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LETTER51

CHARLESLAMBTOTHOMASMANNING

[P.M.March1，1800.]

Ihopebythistimeyouarepreparedtosaythe"Falstafsletters"areabundleofthesharpest，queerest，profoundesthumours，ofanythesejuice-drainedlattertimeshavespawned.Ishouldhaveadvertisedyou，thatthemeaningisfrequentlyhardtobegotat;andsoarethefutureguineas，thatnowlieripeningandaurifyinginthewombofsomeundiscoveredPotosi;butdig，dig，dig，dig，Manning!Isettowithanunconquerablepropulsiontowrite，withalamentablewantofwhattowrite.Myprivategoingsonareorderlyasthemovementsofthespheres，andstaleastheirmusictoangelsears.Publicaffairs—exceptastheytouchuponme，andsoturnintoprivate，Icannotwhipupmymindtofeelanyinterestin.Igrieve，indeed，thatWarandNature，andMr.Pitt，thathangsupinLloydsbestparlour，shouldhaveconspiredtocallupthreenecessaries，simplemonersasourfathersknewthem，intotheupperhouseofLuxuries;Bread，andBeer，andCoals，Manning.ButastoFranceandFrenchmen，andtheAbbéSièyesandhisconstitutions，Icannotmakethesepresenttimespresenttome.Ireadhistoriesofthepast，andIliveinthem;although，toabstractsenses，theyarefarlessmomentousthanthenoiseswhichkeepEuropeawake.IamreadingBurnetsOwnTimes.Didyoueverreadthatgarrulous，pleasanthistory?Hetellshisstorylikeanoldmanpastpoliticalservice，braggingtohissonsonwintereveningsoftheparthetookinpublictransactions，whenhis"oldcapwasnew."Fullofscandal，whichalltruehistoryis.Nopalliatives，butallthestarkwickedness，thatactuallygivesthemomentumtonationalactors.Quitetheprattleofageandout-livedimportance.Truthandsinceritystaringoutuponyouperpetuallyinaltorelievo.Himselfapartyman—hemakesyouapartyman.NoneoftheDamnedphilosophicalHumeianindifference，socold，andunnatural，andinhuman!NoneofthedamnedGibbonianfinewriting，sofineandposite.NoneofMr.Robertsonsperiodswiththreemembers.NoneofMr.Roscoessageremarks，allsoapposite，andinginsoclever，lestthereadershouldhavehadthetroubleofdrawinganinference.BurnetsgoodoldprattleIcanbringpresenttomymind—Icanmaketherevolutionpresenttome;theFrenchRevolution，byaconverseperversityinmynature，Iflingasfarfromme.Toquitthisdamndsubject，andtorelieveyoufromtwoorthreedismalyawns，whichIhearinspirit，Ihereconcludemymorethanmonlyobtuseletter;dulluptothedulnessofaDutchmentatoronShakspeare.

MylovetoLloydandSophia.C.L.

["WarandNature，andMr.Pitt."Thewarhadsentuptaxationtoanalmostunbearableheight.PittwasChancellorofExchequer，aswellasPrimeMinister.

Hume，GibbonandRobertsonwereamongthebookswhich，intheEliaessay

"DetachedThoughtsonBooksandReading，"Lambdescribedas

biblia-a-biblia.WilliamRoscoesprincipalworkwashisLifeof

LorenzodeMedici，1795.]

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