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LETTER68
CHARLESLAMBTOTHOMASMANNING
[P.M.Sept.22,1800.]
DearManning,—Youneedednotimagineanyapologynecessary.Yourfinehareandfinebirds(whichjustnowaredanglingbyourkitchenblaze)discoursemosteloquentmusicinyourjustification.Youjustnickedmypalate.For,withallduedecorumandleavemayitbespoken,myworshiphathtakenphysicforhisbodyto-day,andbeinglowandpuling,requirethtobepampered.Foh!howbeautifulandstrongthosebutteredonionsetomynose!Foryoumustknowweextractadivinespiritofgravyfromthosematerialswhich,dulypoundedwithaconsistenceofbreadandcream(ycleptbread-sauce),eachtoeachgivingdoublegrace,domutuallyillustrateandsetoff(asskilfulgoldfoilstorarejewels)yourpartridge,pheasant,woodcock,snipe,teal,widgeon,andtheotherlesserdaughtersoftheark.Myfriendship,strugglingwithmycarnalandfleshlyprudence(whichsuggeststhatabirdamanistheproperallotmentinsuchcases),yearnethsometimestohavetheeheretopickawingorso.IquestionifyourNorfolksaucesmatchourLondonculinaric.
GeorgeDyerhasintroducedmetothetableofanagreeableoldgentleman,Dr.Anderson,whogiveshotlegsofmuttonandgrapepiesathissylvanlodgeatIsleworth,where,inthemiddleofastreet,hehasshotupawallmostpreposterouslybeforehissmalldwelling,which,withthecircumstanceofhistakingseveralpanesofglassoutofbedroomwindows(forair),causethhisneighbourstospeculatestrangelyonthestateofthegoodmanspericranicks.Plainly,helivesunderthereputationofbeingderanged.Georgedoesnotmindthiscircumstance;heratherlikeshimthebetterforit.TheDoctor,inhispursuits,joinsagriculturaltopoeticalscience,andhassetGeorgesbrainsmadabouttheoldScotchwriters,Harbour,DouglassAeneid,BlindHarry,&c.Wereturnedhomeinareturnpostchaise(havingdinedwiththeDoctor),andGeorgekeptwonderingandwondering,foreightornineturnpikemiles,whatwasthename,andstrivingtorecollectthename,ofapoetanteriortoBarbour.Ibeggedtoknowwhatwasremainingofhisworks."Thereisnothingextantofhisworks,Sir,butbyallaccountsheseemstohavebeenafinegenius!"Thisfinegenius,withoutanythingtoshowforitoranytitlebeyondGeorgescourtesy,withoutevenaname!andBarbour,andDouglas,andBlindHarry,nowarethepredominantsoundsinGeorgespiamater,andtheirbuzzingsexcludepolitics,criticism,andalgebra—thelatelordsofthatillustriouslumber-rooMark,hehasneverreadanyofthesebucks,butisimpatienttillhereadsthemallattheDoctorssuggestion.PoorDyer!hisfriendsshouldbecarefulwhatsparkstheyletfallintosuchinflammablematter.
CouldIhavemywilloftheheathen,Iwouldlockhimupfromallaccessofnewideas;Iwouldexcludeallcriticsthatwouldnotswearmefirst(upontheirVirgil)thattheywouldfeedhimwithnothingbuttheold,safe,familiarnotionsandsounds(therightfulaboriginesofhisbrain)—Gray,AkensideandMason.Inthesesounds,reiteratedasoftenaspossible,therecouldbenothingpainful,nothingdistracting.
Godblessme,herearethebirds,smokinghot!
Allthatisgrossandunspiritualinmerisesatthesight!
Avauntfriendshipandallmemoryofabsentfriends!
C.LAMB.
["Divinespiritofgravy."ThispassageisthefirstofLambsoutburstsofgustatoryecstasy,afterwardstobeefrequentinhiswritings.
Hereshouldealetter,datedOctober9,1800,intherichestspiritofedy,describingtoColeridgeaneveningwithGeorgeDyerandtheCottlesafterthedeathoftheirbrotherAmos;andhowLamb,bypraisingJosephCottlespoem,drewawaythatgoodmansthoughtsfromhisgrief."Joseph,whotillnowhadsatwithhiskneescoweringinbythefireplace,wheeledabout,andwithgreatdifficultyofbodyshiftedthesameroundtothecornerofatablewhereIwassitting,andfirststationingonethighovertheother,whichishissedentarymood,andplacidlyfixinghisbenevolentfacerightagainstmine,waitedmyobservations.Atthatmomentitcamestronglyintomymind,thatIhadgotUncleTobybeforeme,helookedsokindandsogood."Theletter,printedinfullinothereditions,is,Iamgiventounderstand,notavailableforthis.]
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