We show that to appeal to the
affections is after all the true office of the bard; to decorate the
homely threshold, to wreathe flowers round the domestic hearth, the
delightful duty of the Christian singer. We glance at Mrs. Hemans's
biography, and state where she was born, and under what circumstances she
must have at first, etc. etc. Is this a correct account of Sir Barnes
Newcome's lecture? I was not present, and did not read the report. Very
likely the above may be a reminiscence of that mock lecture which
Warrington delivered in anticipation of the Baronet's oration.
After he had read for about five minutes, it was remarked the Baronet
suddenly stopped and became exceedingly confused over his manuscript:
betaking himself to his auxiliary glass of water before he resumed his
discourse, which for a long time was languid, low, and disturbed in tone.
This period of disturbance, no doubt, must have occurred when Sir Barnes
saw before him F. Bayham and Warrington seated in the amphitheatre; and,
by the side of those fierce scornful countenances, Clive Newcome's pale
face.
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