_an act which realises the parable_. Talfourd, who heard this lecture, reports that on Hazlitt's allusion to this incident "a titter arose from some who were struck by the picture as ludicrous, and a murmur from others who deemed the allusion unfit for ears polite: he paused for an instant, and then added, in his sturdiest and most impressive manner--'an act which realizes the parable of the Good Samaritan'--at which his moral, and his delicate hearers shrank, rebuked, into deep silence." _where they_. Gray's "Elegy." P. 152. _The Adventurer_ ran from November 7, 1752, to March 9, 1754. John Hawkesworth (1715-1773) was its chief contributor. _The World_ ran from January 4, 1753, to December 30, 1756. _The Connoisseur_ ran from January 31, 1754, to September 30, 1756. _one good idea_. The paper referred to is No. 176 of The World, by Edward Moore, the dramatist. _Citizen of the World_, in two volumes, 1762. _go about to cozen_. Cf. "Merchant of Venice," ii, 9, 37: "To cozen fortune and be honorable Without the stamp of merit." _Persian Letters_. "Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan" (1735), by Lord Lyttleton. P. 153. _The bonzes_. "Citizen of the World," Letter X. _Edinburgh. We are positive_. Ibid., Letter V. _Beau Tibbs_. Letters XXIX, LIV, LV, LXXXI. _Lounger_ ran from February 5, 1785, to January 6, 1786, _The Mirror_ from January 23, 1779, to May 27, 1780. The chief contributor to both was Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831), author of the celebrated sentimental novels: "The Man of Feeling" (1771), "The Man of the World" (1773), "Julia de Roubigne" (1777). _the story of La Roche_. Mirror, 42, 43, 44. _the story of Le Fevre_. "Tristram Shandy," Bk. VI, ch. 6. P. 154. _author of Rosamond Gray_. Charles Lamb. THE ENGLISH NOVELISTS From the sixth lecture on the "Comic Writers." Most of the matter had appeared in the Edinburgh Review for February, 1815, as a review of Madame D'Arblay's "Wanderer." (See Works, X, 25-44.) In "A Farewell to Essay-Writing" (Works, XII, 327) Hazlitt harks back to his days with Charles and Mary Lamb: "I will not compare our hashed mutton with Amelia's; but it put us in mind of it, and led to a discussion, sharply seasoned and well sustained, till midnight, the result of which appeared some years after in the Edinburgh Review." P. 155. _Be mine to read_. To Richard West, April, 1742. _Marivaux_, Pierre (1688-1763), and _Crebillon_, Claude Prosper (1707-1777), French novelists. _something more divine_. Cf. p. 254. P. 156. _Fielding ... says_. "Joseph Andrews," Bk. III, ch. 1. _description somewhere given_. "Reflections on the French Revolution," ed. Bohn, II, 351-352. P. 157. _Echard_. John Eachard (1636-1697), author of "The Grounds and Occasions of the Contempt of the Clergy and Religion Enquired into." (1670.) _worthy of all acceptation_. 1 Timothy, i, 15. _the lecture_. "Joseph Andrews," Bk. IV, ch. 3.