The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-09-13
CAERETS.

thronglng to our imagInations. All TiIeas
of the sins Of the flesh evaporate our en-
trance; for if all the flesh that eNehhablt- +
ed a garnet were to be daily weigh IN the
balance, We are of opinion that It Mild not
altogether amount to a ton. in WANG up
the steps that lead to this doMieiafy aP /
pendagc OF genius, we are wholly Greene
by the sanctity Of the spot. We INK OF II
as the resort of greatness, the caie and
grave Of departed intellect, and panomase
to it in sulleu smile or in foodf tears.
A palace, a church, or theatre"e can
contlive to pass with some dese Of IN
difference; but garret-a pla' Where
Goldsmith flourshcd. and Chatteru died
we can never presume to enter, wiout hrst
paying a tribute of Difference to theresiding
deity of the place. How venerable ies it aP-
pear, at least If it is genuine gart, with
its angular projections, like the futures In
poor Goldsmith's face; its tatted and
thread bare walls, like jehnson's ", and its
numberless "loopholcs ui retreat for the
north wind to peep through. to coo:he po-
cts Imagination. The very torlofn.ss OF its
situation inspires elevated IDEAS itprspor
ton to it's altitude; it seems isol;sd from
the world, and adapted solely to te inter
mediate conncxion that genius hds with
heaven.
1t was in a lonely garret, far emoved
| from all connexion with mortality hat Ut
way conceived and planned his affedns tra-
gedy of Venice Preserved; and 1t as IN
garret that he ate the stolen roll, Wich ul-
timstely terminated in his death. Twas ~
garret that poor Butler indited hisin'ini-
table Hudibras, and couyulsed the SiB and
the court with laughter, while he imselt
writhcd in the knawing pangs OF stavation
Seine one has thus aptly alluded to ie cir-
| cumstance:
"Whcn, Butler, needy wretch, was yetiivc,
No generous patron would adinner CIV,
See him, resolved to clay AID turned tclust,
Presented with monumental busti
The poets fate is here in .hblem showl-
He asked for bread and he received stoc.
A gentleman found Dryden in his I'd agt
exposed to the attacks ofpoverty, ad pin
imp in garret, in an obscure corner Lon
don. "You weep for my situation, claim
cd the venerable poet, Oh seeing hit, "bu
never mind, my friend. tie pang will,e owe
soon.'' Poor Chatterton "the sleep.ss bo.
that perished in his PRIDE" overcom' BY III
pressure of poverty, and stuns to tn quic'
by the heartless neglect of hiGote' aristo
crat, commenced his immortality I'M Sarre
al Shoreditch. For two days pr9ious t
his death he had eaten ,otling: his andlad
pitying his desolate condition, inNed hid
to sup with her; he spirned the 'vltatlo
, with contempt, and putan end to Is exist
ence by poison. Crows inflicted aHies
his memory, the length md breadthf whlc
/ filled volumes, while the subject taes
dolcful tributes lies buri.d III conmn wor
house in Shoe lane, un'otced by ePaph 9
elgcy. When nobeman happeed y
chance to call upon Johnson, he toud tn
great author by profession IN stattof IN
most desponding hopeessness: tmn whlc
an antiquary might perhaps discovero n !V
once been table, was stationed IN IN mll
die of the garret, few unfinished ,apel
and manuscripts were scattered aoat tu
tuncarpetcd floor in every direction, ad III
lunfortuate owner of these curiosltle ha
neither pen, INK, paper nor credit, II cor
tinue his lucubrations 1t was abou til
time, whenthreatened to be turned ut
his literary pig-stve, that he applM
Richardson. the celebrated novelist, fc
sistance. who instantly sent him FIVE pond
a sum which relieved him from mlser. al
a dungeon. Poor Goldsmith was onceiea
cd in garnet, where the Deserted lai
was written, in familiar conversation vi
a friend, when his pride was considc An
annoyed by the abrupt entrance OF the Al
girl of the house, with "Pray MI w
smith, can you lend Mrs - pot 'u'
coals?' The mortified poet was obligee'
return an answer in the negative, and ehn
ed the friendly but sarcastic coincidence
his companion. In = garnet, either ~
Baily or Greenarbor Court, the exqus
Citizen of the World and equally celeoi
ed Vicar of Wakehed,' were written.
the last mentioned work, the following
dicrous anecdote is not, we believe, gen
ally known.
While Goldsmith was completing
closing pages of his novel, he was row
from his occupation by the unexpected
Ipearance Of the landlady, to whom ne y
considerably in arrears, with huge oill
the last weeks lodgings. The poet
Ithunderstruck with surprise and conster
ton; he was unable to answer her dc'n;in
either then or in future; at length the II
changed the nature OF his embarrassing
by Offering to remit the liquidation OF
debt, provided he would accept her as
true and lawful spouse. His friend, DOC
Johnson, chanced by great good luck to co
lin at the time, and by advancing him a su
cicnt sum to defray the expenses OF ms
tablishment, consisting only OF himself an
dirty shirt, relieved him from his matrlu
nial shackles. =
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