The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey
Vol. V Contents
THE
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
ROBERT SOUTHEY.
EDITED BY HIS SON, THE
REV. CHARLES CUTHBERT SOUTHEY, M.A.
CURATE OF PLUMBLAND, CUMBERLAND.
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. V.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1850.
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CONTENTS
OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.
CHAPTER XXV.
Opinions on Political and Social Subjects.—Curious Bequest from a
Lunatic.—Letter to him.—Dislike of the Quakers to Poetry.—Life of Wesley.—Colloquies with Sir Thomas
More.—Sir Howard Douglas.—The King’s
Death.—Prospects of Society.—Rev. Peter Elmsley.—New
Fashion of Poetry of Italian Growth.—Don
Juan.—Political Forebodings.—Parallel Roads in Scotland.—Death of
the Duke de Berri—Beguinage Scheme.—English
Sisterhoods.—His Brother Edward.—John
Morgan.—Laureate Odes.—The Life of
Wesley.—Letter in Rhyme from Wales.—Account of his receiving the
Honorary Degree of D. C. L. at Oxford.—Return home.—Congratulations to
Neville White on his Marriage.—Opinions on the life of Wesley.—Excuses for
Idleness.—Occupations.—Letter from
Shelley.—Projected life of George
Fox.—Mr. Westall and Mr.
Nash.—The Vision of Judgment—Classical
Studies.—Roderick translated into
French.—Biographical Anecdote.—Death of Miss
Tyler.—Birthday Ode.—Portuguese Affairs.—1820—1821
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CHAPTER XXVI
The Vision of Judgment.—Lord
Byron.—Mr. Jeffrey’s Opinion of his
Writings.—Wordsworth’s Ecclesiastical Sonnets.—State of Spain.—Scarcity of great
Statesmen.—The Εικον
Βασιλικη.—Hobbes’s Behemoth.—Failure of
an Attempt to recover some Family Estates.—Lonely Feelings at Oxford.—The Vision of Judgment approved by the King.—American
Visitors.—Disap-
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proval of the Language of the Quarterly Review towards America.—American Divinity.—Account of
Netherhall.—Bohemian Lottery.—Hampden.—A new
Candidate for the Protection of the Game Laws.—State of Ireland.—Sir
Edward Dering.—Decree of the Long Parliament.—Spanish
America.—Humboldt’s Travels.—State of Italy, of
Spain, and of England.—1821.
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CHAPTER XXVII.
Religious Feelings.—The Book of the
Church.—History of the Peninsular
War.—Lord Byron.—Spanish
Affairs.—Mr. Landor’s new Work.—Improvements in
London—Effects of general Education.—Visit from Mr.
Lightfoot.—Dr. Channing and the
Reverend Christopher Benson.—General
Peachey.—Dwight’s Travels.—Editorship
of the Quarterly Review.—The Laureate- ship.—Ways and Means.—The Peninsular War.—Course of his Reading.—Catholic
Emancipation.—Illustrations of Roderick.—Posthumous
Fame.—The Quarterly Review.—American
Visitors.—Wordsworth’s Poetry.—Mr.
Morrison.—Owen of Lanark.—Danger of the
Country.—Blanco White.—The French in
Spain.—Journey to London.—Rowland Hill.—The Daily
Study of the Scriptures recommended.—1822—1823
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CHAPTER XXVII.
Plan for uniting the Wesleyan Methodists with the Church.—Amusing
domestic Scene.—Opinions of the Book of the
Church.—Roderick translated into Dutch
Verse.—Effects of the Nitrous Oxide.—Enmity more active than
Friendship.—Odd Books in reading.—Lord Byron’s
Death.—Cause of the Delay in the Publication of the Peninsular
War.—Estimate of Human Nature.—The Book of the
State.—Wishes to procure the Publications of the Record Committee.
—Reasons for declining to be named one of the Royal Literary
Associates.—Prevalence of Atheism.—History of the Monastic Orders.—The Doctor, &c.—Love of planning now Works.—Habit
of reading while walking.—Wesleyan Methodists.—Long life not
desirable.—Mr. Telford.—Lord
Byron.—The Quarterly Review.—Plan of
Oliver Newman.
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State of
Ireland.—He is attacked in the Morning
Chronicle.—Bible and Missionary Societies.—Evils of severe
Reviewals.—Smedley’s Poems.—Mr.
Butler’s Reply to the Book of the
Church.—Reasons for not visiting Ireland.—Literary
Obligations.—Vindiciæ Ecc. Anglicanæ in
progress.—Wishes to make a Tour in Holland.—Want of Readiness in
Speech.—Hayley.—1824—1825
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CHAPTER XXIX.
Tour in Holland.—He is laid up at Leyden at Mr.
Bilderdijk’s.—Rev. R.
Phillips.—Mr. Butler.—Mr.
Canning.—Motives for choosing Friends.—Visitors to
Keswick.—Tendency of his Ecclesiastical Writings.—Sisters of
Charity.—The Quarterly
Review.—Metaphysics.—Rules for Composition.—Knowledge of History
the first Requisite for a Statesman.—The Bullion Question.—Jacob
Cats.—Wishes to write a Continuation to
Warton’s History of Poetry.—Mr.
Bilderdijk.—Dangers of the Manufacturing System.—Effects of Time
upon the Mind.—His own religious Feelings.—Short Tour in Holland.—Death
of his youngest Daughter.—Wishes as to Posthumous Publications.—Letter to his
Daughters on the Death of their Sister.—1825—1826
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CHAPTER XXX
He is returned to Parliament for the Borough of Downton.—Declines to
take his Seat.—Growth of his Opinions.—His
Autobiography.—Emigration.—The Edinburgh Annual
Register a useful Occupation to him.—Sharon
Turner’s History of
England.—Ambition.—Fruitless Efforts to induce him to sit in
Parliament.—Reasons for declining to do so.—Fortunate Course of
Life.—Different Modes of Preaching necessary to different Congregations.—He is
requested to undertake the Editorship of the Garrick
Papers.—Illness of Mr. Bilderdijk.—Death of Bard
Williams.—A Quaker Album.—Domestic Afflictions.—State of
Holland.—Death of Lord Liverpool.—Dislike of Political
Economy.—Foreign Quarterly Review.—State of the
Scotch Kirk.—Politics, Home and Foreign.—Relative Happiness of
Nations.—Decreasing Sale of his Works.—National
Education.—1826—1827
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CHAPTER XXXI.
Visit to Harrogate.—Album Verses.—Lord
Colchester.—Constitutional Bashfulness.—The Prospect of another
life the only solid Foundation for Happiness.—Proposes to collect his Political
Essays.—Mr. Canning.—Home Politics.—Projected
Life of Wolfe.—Ground of his Opinions.—Mr.
May.—Mr. Cottle.—Mr.
King.—Intercourse with Mr. Wordsworth’s
Family.—The Quarterly Review.—Desirableness of
putting an End to Imprisonment for Small Debts.—Disagreeable Duties required from
Public Officers.—Ancient Statutes.—Undertakes to edit the Verses of an old
Servant—Bishop Heber.—Difficulties of a
Removal—The Peninsular War.—Engages to contribute
to the Keepsake.—Urges Mr. Bedford to
visit Keswick.—Goes to London.—Sits to Sir Thomas Lawrence
and Sir F. Chantrey.—Translation of Davila
not likely to succeed,—His Uncle’s Death.—Choice of a few Standard
English Works.—His Son’s Studies.—Jackson’s
Sermons.—life of Nelson.—Declining Sale of his
Works.—Visit from Lieut. Mawe.—Interest in Mr.
May’s Affairs.—Remarks on the Annuals.—New Theory of the
Weather.—literary Employments.—Intended Visit to the Isle of
Man.—1827—1828.
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