_distressful_, if he had not also suppos'd her a _Servant_: and that
too in some elegant Family; for if she had always remain'd a
Fellow-cottager with her Father, it must have carried an Air of
Romantick Improbability to account for her polite Education.
If she had _wanted_ those Improvements, which she found means to
acquire in her _Service_, it wou'd have been very unlikely, that she
shou'd have succeeded so well; and had destroy'd _one_ great _Use_
of the Story, to have allow'd such uncommon Felicity to the Effect
of mere _personal Beauty_.---And it had not been _judicious_ to have
represented her as educated in a superior Condition of Life with the
proper Accomplishments, before she became reduc'd by Misfortunes,
and so not a Servant, but rather an Orphan under hopeless
Distresses---because Opportunities which had made it no Wonder how
she came to be so winningly qualified, wou'd have lessen'd her Merit
in being so. And besides, where had then been the purpos'd
Excitement of Persons in PAMELA's Condition of Life, by an Emulation
of her Sweetness, Humility, Modesty, Patience, and Industry, to
attain some faint Hope of arriving, in time, within View of _her_
Happiness?----And what a delightful Reformation shou'd we see, in
all Families, where the Vanity of their _Maids_ took no Turn toward
Ambition to _please_, but by such innocent Measures, as PAMELA's!
As it is clear, then, the Author was under a Necessity to suppose
her a _Servant_, he is not to be accountable for mistaken
Impressions, which the Charms he has given her may happen to make,
on wrong Heads, or weak Hearts, tho' in Favour of Maids the Reverse
of her Likeness.
What is it then (they may say) that the Lowness, and Distance of
_Pamela's_ Condition from the Gentleman's who married her, proposes
to teach the _Gay World_, and the _Fortunate_?---_It is this_---By
Comparison with that infinite Remoteness of her Condition from the
Reward which her Virtue procur'd her, one great _Proof_ is deriv'd,
(which is Part of the _Moral_ of PAMELA) that Advantages from
_Birth_, and Distinction of _Fortune_, have no Power at all, when
consider'd against those from _Behaviour_, and Temper of _Mind_:
because where the _Last_ are _not added_, all the _First_ will be
boasted in vain. Whereas she who possesses the Last finds _no Want_
of the First, in her Influence.
In _that_ Light alone let the Ladies of _Rank_ look at
PAMELA.---Such an alarming Reflection as that will, at the same time
that it raises the Hope and Ambition of the _Humble_, correct and
mortify the Disdain of the _Proud_. For it will compel them to
observe, and acknowledge, that 'tis the Turn of their _Mind_, not
the Claims of their _Quality_, by which (and which only) Womens
Charms can be lasting: And that, while the _haughty Expectations_,
inseparable from an elevated Rank, serve but to multiply its
Complaints and Afflictions, the Condescensions of _accomplish'd
Humility_, attracting Pity, Affection, and Reverence, secure an
hourly Increase of Felicity.---So that the _moral Meaning_ of
PAMELA's Good-fortune, far from tempting young Gentlemen to marry
_such_ Maids as are found in their Families, is, by teaching Maids
to _deserve to be Mistresses_, to stir up Mistresses _to support
their Distinction_.
[_del._ 4th]
{_We shall only add, That it was intended to prefix two neat
_Frontispieces_ to this Edition, (and to present them to the Purchasers
of the first) and one was actually finished for that Purpose; but there
not being Time for the other, from the Demand for the new Impression;
and the Engraving Part of that which was done (tho' no Expence was
spared) having fallen very short of the Spirit of the Passages they were
intended to represent, the Proprietors were advised to lay them aside.
And were the rather induced to do so, from the following Observation of
a most ingenious Gentleman, in a Letter to the Editor._ "I am so
jealous, _says he,_ in Behalf of our _inward_ Idea of PAMELA's _Person_,
that I dread _any_ figur'd Pretence to Resemblance. For it will be pity
to look at an _Air_, and imagine it _Hers_, that does not carry some
such elegant Perfection of Amiableness, as will be sure to find place in
the _Fancy_."}
VERSES, sent to the Bookseller, for the Unknown Author [_del._ 8th]
{of the beautiful new Piece call'd} _PAMELA_.
Blest be thy pow'rful Pen, whoe'er thou art,
Thou skill'd, great _Moulder_ of the master'd Heart!
Where hast thou lain conceal'd!---or why thought fit,
At this dire Period, to _unveil_ thy Wit?
O! late befriended Isle! had this broad Blaze,
With earlier Beamings, bless'd our _Fathers_ Days,
The Pilot Radiance, pointing out the Source,
Whence public Health derives its [5th: "moral"] {vital} Course,
Each timely Draught some healing Power had shown,
Ere gen'ral _Gangrene_ blacken'd, to the _Bone_.
But, fest'ring now, beyond all Sense of Pain,
'Tis hopeless: and the Helper's Hand is _vain_.
Sweet _Pamela_! forever-blooming Maid!
Thou dear, unliving, yet immortal, Shade!
Why are thy Virtues scatter'd to the Wind?
Why are thy Beauties flash'd upon the Blind?
What, tho' thy flutt'ring Sex might learn, from thee,
That _Merit_ forms a Rank, above _Degree_?
That Pride, too conscious, falls, from ev'ry _Claim_,
While humble Sweetness climbs, beyond its _Aim_?
What, tho' Religion, smiling from thy Eyes,
Shews her _plain_ Power, and charms without _Disguise_?
What, tho' thy warmly-pleasing moral Scheme
Gives livelier Rapture, than the Loose can _dream_?
What, tho' thou build'st, by thy persuasive Life,
Maid, Child, Friend, Mistress, Mother, Neighbour, Wife?
Tho' Taste like thine each Void of Time, can fill,
Unsunk by Spleen, unquicken'd by Quadrille!
What, tho' 'tis thine to bless the lengthen'd Hour!
Give _Permanence_ to Joy, and _Use_ to Pow'r?
Lend late-felt Blushes to the _Vain_ and _Smart_?
And squeeze cramp'd Pity from the _Miser_'s Heart?
What, tho' 'tis thine to hush the Marriage Breeze,
Teach Liberty to _tire_, and Chains to _please_?
Thine tho', from Stiffness to divest Restraint,
And, to the Charmer, reconcile the _Saint_?
Tho' Smiles and Tears obey thy moving Skill,
And Passion's ruffled Empire waits thy Will?
Tho' thine the fansy'd Fields of flow'ry Wit,
Thine, Art's whole Pow'r, in Nature's Language writ!
Thine, to convey strong Thought, with modest Ease,
And, copying _Converse_, teach its _Style_ to please?
Tho' thine each Virtue, that a _God_ cou'd lend?
Thine, ev'ry Help, that ev'ry Heart, can mend?
'Tis Thine _in vain_!----Thou wak'st a _dying_ Land;
And lift'st _departed Hope_, with fruitless Hand:
Death has NO CURE. Thou hast _mis-tim'd_ thy Aim;
_Rome_ had her GOTHS: and all, beyond, was _Shame_.
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JOHN BAILLIE: _An Essay on the Sublime_ (1747). Introduction by
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_John Dart and George Ogle on Chaucer._ Introduction by William L.
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_Sale Catalogue of Mrs. Piozzi's Effects_ (1816). Introduction by
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M. C. SARBIEWSKI: _The Odes of Casimire_ (1646). Introduction by
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_Selections from Seventeenth-Century Songs._ Introduction by
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_A Sermon Preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul_ (1745).
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FIRST YEAR (1946-1947)
Numbers 1-6 out of print.
[Titles:
1. Richard Blackmore's _Essay upon Wit_ (1716), and Addison's
_Freeholder_ No. 45 (1716). [13484]
2. Anon., _Essay on Wit_ (1748), together with Characters by
Flecknoe, and Joseph Warton's _Adventurer_ Nos. 127 and 133.
[14973]
3. Anon., _Letter to A. H. Esq.; concerning the Stage_ (1698), and
Richard Willis' _Occasional Paper_ No. IX (1698). [14047]
4. Samuel Cobb's _Of Poetry_ and _Discourse on Criticism_ (1707).
[14528]
5. Samuel Wesley's _Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry_ (1700)
and _Essay on Heroic Poetry_ (1693). [16506]
6. Anon., _Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage_
(1704) and anon., _Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage_ (1704).
[15656] ]
SECOND YEAR (1947-1948)
7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on Wit
from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702). [14800]
8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684). [14495]
9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
[14899]
10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
etc._ (1744). [16233]
11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717). [15313]
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
Krutch. [16335]
THIRD YEAR (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720). [15999]
14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753). [16267]
15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_
(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).
[In preparation]
16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673). [16916]
17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
Shakespeare_ (1709). [16275]
18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);
and Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_ (1720). [15870]
FOURTH YEAR (1949-1950)
19. Susanna Centlivre's _The Busie Body_ (1709). [16740]
20. Lewis Theobold's _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
[16346]
21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela_
(1754).
22. Samuel Johnson's _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two
_Rambler_ papers (1750). [13350]
23. John Dryden's _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681). [15074]
24. Pierre Nicole's _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from
Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting
Epigrams_, translated by J. V. Cunningham.
FIFTH YEAR (1950-1951)
25. Thomas Baker's _The Fine Lady's Airs_ (1709). [14467]
26. Charles Macklin's _The Man of the World_ (1792). [14463]
27. Frances Reynolds' _An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste,
and of the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty, etc._ (1785). [13485]
28. John Evelyn's _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and
_A Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661). [17833]
29. Daniel Defoe's _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718). [14084]
30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's _Letters Concerning
Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong's _Miscellanies_ (1770).
[13464]
SIXTH YEAR (1951-1952)
31. Thomas Gray's _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751);
and _The Eton College Manuscript_. [15409]
32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scudery's Preface to _Ibrahim_
(1674), etc. [14525]
33. Henry Gally's _A Critical Essay_ on Characteristic-Writings (1725).
[16299]
34. Thomas Tyers' A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785).
35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. _Critical
Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch_
(1763). [15857]
36. Joseph Harris's _The City Bride_ (1696). [22974]
SEVENTH YEAR (1952-1953)
37. Thomas Morrison's _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767). [In
preparation]
38. John Phillips' _A Satyr Against Hypocrites_ (1655).
39. Thomas Warton's _A History of English Poetry_.
40. Edward Bysshe's _The Art of English Poetry_ (1708).
41. Bernard Mandeville's "_A Letter to Dion_" (1732).
42. Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances.
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Errata (noted by transcriber):
deserves not only Acknowlegdment, but ...
[_text unchanged: error for "Acknowledgment"?_]
... for the Unknown Author [_del._ 8th] {of the beautiful new Piece
call'd} _PAMELA_
[_text unchanged, but "of" probably belongs outside the hand-drawn
brackets_]
Maren-Sofie Roestvig
[_spelling shown as printed, but correct form is "Rostvig"
(o-slash, 28th letter of Norwegian alphabet)_]