temps si court, si précieux sans réflexion." The ennuyé is, in fact, eternally flying from himself to externals, and he is only displeased with them, because he attributes to them the fault which is in himself.
But however well Pascal understood the appearances of the disease, that he was mistaken in attributing it to the fall of man I am the more inclined to think, because, of all mankind, those who bear the largest portion of the common curse pronounced on the species, and, in the force of the term, get their bread in the sweat of their brow, are the least liable to this affliction. Although there are too many who prefer living by the most profligate corruption, and who think honest industry "a devilish bore," yet I never knew a single instance in which one of these sturdy beggars among the great were obliged to buckle too, without a speedy cure of his habitual ennui.
It assuredly was a very ill-natured turn of Dame Nature's to force this malady into the company of riches and pleasures, and thus to damp the joys of "the higher classes of society;" driving the educated and the noble to seek the company of the very lowest and worst part of the community-black-legs, dog-fighters, jacko-maccako men, cockers, &c. &c. and compelling them to throw overboard their superfluities in order to lighten the vessel, and to dissipate the enormous wealth, which prevents them from enjoying one moment of satisfaction.
There are, indeed, who think this distribution of Providence has for its object the equalizing the condition of the species, and abating the envy of the poor. But notwithstanding the instance of the French epicure, who, when a mendicant told him he was hungry, replied, "Ah! le coquin heureux, que je le porte envie," I can never consent to put these two cases upon an equality, nor be brought to believe that a "fat sorrow and a lean one" are quite on a par. Ennui, it is true, drove Alexander the Great to India, and Poverty has often sent a vast many persons to the same place, which in both instances has produced a great deal of bloodshed and robbery :—and so far things are pretty much on the square. But who ever heard of Poverty's making a man get tipsy with his mistress and set fire to Persepolis ? Who ever knew Poverty offer a reward for the discovery of new pleasures? Was Poverty ever reduced to kill flies? or (coming nearer to home) did Poverty ever make a man walk a thousand miles in a thousand hours, or ride 150 miles, walk twenty, and kill forty brace of birds, all within the narrow compass of one natural day?
"Aurum (says Horace) perrumpere amat saxa:" but though many an honest fellow is glad to get his living by breaking stones, I never heard of one poor enough to take a pleasure in the operation.
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The poor have the best of it. "Potemkin, first minister of Russia, the favourite of his sovereign, covered with glory, loaded with riches and ribands, and sated with pleasures, was disgusted with every thing, because he had enjoyed every thing. On one day, he envied the peaceable dignity of a bishop, and left his ministerial concerns to embark in the disputes of the Greek church; on another, he sighed for retirement and monkish tranquillity. Then again, he formed projects for making himself Duke of Courland, or King of Poland.* In
the bosom of peace he meditated war, and in the camp his whole desire was peace. Fatigued with honours, yet jealous of rivals, he was always 'bored' with what he did, and always regretted what he did not attempt."*
What a picture! Can workhouses and hospitals afford its equal? "Con cio sia cosa che," (as the Italians with a laconic brevity express themselves) that all the world complains of ennui, all the world, nevertheless, envies the unfortunate fortunates who are the most subject to the malady. The reason is obvious: all the world can see the glittering of the star, but none but the owner can know the dreary solitude of the heart that beats under it. Those who go but "once in a way" to a play or an opera, dine only now and then well at a lord mayor's feast, or visit the Park only on some very fine Sunday, have no conception of the "bore" of faring sumptuously every day, or of the ennui of being forced to listen night after night to the same music. They see not the two demons of bile and calomel drugging the voluptuary's malachatuuni soup with insipidity; they know not the disgust of "that eternal bore the eternal Rotten-row."
To endure ennui well, it requires to be bred to the trade. The most intolerably "bored" of all ennuyés are the nouveaux riches. When the snug, warm citizen realizes his gains, and, lodging his plumb securely in the stocks, retires to ease and rurality, he at once becomes the most wretched of human beings; and, unless, his cidevant clerks and successors let him sometimes into their counting-house, to inspect their balance, or he can contrive to slip into town and "see how things are going on upon 'Change," 'tis ten to one that in the first twelvemonth he joins his carp in his own fish-pond, or hangs himself up under the shade of his own horse-chesnut. Thus it comes to pass, that to endure ennui is a mark of dignity; and though it is no longer the fashion to be" gentlemanlike and melancholy," yet eternal listlessness and yawning are affected as the supreme "bon ton" of the su preme "bon genre:" and every social affection, every human passion is discarded, in order to arrive at that pitch of selfishness, necessary to be perfectly "bored." For Delille has well observed of the egotist, "Le moi de lui fait le centre du monde,
Mais il en fuit le tourment et l'ennui."
Upon this subject of ennui much remains to be said: but "malheur à lui qui dit tout ce qu'il sçait."
"L'art d'ennuyer est l'art de tout dire ;"
and, though writing ex professo on the theme, that is not a sufficient reason for "boring" the readers of the New Monthly, being myself the great sublime I draw. So without farther ceremony amplius addam."
Ages, my head's seven, 461.
Alfieri's political comedies, 265-object of
Alfieri in writing them, 266-character
of, 267-the "One," 268-analysis of,
269, 272-continued, 334.
Alibret, imitation of, 283.
Anacreontic from Cadalso, 34.
Animal food, remarks on, 563
Apelles, the gallery of, 111, 193.
Apollo, madrigal to, 272.
Arques, the one-handed flute-player of, 369
description of the valley of, 370-
Sully's description of, ib.—the castle of,
ib.-the half-pay colonel and musician,
371, 372.
Asses, essay on, 157.
Auctioneer and lawyer, the, 9.
Ballad-singers, English, 212-ancient Eng-
lish, ib. 213-the rival ones, 213-Elder-
ton and Delone, 214-Lillibullero, and
similar ballads, 215-patronized by the
wits of Anne's reign, 216-Lord Boling-
broke's Clara, 217.
Bank-clerk and stable-keepers, the, 131
Bar, sketches of the Irish, 97, 289-Mr.
Plunket, 98-libel on, 99-rise of, il.
character as a lawyer, 100, 101-person
of, 102-manner, voice, and method,
103-favours Catholic emancipation,
104-resemblance to Sir S. Romilly, 105
-Mr. Bushe, 289-his descent, 290-
qualifications of, 291, 292-specimens of
his manner, 294-speech on the Catholic
Board abolition trial, 296-case of O'
Grady, and his conduct thereon, 297–
his manner and port, 301-his wit, 302
-extract from a speech of his, 304.-The
hall of the Four Courts, 481-daily resort
of the legal profession, ib.-Mr. O'Con-
nell, 482-Mr. H. D. Grady, 484-the
bar preferred in Ireland as a profession,
485 remarks on effects of this choice,
ib. 486, 487-objects of Lord Clare re-
specting, 488-conduct of Connaught
gentlemen to process-servers, 489-lu-
dicrous affidavits offered to the courts, 490
Barton (Bernard), verses by, 211.
Belshazzar, review of Milman's, 49-de-
scription of, 50-extracts from, 52, 53.
Billaut (M. Adam), his drinking song, 139.
Biter bit, the, 519.
Blenheim, a visit to, 512-the park, 513,
514-Alfred and Rosamond, 515-the
house, 516, 517-garden and trees at,
Bracebridge-hall, review of, 65.
Bridal customs of the Irish, 185-Mary's
first love, ib.-holiday merriment, 186-
ceremonies of the bridal, 187, 188, 189
ancient customs, 190, 191.
Bushc (Mr.), sketch of his forensic career,
289.
Cadalso, Anacreontic from, 34.
Campaigns of a Coinet, 27, 556.
Campbell (T.) song by, 81-ditto, 91-
ditto, 199-of the Greeks, 451.
Candle, the miraculous, 82.
Caprice, 107.
Carlos of Spain and Philip II., 231, 352.
Chances of female happiness, 284.
Chess, on the game of, 125, 315.
Church-yard wanderings, 84.
Collegian and porter, the, 327
Comedies, Alfieri's political, 265, 334.
Confessional, No. III. 54-IV. 406.
Coppet, account of, 329-Madame de Staël's
dislike of country life, ib.-observations
on her works and character, 330 to 333.
Cornet, campaigns of a, 27-court martial
described, i.—the Pyrennees, 29-Bay-
onne, 30-Tarbes, 31-charge of caval-
ry, 32, 33-commander wounded, il.—
Scotch dragoon, 556-his adventure
with a French commissary, 557-various
movements of the army, 558, 559-en-
ters Toulouse, 560-peace, 561-attends
a ball given by Marshal Suchet, ib.-
march home, and retirement into the
country, 562.
Country life in England, 305, 436-Eng-
lish parks, 305-family in the country,
306-rural fête described, il. 307, 308-
Dedicatee, advertisement for one, 381.
De Staël, anecdote of Madame, 537.
Devil, and the Nuns, the, 314-how to see
the, 435.
Dialogues of the dead, 140-Johnson, Sa-
vage, and Goldsmith, 141-the Scotch
novels, 142-modern poets, 143-present
taste, 144.
Digressions in the two exhibition rooms,
218-the Chelsea pensioner, 219-Wil-
kie's models for his pictures, 220-the
rent-day, 221-the blacksmith of Ant-
werp, 222.
Dinner, the, 278.
Earth's Missioner, 205.
English ballad-singers, 212.
Ennui, 574.
Entremeses of the Spanish Theatre, on the,
549.
Epigram of Pananti, 60, 64, 151.
Epigrams, on, 35-those of Greece, ib. 37
to 40-French, 42, 43-English, 43-to
Miss Edgeworth, 288-others, 480.
Exhibition rooms, digressions in, 218.
Eyes, the eloquence of, 61-conceits re-
specting, 62-poetic praises of the eye,
63, 64.
Fair Sophist, the, 496.
Farmer and Counsellor, the, 252.
Fat Actor and Rustic, the, 130.
Female happiness, chances of, 284-ill-
natured satires on women, 285-unhappy
situation of, ib.-old maids ill-treated,
286 relative situations with the husband
after marriage, 287-uncongenial unions,
il-hardships and trials of women, 288.
Fitzgerald (Lord Edward), stanzas supposed
by, 351.
Flowers, poetry and moral use of, 401.
Flute-player, the one-handed, 369.
Fortunes of Nigel, review of, 77.
Foscolo (U.), his residence, 506.
Gallery of Apelles, the, 111, 193.
Game of Chess, on the, in Europe in the
thirteenth century, 125, 315.
Girl, on a poor but pretty one going to a
rout, 479.
Goëthe, Memoirs of, 521-reflections on,
521, 522-his account of the Duke of
Brunswick's campaign, 523-La Fayette,
524-miserable character of the French
emigrants, 525-self-devotion of the
French soldiers, ib.-pleasing optical il-
lusion, 526.
Gouty merchant and stranger, the, 11.
Greeks, song of the, 451.
Grievances, social, 412-the travelled griev-
ance, 413-the University one, 415—
the aimable de bon ton, ib.-the lettered
one, 416-the sporting one, ib.—the
punster, 417.
Grimm's Ghost, 537-anecdote of Madame
de Staël, ib.-new place of interment,
538-Mount Rhadamanth, 539-epi-
taph, in, ib.-tomb of Miss Flight, 540
-epitaph on, ib.-inscription over the
stone of Phoebe Lascelles, 541.
Guido Cavalcanti, account of, 1-born at
Bologna, 2-his character, 5-letter of
Lorenzo de' Medici respecting, 8.
Happiness, female, chances of, 284.
Head, advantages of having none, 108.
seven ages of, 461.
Helen, lines on the death of, 211.
How to see the Devil, 434.
Hypochondriacs, 470-symptoms of their
complaint, 470, 471-a Northampton-
shire one, 471-his fancied complaints,
472-dinner with him, 473-his books,
ib. his opinion of matrimony, 474-
love of peptic precepts, 475.
Interludes of the Spanish theatre, on the,
549-Los Huebos, or the Eggs, 550-
La Cueva, or the Cradle, 551-the come-
dy of Isidore, 553-Los Romanos and
the Hospital for Fools, 554.
Irish, bridal customs of the, 185.
Italian Opera, the, 224-awkward situation
of a novice at, il.-causes of the rage
for it, 225-mode of establishment, ib.
Byron's satire against, 226-musical pre-
dilections, ib.-management of, at home,
227-on the Continent, ib.-egotism of
Vestris, 228-effect of complicated mu-
sic, 228, 229-a crowded night at, 229
-lofty pretensions and negotiations of,
230-a good place to study life, ib.
Italy, lines on, 333.
Last of the Pigtails, the, 242.
Laughter, the wisdom of, 457-causes of
the laughter of Democritus, 458-differ-
ent species of laughter, 459-a steam-
boat conversation, 460-Scarron's excla-
mation on his death-bed, ib.
Letters on England, 145-the English Dra-
ma, ib. to 151-on English actors, 452
-Kean,453-Miss O'Neill, ib.-C. Kem-
ble and Young, 455.
on a tour in Switzerland, 21, 133,
246, 310.
Lines on the death of Helen, 211.
Literary recollections of London, 118
Lord Russell's execution in Lincoln's Inn-
square, 119-Button's, 120-Will's, 121.
-Dryden's House, ib.—the Parks, ib.-
Literary Trio, 426.
London and the Country, 273-superiority
of London acknowledged by Johnson,
273 sameness of country life, 274-
country sports, 275-London the seat of
charity, 276-independence of London,
277-a Sabbath in, 502-passage to Do-
ver, ib.-reflections on arriving in Lon-
don, 503-misses his surgical friend, 504
-ramble to Regent's park, 505—the re-
sidence of Foscolo, 506 – St. Martin's
church, ib. 507.
Louvre, the, in 1822, 462-Hall of the
Centaur, 464-colossal bust of Rome,
465-the Centaur, ib.-the Venus Vic-
trix, 466—the gladiator, 467—the return,
&c. 468, 469.
Love (de l'Amour), review of, 423-dif-
ferent varieties of love, 424-emotions
caused by, 425-durations of different
epochs of, 426-female authors, 427-
of a rival in, 428-censures on English
literature, by the author, 429-incident
respecting jealousy, 430.
Love, parted, 124.
Madrigal to Apollo, 272.
Marriage act, the new, 360.
May, stanzas to, 96
Mæcenas, his villa, 494.
Memoirs of Goëthe, review of, 521.
Mayor of Miroblais, the, 399.
Miser's will, the, 223.
Miseries of reality, 391-decline of the
empire of imagination, ib.-ancient tra-
ditions have lost their effects, 393-a
Catholic church a vulgar thing, ib.-
Rousseau's Hermitage a mean place, ib.
-all become known and real, and the
empire of fiction no more, 394.
Missioner, Earth's, a fraginent, 205.
Modern Pilgrimages, 329, VI.-491, VII.
Mount Rhadamanth, account of, 539.
Napoleon in exile, 178—opinions respect-
ing Napoleon, 179-domestic details of,
at St. Helena, ib.-his bed-room, 180-
his own character, 181-his account of
the execution of the Turks at Jaffa, 182
-of libels on himself, ib.—of the Duke
d'Enghein, 183-his opinion of Russia,
ib.-her designs, 184-superiority of Na-
poleon in talent to those composing the
Holy Alliance, 185.
Nigel, Fortunes of, reviewed, 77—an une-
qual production of the author's, 78-ad-
vantages of which the author might have
availed himself,79-King James the most
finished character in, 80.
Nonsense, the advantages of, 542.
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Peter Pindarics, 9, 130, 251, 327, 399, 519
the auctioneer and lawyer, 9-the
gouty merchant and stranger, 11- the
fat actor and rustic, 130-the bank-clerk
and the stable-keepers, 131-Piron and
the judge of police, 251 farmer and
counsellor, 252-the collegian and por-
ter, 327-the Mayor of Miroblais, 399
-Rabelais and the lampreys, 400-The
biter bit, 519-the parson at fault, 521.
Philip II. and Prince Carlos of Spain, 231,
252.
Physician, the, No. I. 254-No. II. 362.
No. III. 563.
Pigtails, the last of the, 242.
Pilgrimages, modern, 92, 329, 491.
Piron and the judge of police, 251.
Plato, republic of, 69, 152.
Players in Paris, English, 259.
Pleasures of the table, on the, 206.
Plunket (Mr.), sketch of him, 97.
Poetry of pleading, 200-lyric of Tasso,
373-of flowers, 401.
Poetry Peter Pindarics, 9, 130, 251, 327,
399, 519-Anacreontic from Cadalso, 34
-love and folly, 47-epigrams of Pa-
nanti, 60, 64, 151-song to Mary, 76-
the miraculous candle, 82-on being
shown some beautiful specimens of or-
namental porcelain, 83-
song, by T.
Campbell, 91-May, lines to, 96-to the
harvest moon, 106-Caprice, 107-se-
cond sight, 116-parted love, 124
drinking song, 139--the vision, 160--son-
net from Zanotti, 164-of Petrarch, 171
-Adelgitha,199-Earth's Missioner, 205
-on thedeath of Helen, 211-song, 217
-the miser's will, 224-song, 236-the
silent river, 237, 343-sonnet, 253-ma-
drigal, 272-the dinner, 278-to Zephyr,
279-the kiss, 283-stanzas, 288-epi-
grams, ib.-the Devil and the nuns, 315
-Italy, 333-stanzas by Lord E. Fitz-
gerald, 351-stanzas, 359-the new mar-
riage act, 360-sonnet, 386-how to see
the Devil, 434-song of the Greeks, 451
-stanzas, 469-sonnets from Petrarch,
475-on a pretty but poor girl going to
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