The daily gazette., 1879-07-12
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"Mr. Moore,' cried the footman at the
bottom of the staircase; 'Mr. Moore cried
the footman at the top; and with his
glass at his eye, stumbling over an otto>
man, between his near-sig ghtedness and
the darkness of the room enter the poet.
on carpet. Sliding his little feat up to
Lady Blessingion ct whom he was q
love when she was sixteen, and :, whom
some of the sweu test of his songs were
written), he made his compliments with
agayety and an ease combined with q
kind of worshping Difference that was
worthy of prime minister at the court
Of love. With the gentlemen, all of
whom he knew, he had the Fl ank, merry
manner of confident favorite an 1 he
was greeted like one. Ho went from
one to the other, straining back his bead
to look up at them tfor r,singularly enough,
every gentleman in the room was six
feet high and npward), and to every one
he said something which from any Que
else would have seemed peculiarly fell,
citous, but which fell from his lips as If
his breath We're not more spOntaneous.v
This is Willis's description of Moore,
IN his audacious "Pencillipgs by the
Way" forty years ago. They were tie
hrst and most brilliant inst ances of mod
love OF gossip aud national Interest in
the personality of distinguished people.
Yet sanctity of private life is SO great in
England that these free and easy crayons
OF authors and politicians in the Drawing
room were warmly resented, and Thack-
cray has left the resentment on record !.
NOW, however, that most ofthat fine so :
clety Is gone with its reporter, his sketches
are very hfe-like and amusing. ". =.
There Is an air Of fiutense worldiness In,
the literary life he describes, q graceful
lnsincerity, as If all its figures lived only
for sensation and fiattery and applause;
ami 1t is as easy to fancy Carlyle break,
Ing IN upon its dandyisms and fiippan
cies, like John Knox upon the perfumed
courtiers of Queen Mary with his 0Thus.
saith the Lord" There is a great deal
in the journal about "Disraeli The younp-
er"-the Lord Baconsfield of to-day--and
1t is curious to compare the Prime Min
lister with the equisite of Park Lame
"Dtsraeli had arrived before me, aud sat
10 the deep window looking out upon
hyde Park, with the last rays of day light
reflected from the gorgeous gold flowers
OF u Splendidly embroidered waistcoat,
Patent-leather pumps,a q white stick with
black cord and tassel, and a quantity or
chains aDout his neck and pock eta,
served to make him, even in the dim
light, rather conspicuous object" He
,s,as was nviuiy pale, and seemed to be a
victim TO consumption, except for his
energy OF action and strength Of lungs.
His hair is described as extraordinary A
his taste In Waistcoats. GA thick heavy
mass of jet black rlnglets falls over his
LETT cheek almost to his collariess stock,
while on the right temple it is parted
and put away with the smooth careful
ness OF girls, and shines most unct-
uously sk lTI77 = 20
"With thy Incompatible oil, Macassar.~
To Carlyle, who had not yet made him
self known, and to whose grim humor
and melancholy sincerity even Walter
Scout was not earnest enough, such o.
literary Deing as this must have been "A
"unspeakable" as the minister of later
years. Willis says that he might as we'll
try to gather up the foam of the sea as
to convey an idea of Disrael's extraor-
dinary language in describing Beckford. !.
He adds that Disraei sJalks like q race
horse, "andlthar:it is great pity he is not
IN Parliament.-EDrTOR EASY CHAIR.
IN H1per's Magazine for august. fI1l