Faction expiring by his pen, And Loyalty restor'd again; Whilst he regards not this or that, Secure of T---- and of P----. "The piece thus finish'd for our view, The lines correct, the likeness true, Hogarth, ensur'd of future fame, Shall consecrate to Churchill's name." [81] I think the reader will agree with me, that such assertions as the following demanded an apology:-- "His (Hogarth's) works are his history. As a painter he had but slender merit; in colouring he proved no greater a master: his force lay in expression, not in tints and chiaroscuro."--_Anecdotes of Painting_, vol. iv. p. 160. How was it possible for Mr. Walpole to have written the foregoing lines after having seen the pictures of "Marriage à la Mode"? [82] The last volume was not published till October 9, 1780, though printed in 1771.--_Advertisement_ to vol. iv. [83] The reader is referred to Vol. II. Plate 70, where the picture is given in its perfected state. [84] Archbishop Tillotson remarks in one of his sermons, that _Hocus Pocus_ is derived from _Hoc est Corpus_. [85] "This new dispensation (Methodism) is a composition of enthusiasm, superstition, and imposture. When the blood and spirits run high, inflaming the brain and imagination, it is most properly enthusiasm, which is religion run mad. When low and dejected, causing groundless terrors, or the placing the great duty of man in little observances, it is superstition, which is religion scared out of its senses. When any fraudulent dealings are made use of, and any wrong projects carried on under the mask of piety, it is imposture, and may be termed religion turned hypocrite."--Lavington's _Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists Compared_, vol. i. p. 79. [86] Mahomet being once asked, What is this Alla, whom thou declarest unto the people? with much more exalted and sublime ideas, replied, "It is he who derives being from himself; from whom all others derive their being; and to whom there is no likeness in the whole extent of space." [87] Bishop Lavington, after quoting many of the legends of St. Catherine and St. Teresa, and the journals of modern Methodists, which in a very similar style describe their divine love, concludes as follows:--