1751
Jan 12, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 12 January 1750-51] [...] Next Tuesday [15 January] we propose going to the rehearsal of Judas [6] Maccabeus, for the Infirmary of Incurables. I hear Dr. Donnellan is very ill — I am afraid in a dangerous way; his death would be a sensible grief to Donnellan; they have been particularly fond of each other.[1] |
Jan 15, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 19 January 1750-1] [...] Tuesday [15 January] was the rehearsal of Judas Maccabeus, to which we went. Those songs brought Mrs. Viney and her present distress so much to my mind, that I had not spirits to go to the performance of last Thursday. [...][2] |
Jan 17
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By the special Command of their Excellencies, the LORDS JUSTICES of IRELAND. FOR THE BENEFIT of the Hospital for poor distressed LYING-IN-WOMEN in George’s-Lane. AT THE Great MUSSICK-HALL [sic] in Fishamble-Street, on Thursday-Night the 17th of this Instant January, 1750-51, will be performed Mr. HANDEL’s last celebrated and grand ORATORIO, call’d, JUDAS MACCABAEUS. The Whole will be Conducted by Signor MARELLA; Who will also Perform a NEW SOLO and CONCERTO. TICKETS for the principal Performance, together with Rehearsal-Tickets, will be delivered at the HOSPITAL in George’s-Lane, at Half a Guinea. N. B. BOOKS will be given Gratis on the Rehearsal-Day, as usual, which will be on Tuesday the 15th of this Instant, at Twelve o’Clock at Noon. Note, A printed State of the HOSPITAL from its first Opening, on the 25th of March, 1745, to the 1st of November, 1750, may be seen at all the Coffee-Houses, and is given Gratis at said Hospital.[3] |
Jan 29, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 2 February 1750-51] We went to the rehearsal of Joshua last Tuesday [29 January]; [13] were charmed with it — never heard it before, but it was so cold on Thursday I had not not [sic] courage to go to the night performance of it. [...][4] |
early February, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, February 1751] [...] Yesterday, being the second time for three years past, I made my appearance at the Theatre Royal in Smock Alley; went with Mrs. F. Hamilton and Miss Bushe to see The Careless Husband; it was very tolerably performed, so well that if I could conveniently go I should like to see a play once a month, as when well chosen I think they are a rational and pleasing entertainment even for old people who have health and spirits to go, and who frequent no other public places. Next Monday [11 February] we go to the rehearsal of Deborah; it is to be performed on Thursday for the benefit of an hospital.[5] |
Feb 11, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, February 1750-51] Last Monday [11 February] we went to the rehearsal of Deborah, which was delightful. [...][6] |
Feb 22
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, Feb. 22, will be perform’d an Oratorio call’d BELSHAZZAR. With a Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[7] |
Feb 27
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d an Oratorio call’d BELSHAZZAR. With a Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[8] |
Mar 1
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d ALEXANDER’s FEAST. And an Additional New Act, call’d The CHOICE of HERCULES. With a New Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[9] |
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ADVERTISEMENT. The following Interlude [i.e. “The Choice of
Hercules”] is chiefly extracted from an excellent Poem upon the Subject publish’d in Mr. Spenser’s [handwritten correction: Spence’s] Polymetis, and since reprinted in the Third Volume of
Mr. Dodsley’s Miscellany; no other Variation being made in the Metre than what the nature
of Air and Recitative demanded; and no further Addition to the Sense than what the
different Method or Plan of the Performance required.[10] |
Mar 6
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d ALEXANDER’s FEAST. And an Additional New Act, call’d The CHOICE of HERCULES. With a New Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[11] |
Mar 8
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d ALEXANDER’s FEAST. And an Additional New Act, call’d The CHOICE of HERCULES. With a New Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[12] |
[auction: 11 March]
[Folio]
663 Six celebrated songs made on purpose for French horns, performed in Handell’s operas, 7 parts, 3s, new 5s
[…. 27 …]
684 Handell’s twenty four overtures for violins, &c. as they were performed at the king’s theatre in twenty-seven different operas, 14s, new 1l 1s
685 Sampson, an oratorio, by Mr Handell, 7s, new 10s 6d
[…]
687 Otho, an opera, by Mr Handell, 7s, new 16s
688 Flavius, an opera, by Mr Handel, 5s
689 Radamisto, an opera, in score, by Mr handell, 9s, new 1l 1s
690 Arie Agiunte di radamisto, opera, dal Handell, 4s
691 Porus, an opera, by Handell, 6s, new 16s
[…]
697 [Favourite songs in the opera] of Alcina, 2 collections, imperfect, 1s
698 Additional favourite songs in the opera of Rinaldo, 1s 6d
699 The most celebrated favourite songs in the oratorio of Esther, to which is prefix’d the overture, in score, by Mr Handell, 2s 6d, new 4s [28]
[…]
711 Handell’s select duets for two German flutes, 1s
[…]
716 Select lessons for a flute, third book by Handell, Hasse, &c. 1s[13]
Mar 13
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d ALEXANDER’s FEAST. And an Additional New Act, call’d The CHOICE of HERCULES. With a New Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[14] |
Mar 15
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d an Oratorio, call’d ESTHER. With a Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[15] |
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London, March 15. PROPOSALS. To be publish’d by Subscription, A Figure in Plaister of Paris of the celebrated Mr. HANDELL, taken from the Statue at Vaux-Hall. CONDITIONS, The Price to Subscribers is one Guinea and half; half a Guinea to be paid at the Time of Subscribing, and the Remainder on the Delivery, which will be in May next. Subscriptions are taken at Mr. Foster’s on Ludgate-Hill, where the Model may be seen.[16] |
Mar 16, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 16 March 1750-1] [...] Rap, rap at the door; and in walked a lady and gentleman (Hamilton by name) that Mrs. Bushe introduced to me; she is a surprising ready player on the harpsichord — she played Mr. Purcell’s overture, and one of Handel’s, as readily as if she had played them seven years, she has a neat pretty finger, and if she would undergo the slavery of practice, could do what she pleased; but as she plays so agreeably without, and is so much mistress of music, it is not worth her while. [... 28 ...] in the afternoon, went to hear “Samson” murdered most barbarously; I never heard such a performance called music in my life! what should be grave we turned to merriment.[17] |
Mar 20
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, This Day, will be perform’d an Oratorio, call’d JUDAS MACCHABAEUS. With a Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d this Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[18] |
Mar 21
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AT the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, To-morrow, will be perform’d an Oratorio, call’d JUDAS MACCHABAEUS. With a Concerto on the Organ. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d that Day at the Office in Covent-Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each; first Gallery 5 s. upper Gallery 3 s. 6 d. The Galleries will be open’d at Half an Hour after Four, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half an Hour after Six o’Clock.[19] |
Mar 22
For the Benefit and Increase of a FUNDestablished for the Support
of Decay’d MUSICIANS, or their Families, AT the King’s Theatre in the Haymarket, Tuesday next, will be perform’d an Entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental MUSICK. As follows, PART I. An Overture, composed by Sig. Paradies. Air. Why does the God of Israel sleep, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by Mr. Beard. Air. Infelice in van mi lagno, composed by Sig. Chiampi, sung by Sig. Frazi. Concerto by Signor Pasqualino. Air. Falsa imagine, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by Sig. Cuzzoni. Air. Non pavento il Pastorello, composed by Sig. Resta, sung by Sig. Guadagni. PART II. Concerto by Mr. Dubourg. Air. Father of Heaven, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by S. Galli. Air. Se vedi nascere, composed by Sig. Chinzer, sung by Sig. Frasi. Concerto by Mr. Miller. Air. Benche mi siu [sic] crudele, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by Sig. Cuzzoni. Air. Pastorella io giurerei, composed by S. Chiampi, sung by S. Galli. PART III. Concerto by Mr. Vincent. Air. Return, O God of Hosts, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by Sig. Frasi. Air. Varcan col’ Vento istesso, composed by Sig. Chiampi, sung by Sig. Galli. Air. Se non Timor allato. composed by Sig. Chiampi, sung by Sig. Guadagni. Air. Tune your Harps, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by Mr. Beard. Duetto. Piu amabile belta, composed by Mr. Handel, sung by Sig. Cuzzoni and Sig. Guadagni. A Grand Concerto of Mr. Handel’s. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Persons to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver’d that Day at the said Office, at Half a Guinea each. To begin exactly at Six o’Clock. FThe Tickets delivered to the Subscribers to this Charity will admit One Person into any Part of the House.[20] |
Thursday there was a very great appearance of nobility and gentry at the chapel in the Foundling-Hospital, to hear the sacred oratorio, called Messiah, which was performed under the direction of that great benefactor to the charity of the said hospital, George Frederick Handel, Esq; by his repeated performances in that Chapel; which oratorio was not only extremely well performed, but Mr. Handel play’d a most inimitable Concerto on the Organ which he gave to the said Chapel.[21]
Apr 11, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Bernard Granville, Esq., 11 April 1751] The great and public loss we have had has made a universal lamentation, as well as mourning: as for mourning, it is extravagant, and hardly to be had; I bought mine early, and yet have not been able to get it made up, and amongst many sufferers, I am afraid Handel will be one this year. I hear the oratorios filled very well, though you have said nothing about them: has there been a new one? [...][22] |
[“THURSDAY, 18”]
The sacred oratorio, called Messiah, was performed in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, under the direction of George Frederick Handel, Esq; who played a voluntary upon the organ in the said performance. There was a great appearance of persons of distinction and the amount of the tickets delivered out was upwards of 600l.[23]
ALFRED the Great,
An
ORATORIO,
As it was Represented at the
THEATRE-ROYAL
IN
DRURY-LANE.
The Musick new composed by Mr. ARNE.
[ornament]
LONDON:
Printed for A. MILLAR, in the Strand.
MDCCLIV. [{5}]
Advertisement.
THIS Oratorio is altered from ALFRED, a Masque, represented before their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of WALES, at Cliefden, August 1, 1740; being the Birth-Day of the Princess AUGUSTA. Written by the late Mr. THOMSON and Mr. MALLET, and afterwards new written by Mr. MALLET, and acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, in 1751.[24]
[early summer 1751]
the Model in clay baked. of Mr Handel done by Mr Roubillac – the same from which the statue in Foxhall Gardens – was done as big as the life – in marble by Mr Rubillac an excellent statue – this modell near 2 foot high is in posseŝ of Mr Hudson painter—[25]
Aug 13
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[Lady
Caroline Brydges to her brother James] Biddesden
August ye 13th I enclos’d a
plan of Keynsham house with as good a description
of the place as I am able to give which I am afraid
you will find but a very lame one. The Lodge house
I mentioned is a most beautiful situation & Mrs
Bridges [a cousin] is building to it in order to
spend some time there every Summer as she is very
fond of the Park. We were twice at the long Room at
Bristol. There was a great deal of company
there. I danc’d two dances with Mr. Hoskyns but found it
very hot & disagreeable. I was one morning at
the pump room which is a poor shabby place &
only one scurvy fiddle by way of musick. The Master of
ceremonys at Bristol is one Mercie formerly a Hautboy in
my Grandfather’s band of musick. He
scrap’d an acquaintance with me to my great
astonishment & [I] was more amazed when I found all
the acquaintance he had with me was by knowing my
Grandfather before I was born. [6] It rained
every day while we were there which was no
improvement to the country which is very bad. Notwithstanding
the rain we went a fishing every day that we
were not otherways engaged which I preferred to
the Rooms at Bristol & what is extraordinary
I caught a number of fish & not one cold though good
Madam scolded every time I went out in the rain
but I escaped cold & was never better in my life for
the novelty of the place tempted me out every day
& I am become by it a very stout walker. My father
talks of spending two or three months there next
summer. I think it a very pleasant place in summer
but it must be bad in winter as the country is too bad
for riding but very pleasant for walking. I think it
the better for having no Neighbours for it is
always in one’s power to meet company by going to
Bath or Bristol which is more agreeable than formal
Visiting. They have a Vauxhall at Bristol. I
did not go to it but I heard the music was very good
but the gardens something worse than Marybon
& the company in the same stile. {...} We were received
at Keynsham with great rejoycings ringing of
bells bonfires squibs serenades dancing staring
gaping &c. The church is a very fine one for a country
Parish & what surprised me excessively there are
about 14 of the common people that sing in the Church
all Handel’s Anthems & with out any instruments
sing as Just as ever I heard any body in my life
& some of them with very fine voices. The Minister of
the Parish & his wife are young people very polite
& well behav’d & were often with us.[26] |
Aug 30, Gloucester
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[Mrs. Dewes to Bernard Granville, Esq., 30 August 1751] [...] Mrs. Viney, poor Nancy, and I passed the evening very agreeably with oratorios and talking. Mr. Dewes had enough of the music on Wednesday and Thursday morning, and went to Cheltenham Thursday evening in his way home.[27] |
Sep 16
On Monday the celebrated Mr. Handel set out for Spa, for the Recovery of his Health.[28]
Sep 21, Gloucester
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[one of Miss Vineys to Bernard Granville, 21 September 1751] Mrs. Dewes left us last Wednesday se’nnight; I suppose she is at home by this time. I will endeavour to recollect the prelude: I am vastly delighted with, “I hope to meet again on earth,” and “When sunk
in anguish,” &c., &c. I hope Mr. Handel will not stay [47] all the winter at the Spaw, at least hope he will not neglect Jephtha’s Vow. [...][29] |
Nov 2, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 2 November 1751] [...] Donellan not well enough to go out, spent the rest of the day in our comfortable home way. Every evening as soon as prayers are over we go to the harpsichord, and to my playing Donnellan hums over the oratorios; and though her voice has not the force it had, it is very melodious, and her taste and manner so different from anything I meet with here that it gives me great pleasure.[30] |
Nov 14, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 14 December 1751] [...] Yesterday we heard the rehearsal of “Deborah.” What a charming oratorio it is! [...][31] |
Nov 16, Delville
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[Mrs. Delany to Mrs. Dewes, 16 November 1751] [...] I have got Theodora, and have great pleasure in thrumming over the sweet songs with Don[nellan]., who sings every evening. [... 60 ... 61 ...] Did you hear that poor Handel has lost the sight of one of his eyes? I am sure you (who so truly taste his merit) will lament it: [...][32] |
Nov 30
[Benjamin Martyn in London to James Harris, 30 November 1751]
I presume you have heard that Mr Handel intends to give us a new oratorio this year on the story of Jeptha. I am sorry the writing is not Mr Jennings’s.[33]
Know then, I was originally the Property of a noble Lord, whose Qualities were of such a Nature, as I am afraid will never transmit his Name amongst the Lists of Patriots, Orators, or Soldiers; he was my Master upwards of three Months, during which Time, he not a little distinguished himself by my Means, in the Boxes at the Play; he shone with great Superiority of Grandeur at the Opera; he captivated twenty Hearts at the Oratorio; and to my certain Knowledge, he stole the Virginity from upwards of thirty good-[6]natured Girls, who believed his Protestations; and, struck with my sparkling Dignity, yielded their Beauties to his Arms, in Expectation of his Sincerity being as real inwardly as my Embroidery render’d him brilliant outwardly.[34]
The Establishment of their Royal Highnesses the Princess Amelia, and the Princess Caroline.
[...]
Musick Master,
Geo. Fred. Handel, Esq 200l[35]
Princesses Amelia and Caroline’s Officers, &c.
[...]
Musick-master,
———Handel, 200 l.[36]
SECT. IX.
Of the Concerts.
1. THE Society shall meet every Wednesday Evening between Michaelmas-Day and Lady-Day, except the Wednesdays in Lent; when, on account of Mr Handel’s Performances, the Society shall meet on some other Evening of each Week, as the Managers shall think fit; the Concerts shall begin at seven of the Clock precisely, and shall consist of two Acts, between which there shall be an Interval of twenty Minutes only.[37]
Advertisement.
BY taking in certain other Pieces the ORATORIO of JEPHTHA could not be inserted as was intended in this Volume, without running to a greater Expence, than the Subscription Price would bear. It will therefore be printed separate, when the Musick is finished.[38]
A Man, remarkable for shooting the long Bow, gave the following Account of an Echo; he said, as he was sailing in a Man of War, very near the Shore in Devonshire, he heard so fine a Consort of Musick, that he thought Handel and his Band were playing Concertoes [sic] on the Shore. For, said he, ’twas a fine Summer’s Eve, the Sea as smooth as Glass, and not a Breath of Wind stirring; and the Captain, being a Devonshire Man, thought that some neighbouring Gentlemen were making merry there; he order’d out his Boat, and took me with him on Shore, and when we came up to the Musick, said he, What do you think it was? The Company being puzzled to find it out, he told them ’twas nothing but a Shepherd playing upon a Jews-harp, and the Variety of Sound which they heard, was owing to the Eccho of the Rocks. Strange Eccho, indeed, says a Gentleman in Company, tho’ nothing like one I heard in Devonshire myself; for, said he, a Gentleman of my Acquaintance, shewing me his Gardens, Park, and other Curiosities, brought me at last upon a Mount, which had a Ruin that stood at some small Distance; that Ruin, says my Friend, makes the finest Eccho from this Place, which you ever heard, he bid me hollow and try; upon which, I, with a loud Voice cried, How do you do? And the Eccho answer’d, Very well.[39]
M—— took this instance of the inconstancy of the sex so much to heart, that he had almost resolved, for the future, to keep clear of all engagements for life, and returned to Paris, in order to dissipate his anxiety, where he hired an apartment in one of the academies in the exercises whereof he took singular delight. During his residence at this place, he had the good fortune to ingratiate himself with a great general, a descendant of one of the most ancient and illustrious families in France; having attracted his notice by some remarks he had written on Folard’s Polybius, which were accidentally shewn to that great man by one of his aids du camp, who was a particular friend of M——. The favour he had thus acquired, was strengthened by his assiduities and attention. Upon his return to London, he sent some of Handel’s newest compositions to the prince, who was particularly fond of that gentleman’s productions; together with Clark’s edition of Caesar; and in the spring of the same year, before the French army took the field, he was honoured with a most obliging letter from the prince, inviting him to come over, if he wanted to see the operations of the campaign, and desiring he would give himself no trouble about his equipage.[40]
THE Art of Designing well, is the Basis on which it [i.e. Architecture] is established; Proportion is the first Principle, and proper Appropriation on the Parts constitute true Symmetry and Harmony.
BUT
such just Appropriation is not easily acquired, it must rise from a Genius
formed by Nature, as well as cultivated by Art; as in Painting,
though the Rules and Proportions are well known in general, the Application of
them is the Talent of only one Professor of the Art among [iv] a
thousand, and it is the same in Music: An Age scarce produceth a Correlli
or a Handel; An Angelo or a Raphael, a Palladio or
a JONES: And yet in each Science, Multitudes have had the same general Rules
and Principles taught them, and perhaps, equal Opportunities for Improvement;
but their Judgments were fixed upon an improper Basis.[41]
Fielding, Amelia
[Volume 2, Book 4, Chapter 8]
This Afternoon Amelia received a second Visit from Mrs. Ellison, who acquainted her that she had a Present of a Ticket for the Oratorio, which would carry two Persons into the Gallery; and therefore begged the Favour of her Company thither.
Amelia with many Thanks acknowledged the Civility of Mrs. Ellison; but declined accepting her Offer; upon which Booth very strenuously insisted on her going, and said to her, ‘my Dear, if you knew the [77] Satisfaction I have in any of your Pleasures, I am convinced you would not refuse the Favour Mrs. Ellison is so kind to offer you; for as you are a Lover of Music, you, who have never been at an Oratorio, cannot conceive how you will be delighted.’ [‘]I well know your Goodness, my Dear,’ answered Amelia, ‘but I cannot think of leaving my Children without some Person more proper to take care of them than this poor Girl.’ Mrs. Ellison removed this Objection, by offering her own Servant, a very discreet Matron, to attend them; but notwithstanding this, and all she could say with the Assistance of Booth, and of the Children themselves, Amelia still persisted in her Refusal; and the Mistress of the House, who knew how far good Breeding allows Persons to be pressing on these Occasions, took her Leave.
She was no sooner departed, than Amelia looking tenderly on her Husband said, ‘how can you, my dear Creature, think that Music hath any Charms for me at this Time—Or indeed do you believe that I am capable of any Sensation worthy the Name of PLeasure, when neither you nor my Children are present, or bear any part of it?’ [78]
An Officer of the Regiment to which Booth had formerly belonged, hearing from Atkinson where he lodged, now came to pay him a Visit. He told him that several of their old Acquaintance were to meet the next Wednesday at a Tavern, and very strongly pressed him to be one of the Company. Booth was in truth what is called a hearty Fellow, and loved now and then to take a chearful Glass with his Friends; but he excused himself at this Time. His Friend declared he would take no Denial, and he growing very importunate, Amelia at length seconded him. Upon this Booth answered, ‘well, my Dear, since you desire me, I will comply, but on one Condition, that you go at the same time to the Oratorio.’ Amelia thought this Request reasonable enough, and gave her Consent; of which Mrs. Ellison presently received the News, and with great Satisfaction.
It may perhaps be asked why Booth could go to the Tavern, and not to the Oratorio with his Wife. In truth then, the Tavern was within hallowed Ground, that is to say, in the Verge of the Court: for of five Officers that were to meet there, three [79] besides Booth were confined to that Air, which hath been always found extremely wholesome to a broken military Constitution. And here if the good Reader will pardon the Pun, he will scarce be offended at the Observation; since how is it possible that without running in Debt, any Persons should maintain the Dress and Appearance of a Gentleman, whose Income is not half so good as that of a Porter? It is true, that this Allowance, small as it is, is a great Expence to the Public; but if several more unnecessary Charges were spared, the Public might perhaps bear a little Encrease of this without much feeling it. They would not, I am sure, have equal Reason to complain at contributing to the Maintenance of a Set of brave Fellows, who, at the Hazard of their Health, their Limbs and their Lives, have maintained the Safety and Honour of their Country; as when they find themselves taxed to the Support of a Set of Drones, who have not the least Merit or Claim to their Favour; and who, without contributing in any manner to the Good of the Hive, live luxuriously on the Labours of the industrious Bee.
[2:76-79]
[Book 4, Chapter 9]
CHAP. IX.
In which Amelia, with her Friend, goes to the Oratorio.
NOTHING happened between the Monday and the Wednesday worthy a Place in this History. Upon the Evening of the latter the two Ladies went to the Oratorio, and were there time enough to get a first Row in the Galery. Indeed there was only one Person in the House when they came: for Amelia’s Inclinations, when she gave a Loose to them, were pretty eager for this Diversion, she being a great Lover of Music, and particularly of Mr. Handel’s Compositions. Mrs. Ellison was, I suppose, a great Lover likewise of Music, for she was the more impatient of the two; which was rather the more extraordinary, as these Entertainments were not such Novelties to her as they were to poor Amelia.
Tho’ our Ladies arrived full two Hours before they saw the Back of Mr. Handel; yet this Time of Expectation did not hang extremely heavy on their Hands; for besides their own Chat, they had the Company of the Gentleman, whom they found at [81] their first Arrival in the Galery; and who, though plainly, or rather roughly dressed, very luckily for the Women happened to be not only well-bred, but a Person of very lively Conversation. The Gentleman on his part seemed highly charmed with Amelia, and in fact was so: for, though he restrained himself entirely within the Rules of Good-Breeding, yet was he in the highest Degree officious to catch at every Opportunity of shewing his Respect, and doing her little Services. He procured her a Book and Wax-Candle, and held the Candle for her himself during the whole Entertainment.
At the End of the Oratorio, he declared he would not leave the Ladies till he had seen them safe into their Chairs or Coach; and at the same time very earnestly entreated that he might have the Honour of waiting on them. Upon which Mrs. Ellison, who was a very good-humoured Woman, answered, ‘Ay sure, Sir, if you please; you have been very obliging to us; and a Dish of Tea shall be at your Service at any time; and then told him where she lived.’
The Ladies were no sooner seated in their Hackney-coach, than Mrs. Ellison burst into [82] a loud Laughter, and cried, ‘I’ll be hanged, Madam, if you have not made a Conquest to night; and what is very pleasant, I believe the poor Gentleman takes you for a single Lady.’ ‘Nay,’ answered Amelia very gravely, ‘I protest I began to think at last he was rather too particular, though he did not venture at a Word that I could be offended at; but if you fancy any such thing, I am sorry you invited him to drink Tea.’ ‘Why so?’ replied Mrs. Ellison, ‘Are you angry with a Man for liking you? If you are, you will be angry with almost every Man that sees you. If I was a Man myself, I declare I should be in the Number of your Admirers. Poor Gentleman, I pity him heartily; he little knows that you have not a Heart to dispose of. For my own part, I should not be surprized at seeing a serious Proposal of Marriage: for I am convinced he is a Man of Fortune, not only by the Politeness of his Address, but by the Fineness of his Linen, and that valuable Diamond-Ring on his Finger. But you will see more of him when he comes to Tea.’ ‘Indeed I shall not,’ answered Amelia, ‘tho’ I believe you only rally me; I hope you have a better Opinion of me, than to think I would go willingly into the Company of [83] a Man, who had an improper Liking for me.’ Mrs. Ellison, who was one of the gayest Women in the World, repeated the Words, improper Liking, with a Laugh; and cried, ‘My dear Mrs. Booth, believe me, you are too handsome and too good-humour’d for a Prude. How can you affect being offended at what I am convinced is the greatest Pleasure of Womankind, and chiefly I believe of us virtuous Women? for I assure you, notwithstanding my Gaiety, I am as virtuous as any Prude in Europe.’ ‘Far be it from me, Madam,’ said Amelia, ‘to suspect the contrary of abundance of Women, who indulge themselves in much greater Freedoms than I should take, or have any Pleasure in taking: for I solemnly protest, if I know my own Heart, the liking of all Men, but of one, is a Matter quite indifferent to me, or rather would be highly disagreeable.’
This Discourse brought them home, where Amelia finding her Children asleep, and her Husband not returned, invited her Companion to partake of her homely Fare, and down they sat to Supper together. The Clock struck twelve; and no News being arrived of Booth, Mrs. Ellison began to [84] express some Astonishment at his Stay, whence she launched into a general Reflexion on Husbands, and soon past to some particular Invectives on her own. ‘Ah, my dear Madam,’ says she, ‘I know the present State of your Mind by what I have myself often felt formerly. I am no Stranger to the melancholy Tone of a midnight Clock. It was my Misfortune to drag on a heavy Chain above fifteen Years with a sottish Yoke-fellow. But how can I wonder at my Fate; since I see even your superiour Charms can’t confine a Husband from the bewitching Pleasures of a Bottle.’ ‘Indeed, Madam,’ says Amelia, ‘I have no Reason to complain, Mr. Booth is one of the soberest of Men; but now and then to spend a late Hour with his Friend, is, I think, highly excusable.’ [‘]O, no doubt,’ cries Mrs. Ellison, ‘if he can excuse himself; but if I was a Man.’—Here Booth came in and interrupted the Discourse. Amelia’s Eyes flashed with Joy the Moment he appeared; and he discovered no less Pleasure in seeing her. His Spirits were indeed a little elevated with Wine, so as to heighten his Good-humour, without in the least disordering his Understanding, and made him such delightful Company, that though it was past one in the Morning, [85] neither his Wife, nor Mrs. Ellison, thought of their Beds during a whole Hour.
[... 86 ...]
Mr. Booth and his Lady spent that Afternoon with Mrs. Ellison. An Incident which we should scarce have mentioned, had [87] it not been that Amelia gave, on this Occasion, an Instance of that Prudence which can never be too circumspect in married Women of Delicacy: for before she would consent to drink Tea with Mrs. Ellison, she made Conditions, that the Gentleman who had met them at the Oratorio should not be let in. Indeed this Circumspection proved unnecessary in the present Instance; for no such Visitor ever came; a Circumstance which gave great Content to Amelia: for that Lady had been a little uneasy at the Raillery of Mrs. Ellison, and had upon Reflexion magnified every little Compliment made her, and every little Civility shewn her by the unknown Gentleman, far beyond the Truth. These Imaginations, now all subsided again; and she imputed all that Mrs. Ellison had said, either to Raillery or Mistake.
A young Lady made a fourth with them at Whisk, and likewise stayed the whole Evening. Her Name was Bennet. She was about the Age of five and twenty; but Sickness had given her an older Look, and had a good deal diminished her Beauty; of which, young as she was, she plainly appeared to have only the Remains in her present Possession. She was in one [88] particular the very Reverse of Mrs. Ellison, being altogether as remarkably grave as the other was gay. This Gravity was not however attended with any Sourness of Temper: On the contrary, she had much Sweetness in her Countenance, and was perfectly well-bred. In short, Amelia imputed her grave Deportment to her ill Health, and began to entertain a Compassion for her, which in good Minds, that is to say, in Minds capable of Compassion, is certain to introduce some little Degree of Love or Friendship.
Amelia was in short so pleased with the Conversation of this Lady, that, though a Woman of no impertinent Curiosity, she could not help taking the first Opportunity of enquiring who she was. Mrs. Ellison said, that she was unhappy Lady, who had married a young Clergyman for Love, who, dying of a Consumption, had left her a Widow in very indifferent Circumstances. This Account made Amelia still pity her more, and consequently added to the Liking which she had already conceived for her. Amelia therefore desired Mrs. Ellison to bring her acquainted with Mistress Bennet, and said she would go any Day with her to make that Lady a Visit. [...]
[2:80-88]
[Book 7, Chapter 7]
[Mrs Bennet recounts how she lost her honor by a certain Lord]
‘You are to know then, Madam, that this Villain, this Lord, now confest to me, that he had first seen me in the Galery at the Oratorio; whither I had gone with Tickets, with which the Woman where I first lodged, had presented me, and which were, it seems, purchased by my Lord. Here I first met the vile Betrayer, who was disguised in a Rug-coat, and a Patch upon his Face.’
At these Words, Amelia cried, O gracious Heavens! and fell back in her Chair. Mrs. Bennet, with proper Applications, brought her back to Life; and then Amelia acquainted her, that she herself had first seen the same Person, in the same [77] Place, and in the same Disguise. ‘O! Mrs. Bennet, cried she, how am I indebted to you! What Words, what Thanks, what Actions can demonstrate the Gratitude of my Sentiments! I look upon you, and always shall look upon you, as my Preserver from the Brink of a Precipice; from which I was falling into the same Ruin, which you have so generously, so kindly, and so nobly disclosed for my Sake.’
Here the two Ladies compared Notes; and it appeared, that his Lordship’s Behaviour at the Oratorio had been alike to both: That he had made Use of the very same Words, the very same Actions to Amelia, which he had practised over before on poor unfortunate Mrs. Bennet. It may, perhaps, be thought strange, that neither of them could afterwards recollect him; but so it was. And, indeed, if we consider the Force of Disguise, the very short Time that either of them was with him at this first Interview, and the very little Curiosity that must have been supposed in the Minds of the Ladies, together with the Amusement in which they were then engaged, all Wonder will, [78] I apprehend, cease. Amelia, however, now declared, she remembered his Voice and Features perfectly well; and was thoroughly satisfied he was the same Person. She then accounted for his not having visited in the Afternoon, according to his Promise, from her declared Resolutions to Mrs. Ellison not to see him. She now burst forth into some very satirical Invectives against that Lady, and declared she had the Art, as well as the Wickedness, of the Devil himself.
Many Congratulations now past from Mrs. Bennet to Amelia, which were returned with the most hearty Acknowledgments from that Lady. [...]
[3:76-78]
[Book 10, Chapter 2]
[at a masquerade some young men discover in the room a letter that warns against adultery; one of them reads it loud to everyone’s amusement]
‘Tom,’ says one of them, ‘let us set the Ditty to Musick; let us subscribe to have it set by Handel, it will make an excellent Oratorio.[’]
‘D—n me, Jack,’ says another, ‘we’ll have it set to a Psalm Tune, and we’ll sing it next Sunday at St. James’s Church, and I’ll bear a Bob, d—n me.[’]
[4:23][42]
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’Tis chiefly Taste, or blunt, or gross, or fine, Makes Life insipid, bestial, or divine. Better be born with Taste to little Rent, Than the dull Monarch of a Continent. Without this Bounty which the Gods bestow, Can Fortune make one Favourite happy?—No. As well might Fortune in her frolick Vein, Proclaim an Oyster Sovereign of the Main. Without fine
Nerves, and Bosom justly warm’d, An Eye, an Ear, a Fancy to be charm’d, [5] In vain majestick WREN expands the Dome; Blank as pale Stucco RUBENS lines the Room; Lost are the Raptures of bold HANDEL’s Strain; Great TULLY storms, sweet VIRGIL sings, in vain. The beauteous Forms of Nature are effac’d; TEMPE’s soft Charms, the raging watry Waste, Each
greatly-wild, each sweet romantick Scene Unheeded rises, and almost unseen.[43] |
[“The SUMMER’s AMUSEMENTS.”]
When thine eye is sated with the objects that are before thee; while even Handell charmeth thee no more, for want of variety in the enjoyment; see how the sun inviteth thee into the gardens, and hearken unto the birds, how their wild notes remind thee it is time to be happy.[44]
[...] So you have no Notion [...] of any Use arising, any public Advantage, from these elegant Productions of Art? Why, you are a very Goth, a barbarous Vandal. Were you impowered to reform the Age, I should see you, like one of those wild People, coursing furiously through the Land, and laying waste all the Labours of Art.—But, pray, do you think no End answered when a Nation’s Taste is regulated with regard to Matters of Diversion? If neither the Mind, nor the Body can bear incessant Toil, if Amusements be allowable, nay if the indulgent Creator hath bountifully furnished us with the Materials of these Amusements, it certainly follows, that to establish a just Taste in them should be subordinate to Things more important, a public Care. And in all polite Countries it was indeed thought worth the Legislators Notice. Can it then be considered as a Work intirely of a private Nature, if a superior Genius exert itself in fixing a true Standard of Beauty in any allowed Kind of Pleasure; especially in one the most innocent, the most refined, and elegant?—And great need was there of such a Standard. In the way of Gardening the National Taste hath been long depraved. Every thing in this way was laid out in so formal, awkward, and wretched a Manner, that it was a Scandal to the very Genius of Nation. Our clipped Yews, Box-wood Borders, and flourished Partures, are as Gothic as any Cathedral in the Kingdom; and as opposite to that noble Simplicity, which is the Foundation of true Taste in every Thing [footnote].—Thus far common Sense will authorize: But I could go farther. To me, I must own, there appears a great Connection between an improved Taste for Pleasure, and a Taste for Virtue. When I sit ravished at an Oratorio, enjoy myself in a well-painted Gallery, or in such Elysian Walks as these, a sweet Complacency creeps over my Senses, lulls every busy Thought, and composes my Temper: Then, Passion being at Rest, my Heart expands; and I feel myself inspired with better Thoughts, and better Purposes.[45]
[1751]
[“A true account of the Metamorphosis of a Country town without an Earthquake—Caution against encouraging the French”]
[...] But now how are you chang’d, into delicacy and poverty, into embroidery on one day of the week and dirtyness on all the rest! Sacks are thin in your market place on Thursdays, but thick in your churches on Sundays. You have turn’d the grating of your woolcombs into the scraping of Fiddles; the screeking loom into the tinckling Harpsicord [sic]; and the thumping Fulling mills into a glittering and contentious Organ. Scents of perfumes are in your churches and the odours of train oil and fermenting Urine are no more smelt amongst you. Your houses are ornamented with Bath stone wrought into Pediments, entablatures and Pillastrades; your market house, (a stranger to woolpacks,) is metamorphiz’d into a theatre for Balls, and Concertos, and Oratorio’s.
[“An Account of a rare Genius, a natural Antiquarian”]
[...] Nature having giv’n you two hands supplies you with knives, forks and spoons. Every noon and night you sacrifice to your God Pan a goblet of Barly wine. Your eyes every day are feasted sufficiently with a peep at the outside of three churches. Your ears are entertain’d with the sweetest of all musick, a natural Oratorio, of Birds. Flow’ring shrubs perfume your nostrils, and you enjoy the conversation of your faithful Houyhnhums. The gratification of all the senses lyes within your reach, you live in the fruition of nature without envy or restraint.[46]
A GENIUS restor’d; Or, the Matter set in a clear Light.
MODESTY has been generally esteemed the true Characteristic, and constant Concomitant of Merit. And as the Fraternity of Musicians have been as famous for the one as the other; that is to say, for Merit as for Modesty, I am not a little surpriz’d at their Treatment of my Sister Sarah Rowden. [245] As the Dispute between that old Gentlewoman and the other Organists and Musicians, has of late ran very high, I shall lay the Matter open, that every Body may see who has the better of the Argument, and of Consequence where the most Merit is center’d.
That Mrs. Rowden is a prodigious Genius, her very Enemies must and do allow: It will be sufficient therefore if I only set forth how I became acquainted with that extraordinary Woman, and give a true History of the Case, without enforcing any Arguments to the Advantage or Disadvantage of either Party. Truth is best when naked—And here follows the naked Truth.
As I was walking the other Day in one of the Isles of St. Paul’s Church, I perceiv’d an old Woman in a dark Hole under the Organ Loft, pressing down several large Pieces of Timber, one of which arose before the other was well nigh down, so that she was oblig’d to move backward and forward with great Celerity, without the least Respite or Relaxation, and her Labour (if you will make Allowance for pressing down instead of heaving up) appear’d to me not unlike that of old Sysiphus mention’d in my Edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Upon my enquiring what she was about, she started with Surprize, that I shou’d ask such a Question. Don’t you hear, says she, that I am playing the Organ; this is the 104th Psalm, and by and by I shall play you one of Dr. Boyce’s Anthems. Ay, [246] says another good Woman that stood by; ’Tis very true, Dr. Green is the reputed Organist, and receives the Salary, but Goody Rowden plays the Organ for Forty Shillings a Year. Here I began to reflect on the ill Treatment the Aged of our Sex meet with, and the Difficulties we labour under. We are undoubtedly the wisest of all the human Species, and so essential in Life, that you see a Boy can’t well be born, or an Organ play’d, without our Aid; and yet we are despised and contemn’d by those who are our Inferiors and Dependants.—But to return to my Subject—I was determin’d to go, as we say in my Country, to the Bottom of this Affair; and seeing a Gentleman come out of the Organ-Loft, that I knew, ask’d him who had play’d the Organ: Madam, says he, I play’d it myself, and I hope I had the Honour to please you. As this was confirm’d by two of the Vergers, who stood by, I was still more embarrassed; and returning to Goody Rowden, told her I had been informed that Mr. *** had play’d the Service. Ay, says she, The Clapper rings the Bell, but who pulls the Rope? ’Tis here as in a Puppet Show; you apprehend that Punch speaks, but ’tis we behind the Curtain that move his wooden Limbs, and articulate the Sounds. In short, we do the Business, and they gain the Applause.—Nor is this to be wonder’d at, for all the World seems to detract from the Merit of us old Women; and my Printer had the Assurance t’other Day, to tell me, that the extraordinary [247] Sale of my Magazine, was entirely owing to his Manner of printing it.
As I have taken on me the Guardianship and Defence of my Sex, I thought it my Duty to vindicate this poor Woman; accordingly I summon’d all the great musical Masters to attend. The Contest lay between Mr. Handel and Mrs. Rowden; and just as he was playing his Coronation Anthem, and for the Sake of Pre-eminence, jiging his Fingers upon the Keys, a total Suspension of all Sound ensued; upon which the old Woman peeps out of her Hole. Where are ye now? Out, says the Artist above. Out, ay, says she, you can’t play your own Music without my Assistance. Upon this a Truce was drawn, and under my Mediation it was agreed, that the Reputation acquired, or to be acquired, by the free Use and Exercise of that Organ, should be divided into two equal Parts; one whereof to be given in the first Place to Goody Rowden, as the Senior Performer on the Bellows, and the remaining Part to the other Organist, who shou’d jig the Jacks above Stairs.
It gives me a two-fold Satisfaction, that I have been abled [sic] to get this Affair settled upon so amicable a Footing; in the first Place because it is doing Justice to Genius, and assigning to my old Friend Goody Rowden her Right; and secondly, because it will be a Means of preventing Disputes of this Nature for the future, and keep my Brother Organists in proper Order. [248]
I remember an Affair of this Sort once at Windsor: A particular Friend of mine was playing on that Organ one of Dr. Blow’s Anthems, and just as he had finish’d the Verse Part and begun the full Chorus the Organ ceas’d; upon which he call’d to Dick Hoar, the Organist beneath, to know what was the Matter, The Matter, says Dick, I have play’d the Anthem below: Ay, says the other, but I have not play’d it above. No matter, quoth Dick, you might have made more Haste then, I know how many Puffs go to one of Dr. Blow’s Anthems as well as you do; I have not play’d the Organ so many Years for nothing.
But as all Disputes of this Sort are now entirely settled, and accommodated to the Satisfaction of both Parties; I have only to inform my Readers, that Goody Rowden the Organist, is a very industrious Woman, tho’ very poor, and to desire all Gentlemen and Ladies to call at her Office under the Organ Loft, and leave something towards her Subsistence before they go into the Choir, which will greatly oblige their
Most obedient humble Servant,
M. MIDNIGHT.[47]
[1] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:5-6.
[2] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:8.
[3] Judas Maccabaeus. A Sacred Drama. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. The Musick by Mr. Handel (Dublin: James Hoey, 1751), no pagination; Chrissochoidis, 770.
[4] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:12-13.
[5] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:16.
[6] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:18.
[7] The General Advertiser, no. 5099, Friday 22 February 1750-51, [1]; partly repr. Deutsch, 701.
[8] The General Advertiser, no. 5103, Wednesday 27 February 1750-51, [1].
[9] The General Advertiser, no. 5105, Friday 1 March 1750-51, [1]; partly repr. Deutsch, 702.
[10] Alexander’s Feast: Or, The Power of Musick. An Ode. Wrote in Honour of St. Cecilia, Written by Mr. Dryden. And an additional New Act, call’d The Choice of Hercules. Both Set to Musick by Mr. Handel (London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751), [14]; Chrissochoidis, 810.
[11] The General Advertiser, no. 5108, Wednesday 6 March 1750-51, [1].
[12] The General Advertiser, no. 5110, Friday 8 March 1750-51, [1].
[13] John Hildyard, A Catalogue of Several Libraries and Parcels of Books, lately purchased, consisting of about Thirty Thousand Volumes, in all Branches of Literature, Arts, and Sciences, and in most Languages; Which will be sold Cheap, for Ready Money only, by John Hildyard, York (York: [?]. 1751), 26-28; Chrissochoidis, 810.
[14] The General Advertiser, no. 5114, Wednesday 13 March 1750-51, [1].
[15] The General Advertiser, no. 5116, Friday 15 March 1750-51, [1]; partly repr. Deutsch, 704.
[16] The London Evening-Post, no. 3653, Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 March 1751, [2].
[17] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:27-28.
[18] The General Advertiser, no. 5120, Wednesday 20 March 1750-51, [1]; partly repr. Deutsch, 704.
[19] The General Advertiser, no. 5121, Thursday 21 March 1750-51, [1].
[20] The General Advertiser, no. 5122, Friday 22 March 1750-51, [1].
[21] Old England: Or, The National Gazette, Saturday 11 April 1751, [2]; Chrissochoidis, 810-11.
[22] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:35.
[23] The London Magazine: Or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer 20 (1751), 187; Chrissochoidis, 811.
[24] Chrissochoidis, 811.
[25] The Twenty-Second Volume of the Walpole Society, 1933-1934: Vertue Note Books. Volume III (Oxford: Walpole Society, 1934), 157; Deutsch: 678; HH4: 432-33 (erroneously giving p. 144).
[26] Huntington Library, Stowe Ms Box 11 (2): Graydon Beeks, “A Curious Handel Performance at Keynsham,” Newsletter of the American Handel Society 13/2 (August 1998), 1, 6.
[27] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:44.
[28] The Whitehall Evening-Post; Or, London Intelligencer, no. 875, Tuesday 17 – Thursday 19 September 1751, [1]; repr. The London Morning Penny Post, Wednesday 18 – Friday 20 September 1751, [1].
[29] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:46-47.
[30] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:50.
[31] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:67.
[32] The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, ed. Lady Llanover, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1861), 3:59, 61.
[33] Donald Burrows and Rosemary Dunhill (eds.), Music and Theatre in Handel’s World: The Family Papers of James Harris (1732–1780) (Oxford and New York, 2002), 280.
[34] Memoirs and Interesting Adventures of an Embroidered Waistcoat (London: J. Brooke, 1751), 5-6; Chrissochoidis, 811.
[35] The Court and City Register. For the Year 1751 (London: J. Barnes, et al., [1751]), 105; Chrissochoidis, 812.
[36] Millan’s Universal Register ... Ninth Edition, for 1751 (London: J. Millan, [1751]), 84; Chrissochoidis, 812.
[37] The Laws of the Musical Society, at the Castle-Tavern, in Pater-Noster-Row (London: [?], 1751), 20; Chrissochoidis, 812.
[38] John Free, Poems, and Miscellaneous Pieces formerly Written by John Free, D.D. Vicar of Runcorn, in Cheshire, and Lecturer of Newington in Surry (London: W. Bowyer, 1751), [166]; Chrissochoidis, 812.
[39] Ferdinando Foot (editor), The Nut-Cracker. Containing an agreeable Variety of well-season’d Jests, Epigrams, Epitaphs, &c. collected from the most Sprightly Wits of the present Age (London: J. Newbery / Salisbury: B. Collins, 1751), 75; reprinted in “A NEW EDITION, with many very delightful Additions and charming Improvements” (London: T. Carnan, 1760), 61; Chrissochoidis, 812-13.
[40] [Tobias George Smollett], The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 4 vols. (London: [the author], 1751), 4:196; Chrissochoidis, 813.
[41] Robert Morris, The Architectural Remembrancer: Being a Collection of New and Useful Designs, of Ornamental Buildings and Decorations. For Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. (London: the author, 1751), [iii]-iv; Chrissochoidis, 813.
[42] Henry Fielding, Amelia, 4 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1752 [1751]); Chrissochoidis, 814-17.
[43] [John Armstrong], Of Benevolence: An Epistle to Eumenes (London: A. Millar, 1751), 4-5; Chrissochoidis, 817-18.
[44] The Oeconomy of Female Life. By a Lady (London: G. Smith, 1751), 92; Chrissochoidis, 818.
[45] A Dialogue: Containing a Description of the Gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham, at Stow in Buckinghamshire. Together with Copies of the Inscriptions, 3rd edition (London: B. Seeley, 1751), 20-21; Chrissochoidis, 818-19.
[46] [James Davis], Origines Divisianae. Or the Antiquities of the Devizes: in Some Familiar Letters to a Friend, wrote in the Years 1750, and 1751 (London: J. Flint, 1754), 39, 53; Chrissochoidis, 819.
[47] The Midwife: Or, Old Woman’s Magazine 2 (1751): 244-48; reprinted with minor typographical variants in [Christopher Smart], The Nonpareil; Or, the Quintessence of Wit and Humour: Being a choice Selection of those Pieces that were most admired in the ever-to-be-remember’d Midwife; or, Old Woman’s Magazine (London: T. Carnan, 1757), 183-86; Chrissochoidis, 862-63.