I thirst for Scott's 'Rokeby'; let me have y'e first-begotten copy. The 'Anti-Jacobin Review'[3] is all very well, and not a bit worse than the 'Quarterly',
- 98 Now the Scheme is (though none of our hackneys can beat him) To start a fresh Poet through Highgate to 'meet' him; Who, by means of quick proofs--no revises--long coaches-- May do a few Villas before Sc--tt approaches-- Indeed, if our Pegasus be
- 97 Dallas found him, shortly after his introduction to the prince, "in a full-dress court suit of clothes, with his fine black hair in powder,"prepared to attend a levee. But the levee was put off, and the subsequent avowal of the authors.h.i.+p of
- 96 Byron met Clarke at Cambridge in November, 1811, discussed Greece with him, and was relieved to find that he knew "no Romaic." Clarke was an indefatigable traveller, and, as he was a botanist, mineralogist, antiquary, and numismatist, he made go
- 95 And again, in the "Parody of a Celebrated Letter": "I am proud to declare I have no predilections, My heart is a sieve, where some scatter'd affections Are just danc'd about for a moment or two, And the 'finer' they are,
- 94 On Monday, after sitting up all night, I saw Bellingham launched into eternity [1], and at three the same day I saw * * * launched into the country.I believe, in the beginning of June, I shall be down for a few days in Notts. If so, I shall beat you up &#
- 93 235.--To Lady Caroline Lamb.May 1st, 1812.MY DEAR LADY CAROLINE,-I have read over the few poems of Miss Milbank [1] with attention. They display fancy, feeling, and a little practice would very soon induce facility of expression. Though I have an abhorren
- 92 361), speaks of her as unmarried, and adds that she is "a lively and rather a pretty girl; they say she is very clever." Augustus Foster, writing to his mother, Lady Elizabeth Foster, July 30, 1805 ('The Two d.u.c.h.esses', p. 233), sa
- 91 My dear Bankes,--My eagerness to come to an explanation has, I trust, convinced you that whatever my unlucky manner might inadvertently be, the change was as unintentional as (if intended) it would have been ungrateful. I really was not aware that, while
- 90 "To Augusta, my dearest sister, and my best friend, who has ever loved me much better than I deserved, this volume is presented by her _father's_ son, and most affectionate brother, B."The effect which the poem instantly produced is best ex
- 89 8, St. James's Street, February 25, 1812.MY LORD,--With my best thanks, I have the honour to return the Notts, letter to your Lords.h.i.+p. I have read it with attention, but do not think I shall venture to avail myself of its contents, as my view of
- 88 "Breakfasted with Mr. Cowell," writes Moore, in his Diary, June 11, 1828, "having made his acquaintance for the purpose of gaining information about Lord Byron. Knew Byron for the first time when he himself was a little boy, from being in t
- 87 [Footnote 2: 'The Knight of Snowdoun', a musical drama, written by Thomas Morton (1764-1838), and founded on 'The Lady of the Lake', was produced at Covent Garden, Feb. 5, 1811, and published the same year.John Liston (1776-1846), the
- 86 On December 9, 1811, he appeared at the Haymarket as "Lothario" in Rowe's 'Fair Penitent'. Mathews, at Covent Garden, imitated his performance, in Bate Dudley's 'At Home', as "Mr. Romeo Rantall,"appearing