. The literary history of the Adelphi and its neighbourhood . more rapid^ clear, and strong; When from his classic urn Burke pours A copious stream through banks of flowers ; When Barre stern, with accents deep, Calls up Lord North, and murders sleep ; And if his Lordship rise to speak, Then wit and argument awake : When Rigby speaks, and all may hear him, Who can withstand, ridendo verum ? When Thurlows words attention bind, The spells of a superior mind. Now, whether I were Whig or Tory, This was a time for me to glory; My glory farther still extends, For most of these I call my friends : Bu
. The literary history of the Adelphi and its neighbourhood . more rapid^ clear, and strong; When from his classic urn Burke pours A copious stream through banks of flowers ; When Barre stern, with accents deep, Calls up Lord North, and murders sleep ; And if his Lordship rise to speak, Then wit and argument awake : When Rigby speaks, and all may hear him, Who can withstand, ridendo verum ? When Thurlows words attention bind, The spells of a superior mind. Now, whether I were Whig or Tory, This was a time for me to glory; My glory farther still extends, For most of these I call my friends : But if, Squire B n, you were hurt, To see me, as you thought, so pert,You might have punishd my transgression,And dampd the ardour of brute there is whose voice confounds,And frights all others with strange sounds;Had you, your matchless powrs displaying, Like him, Squire B n, set a-braying, I should have lost all exultation,Nor gloried in my situation. The strong bond of friendship which existed between Hannah More and Mr and Mrs Garrick128 U i. HANNAH MORE is one of the most remarkable events in the history of literature and the stage. On the one side, there was unbounded admiration for the great actor; on the other, Garrick and his wife evidently held the young writer in the highest esteem. The letters written, and received by, Hannah More, from the time of her first meeting with Garrick, until the death of his widow, form a charming note in the lives of these three people. They bridge over the years 1776 to 1822. In the former year, it should be borne in mind, the actor was nearly sixty years old, his wife a little younger, while Hannah More was but thirty-one years of age. The affection of the elderly couple for their young protegee is remarkable, and, curiously enough, the career of the latter began with Garricks leaving the stage. On June 10, 1776, Hannah More writes to David Garrick: I think, by the time this reaches you, I may congratulate you on the end of
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