. Thackerayana;. H THACK ERA YANA. In his English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century, Thackeraydoes not forget to pay his honest tribute to Gay. Writing of thehigher portions of this very Newgate Pastoral, he says of itsfavoured author— In almost every ballad of his, however slight,there is a peculiar, hinted, pathetic sweetness and melody. Itcharms and melts you. Its indefinable, but it exists ; and is theproperty of John Gays and Oliver Goldsmiths best verse, asfragrance is of a violet, or freshness of a 1 At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure,At the tree I shall suffer with pleas
. Thackerayana;. H THACK ERA YANA. In his English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century, Thackeraydoes not forget to pay his honest tribute to Gay. Writing of thehigher portions of this very Newgate Pastoral, he says of itsfavoured author— In almost every ballad of his, however slight,there is a peculiar, hinted, pathetic sweetness and melody. Itcharms and melts you. Its indefinable, but it exists ; and is theproperty of John Gays and Oliver Goldsmiths best verse, asfragrance is of a violet, or freshness of a 1 At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure,At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure, Let me go where I will, In all kinds of ill,I shall find no such Furies as these arc. Thackerays predilections for the stage survived the first flush ofenthusiasm, and like most of his pleasures flourished vigorouslyalmost throughout his career. It may be fresh to the recollections of most of his admirershow in 1848 he describes, in his chef-doeuvre, a picture, the vividcolouring of which outshines his entire gallery of theatrical sketches. Do you remember, dear M , oh friend of my youth, how one blissful night five and-twenty years since, the Hypo-crite being acted, Elliston being manager, Dowton and Liston REMTNISCEXCES OF GOING TO THE PLAY: IS performers, two boys had leave from their loyal masters to go outfrom Slaughter House School, where they were educated, and ap-pear on Drury Lane stage, amongsta crowd that assembled there togreet the King. The King?There he was. Beef-eaters werebefore the au
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