Peregrine commits himself to the Public, and is admitted Member of a College of Authors.
The bitterness of this explanation being passed, our young gentleman began to revolve1 within himself schemes for making up the deficiencies of his yearly income, which was now so grievously reduced; and determined2 to profit, in some shape or other, by those talents which he owed to nature and education. He had, in his affluence3, heard of several authors, who, without any pretensions4 to genius or human literature, earned a very genteel subsistence by undertaking5 work for booksellers, in which reputation was not at all concerned. One, for example, professed6 all manner of translation, at so much per sheet, and actually kept five or six amanuenses continually employed, like so many clerks in a counting-house, by which means he was enabled to live at his ease, and enjoy his friend and his bottle, ambitious of no other character than that of an honest man and a good neighbour. Another projected a variety of plans for new dictionaries, which were executed under his eye by day-labourers; and the province of a third was history and voyages, collected or abridged7 by understrappers of the same class.
Mr. Pickle8, in his comparisons, paid such deference9 to his own capacity, as banished10 all doubts of his being able to excel any of those undertakers in their different branches of profession, if ever he should be driven to that experiment; but his ambition prompted him to make his interest and glory coincide, by attempting some performance which should do him honour with the public, and at the same time establish his importance among the copy-purchasers in town. With this view, he worshipped the muse11; and, conscious of the little regard which is in this age paid to every species of poetic12 composition, in which neither satire13 nor obscenity occurs, he produced an imitation of Juvenal, and lashed14 some conspicuous15 characters, with equal truth, spirit, and severity. Though his name did not appear in the title-page of this production, he managed matters so that the work was universally imputed16 to the true author, who was not altogether disappointed in his expectations of success; for the impression was immediately sold off, and the piece became the subject of conversation in all assemblies of taste.
This happy exordium not only attracted the addresses of the booksellers, who made interest for his acquaintance, but also roused the notice of a society of authors, who styled themselves “The College,” from which he was honoured with a deputation, offering to enroll17 him a member by unanimous consent. The person employed for this purpose being a bard18 who had formerly19 tasted of our hero’s bounty20, used all his eloquence21 to persuade him to comply with the advances of their fraternity, which he described in such a manner as inflamed22 the curiosity of Pickle, who dismissed the ambassador, with an acknowledgment of the great honour they conferred upon him, and a faithful promise of endeavouring to merit the continuance of their approbation24.
He was afterwards, by the same minister, instructed in the ceremonies of the college; and, in consequence of his information, composed an ode, to be publicly recited on the evening of his introduction. He understood that this constitution was no other than a body of authors, incorporated by mutual25 consent, for their joint26 advantage and satisfaction, opposed to another assembly of the same kind, their avowed28 enemies and detractors. No wonder, then, that they sought to strengthen themselves with such a valuable acquisition as our hero was likely to prove. The college consisted of authors only, and these of all degrees in point of reputation, from the fabricator of a song, set to music, and sung at Marylebone, to the dramatic bard who had appeared in buskins upon the stage: nay29, one of the members had actually finished eight books of an epic30 poem, for the publication of which he was at that time soliciting31 subscriptions32.
It cannot be supposed that such a congregation of the sons of Apollo would sit a whole evening with order and decorum, unless they were under the check of some established authority; and this inconvenience having been foreseen, they had elected a president, vested with full power to silence any member or members that should attempt to disturb the harmony and subordination of the whole. The sage33, who at this time possessed34 the chair, was a person in years, whose countenance35 was a lively portraiture36 of that rancorous discontent which follows repeated damnation. He had been extremely unfortunate in his theatrical37 productions, and was, to use the words of a profane38 wag, who assisted at the condemnation39 of his last play, by this time d — d beyond redemption. Nevertheless, he still tarried about the skirts of Parnassus, translating some of the classics, and writing miscellanies, and by dint40 of an invincible41 assurance, supercilious42 insolence43, the most undaunted virulence44 of tongue, and some knowledge of life, he made shift to acquire and maintain the character of a man of learning and wit, in the opinion of people who had neither; that is, thirty-nine in forty of those with whom he associated himself. He was even looked upon in this light by some few of the college; though the major part of those who favoured his election, were such as dreaded45 his malice46, respected his experience and seniority, or hated his competitor, who was the epic poet.
The chief end of this society, as I have already hinted, was to assist and support each other in their productions, which they mutually recommended to sale, with all their art and influence, not only in private conversation, but also in occasional epigrams, criticisms, and advertisements, inserted in the public papers. This science, which is known by the vulgar appellation47 of puffing48, they carried to such a pitch of finesse49, that an author very often wrote an abusive answer to his own performance, in order to inflame23 the curiosity of the town, by which it had been overlooked. Notwithstanding this general unanimity51 in the college, a private animosity had long subsisted52 between the two rivals I have mentioned, on account of precedence, to which both laid claim, though, by a majority of votes, it had been decided53 in favour of the present chairman. The grudge54 indeed never proceeded to any degree of outrage55 or defiance56, but manifested itself at every meeting, in attempts to eclipse each other in smart sayings and pregnant repartee57; so that there was always a delicate mess of this kind of wit served up in the front of the evening, for the entertainment and example of the junior members, who never failed to divide upon this occasion, declaring themselves for one or other of the combatants, whom they encouraged by their looks, gestures, and applause, according to the circumstances of the dispute.
This honourable58 consistory was held in the best room of an ale-house, which afforded wine, punch, or beer, suitable to the purse or inclination59 of every individual, who separately paid for his own choice; and here was our hero introduced in the midst of twenty strangers, who, by their looks and equipage, formed a very picturesque60 variety. He was received with a most gracious solemnity, and placed upon the right hand of the president, who, having commanded silence, recited aloud his introductory ode, which met with universal approbation. Then was tendered to him the customary oath, obliging him to consult the honour and advantage of the society as far as it should he in his power, in every station of life; and this being taken, his temples were bound with a wreath of laurel, which was kept sacred for such inauguration61.
When these rites62 were performed with all due ceremony, the new member cast his eyes around the place, and took a more accurate survey of his brethren; among whom he observed a strange collection of periwigs, with regard to the colour, fashions, and dimensions, which were such as he had never seen before. Those who sat on each side, nearest the president, were generally distinguished63 by venerable ties, the foretops of which exhibited a surprising diversity; some of them rose slanting65 backwards66, like the glacis of a fortification; some were elevated in two distinct eminences67, like the hills Helicon and Parnassus; and others were curled and reflected, as the horns of Jupiter Ammon. Next to these, the majors took place, many of which were mere68 succedanea, made by the application of an occasional rose to the tail of a lank69 bob; and in the lower form appeared masses of hair, which would admit of no description.
Their clothes were tolerably well suited to the furniture of their heads, the apparel of the upper bench being decent and clean, while that of the second class was threadbare and soiled; and at the lower end of the room, he perceived divers64 efforts made to conceal70 their rent breeches and dirty linen71; nay, he could distinguish by their countenances72 the different kinds of poetry in which they exercised the muse. He saw Tragedy conspicuous in a grave solemnity of regard; Satire louring in a frown of envy and discontent; Elegy73 whining74 in a funeral aspect; Pastoral dozing75 in a most insipid76 languor77 of face; Ode-writing delineated in a distracted stare; and Epigram squinting78 with a pert sneer79. Perhaps our hero refined too much in his penetration80, when he affirmed, that, over and above these discoveries, he could plainly perceive the state of every one’s finances, and would have undertaken to have guessed each particular sum without varying three farthings from the truth. The conversation, instead of becoming general, began to fall into parties; and the epic poet had actually attracted the attention of a private committee, when the chairman interposed, calling aloud, “No cabals81, no conspiracies82, gentlemen.” His rival, thinking it incumbent83 upon him to make some reply to this rebuke84, answered, “We have no secrets; he that hath ears, let him hear.” This was spoke85 as an intimation to the company, whose looks were instantly whetted86 with the expectation of their ordinary meal; but the president seemed to decline the contest; for, without putting on his fighting face, he calmly replied, that he had seen Mr. Metaphor87 tip the wink88, and whisper to one of his confederates, and thence judged, that there was something mysterious on the carpet.
The epic poet, believing his antagonist89 crest-fallen, resolved to take the advantage of his dejection, that he might enhance his own character in the opinion of the stranger; and, with that view, asked, with an air of exultation90, if a man might not be allowed to have a convulsion in his eye, without being suspected of a conspiracy91? The president, perceiving his drift, and piqued92 at his presumption93, “To be sure,” said he, “a man of a weak head may be very well supposed to have convulsions in his eyes.” This repartee produced a laugh of triumph among the chairman’s adherents94; one of whom observed, that his rival had got a smart rap on the pate95. “Yes,” replied the bard, “in that respect Mr. Chairman has the advantage of me. Had my head been fortified96 with a horn-work, I should not have been so sensible of the stroke.” This retort, which carried a severe allusion97 to the president’s wife, lighted up the countenances of the aggressor’s friends, which had begun to be a little obumbrated; and had a contrary effect upon the other faction27, till their chief, collecting all his capacity, returned the salute98, by observing, that there was no occasion for a horn-work, when the covered way was not worth defending.
Such a reprisal99 upon Mr. Metaphor’s yoke-fellow, who was by no means remarkable100 for her beauty, could not fail to operate upon the hearers; and as for the bard himself, he was evidently ruffled101 by the reflection; to which, however, he, without hesitation102, replied, “Egad! ’tis my opinion, that, if your covered way was laid open, few people would venture to give the assault.”—“Not unless their batteries were more effectual than the fire of your wit,” said the president. “As for that matter,” cried the other with precipitation, “they would have no occasion to batter103 in breach104; they would find the angle of the la pucelle bastion demolished105 to their hands — he, he!”—“But I believe it would surpass your understanding,” resumed the chairman, “to fill up the fosse.”—“That, I own, is impracticable,” replied the bard, “there I should meet with a hiatus maxime deflendus!”
The president, exasperated106 at this insinuation, in presence of the new member, exclaimed, with indignation in his looks, “And yet, if a body of pioneers were set at work upon your skull107, they would find rubbish enough to choke up all the common sewers108 in town.” Here a groan109 was uttered by the admirers of the epic poet, who, taking a pinch of snuff with great composure, “When a man grows scurrilous,” said he, “I take it for an undoubted proof of his overthrow110.”—“If that be the case,” cried the other, “you yourself must be the vanquished111 party, for you were the first that was driven to personal abuse.”—“I appeal,” answered the bard, “to those who can distinguish. Gentlemen, your judgment112.”
This reference produced a universal clamour, and the whole college was involved in confusion. Every man entered into dispute with his neighbour on the merits of this cause. The chairman interposed his authority in vain; the noise grew louder and louder; the disputants waxed warm; the epithets113 of blockhead, fool, and scoundrel, were bandied about. Peregrine enjoyed the uproar114, and, leaping upon the table, sounded the charge to battle, which was immediately commenced in ten different duels115. The lights were extinguished; the combatants thrashed one another without distinction; the mischievous116 Pickle distributed sundry117 random118 blows in the dark, and the people below, being alarmed with the sound of application, the overturning of chairs, and the outcries of those who were engaged, came up-stairs in a body with lights to reconnoitre, and, if possible, quell119 this hideous120 tumult121.
Objects were no sooner rendered visible, than the field of battle exhibited strange groups of the standing50 and the fallen. Each of Mr. Metaphor’s eyes was surrounded with a circle of a livid hue122; and the president’s nose distilled123 a quantity of clotted124 blood. One of the tragic125 authors, finding himself assaulted in the dark, had, by way of a poniard, employed upon his adversary’s throat a knife which lay upon the table, for the convenience of cutting cheese; but, by the blessing126 of God, the edge of it was not keen enough to enter the skin, which it had only scratched in divers places. A satirist127 had almost bit off the ear of a lyric128 bard. Shirts and neckcloths were torn to rags; and there was such a woeful wreck129 of periwigs on the floor, that no examination could adjust the property of the owners, the greatest part of whom were obliged to use handkerchiefs by way of nightcap.
The fray130, however, ceased at the approach of those who interposed; part of the combatants being tired of an exercise in which they had received nothing but hard blows; part of them being intimidated131 by the remonstrances132 of the landlord and his company, who threatened to call the watch; and a very few being ashamed of the scandalous dispute in which they were detected. But though the battle was ended, it was impossible, for that evening, to restore harmony and good order to the society, which broke up, after the president had pronounced a short and confused apology to our adventurer, for the indecent uproar which had unfortunately happened on the first night of his admission. Indeed, Peregrine deliberated with himself, whether or not his reputation would allow him to appear again among this venerable fraternity; but, as he knew some of them to be men of real genius, how ridiculous soever their carriage might be modified, and was of that laughing disposition133, which is always seeking food for mirth, as Horace observes of Philippus:
Risus undique quaerit;—
he resolved to frequent the college, notwithstanding this accident, which happened at his inauguration; being thereto, moreover, induced by his desire of knowing the private history of the stage, with which he supposed some of the members perfectly134 well acquainted. He was also visited, before the next meeting, by his introductor, who assured him, that such a tumult had never happened since the first institution of the assembly, till that very night; and promised that, for the future, he should have no cause to be scandalized at their behaviour.
Persuaded by these motives135 and assurances, he trusted himself once more in the midst of their community, and everything proceeded with great decorum; all dispute and altercation136 was avoided, and the college applied137 itself seriously to the purposes of its meeting, namely, to hear the grievances138 of individuals, and assist them with salutary advice. The first person that craved139 redress140 was a noisy North Briton, who complained, in a strange dialect, that he had, in the beginning of the season, presented a comedy to the manager of a certain theatre, who, after it had lain six weeks in his hands, returned it to the author, affirming there was neither sense nor English in the performance.
The president, who, by the bye, had revised the piece, thinking his own reputation concerned, declared, in presence of the whole society, that, with regard to sense, he would not undertake to vindicate141 the production; but, in point of language, no fault could be justly laid to its charge. “The case, however, is very plain,” said he; “the manager never gave himself the trouble to peruse142 the play, but formed a judgment of it from the conversation of the author, never dreaming that it had undergone the revisal of an English writer; be that as it will, you are infinitely143 obliged to him for having despatched you so soon, and I shall have the better opinion of him for it so long as I live; for I have known other guise144 authors than you, that is, in point of interest and fame, kept in continual attendance and dependence145 during the best part of their lives, and, after all, disappointed in the expectation of seeing their performances exhibited on the stage.”
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