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No 13. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1710-11.

Dic mihi, si fueris tu leo, qualis eris?

MART.

Were you a lion, how would you behave?

was thought proper to discard him and it is verily believed to this day, that had he been brought upon the stage another time, he would certainly have done mischief. Besides, it was objected against the first lion, that he reared himself/so high upon his hinder paws, and walked in so e frect a posture, that he looked more like an old man than a lion.

THERE is nothing that of late years has afforded The second lion was a tailor by trade, who be matter of greater amusement to the town than longed to the playhouse, and had the character o Signior Nicolini's* combat with a lion in the a mild and peaceable man in his profession. If Haymarket, which has been very often exhibited the former was too furious, this was too sheepish to the general satisfaction of most of the nobility for his part; insomuch, that after a short modest and gentry in the kingdom of Great Britain. Upon walk upon the stage, he would fall at the first the first rumour of this intended combat, it was touch of Hydaspes, without grappling with him, confidently affirmed, and is still believed, by many and giving him an opportunity of showing his va. in both galleries, that there would be a tame lion riety of Italian trips. It is said, indeed, that he sent from the Tower every opera night, in order once gave him a rip in his flesh-colour doublet; to be killed by Hydaspes; this report, though alto- but this was only to make work for himself, in his gether groundless, so universally prevailed in the private character of a tailor. I must not omit that upper regions of the playhouse, that some of the it was this second lion who treated most refined politicians in those parts of the audi- much humanity behind the scenes. ence, gave it out in whisper, that the lion was a The acting lion at present is, as I am informed, cousin-german of the tiger who made his appear- a country gentleman, who does it for his diversion, ance in King William's days, and that the stage but desires his name may be concealed. He says, would be supplied with lions at the public ex- very handsomely, in his own excuse, that he does pense, during the whole session. Many likewise not act for gain: that he indulges an innocent were the conjectures of the treatment which this pleasure in it and that it is better to pass away lion was to meet with frown the hands of Signior an evening in this manner than in gaming and Nicolini; some supposed that he was to subdue drinking: but at the same time says, with a very him in recitativo, as Orpheus used to serve the agreeable raillery upon himself, that if his name wild beasts in his time, and afterwards to knock should be known, the ill-natured world might call him on the head; some Hancied that the lion would him, the ass in the lion's skin.' This gentlenot pretend to lay his paws upon the hero, by man's temper is made out of such a happy mixture reason of the receiverd opinion, that a lion will not of the mild and the choleric, that he outdoes both hurt a virgin. Several, who pretended to have his predecessors, and has drawn together greater seen the opera in Italy, had informed their friends, audiences than have been known in the memory that the lion was to act a part in High Dutch, and of man. roar twice or thrice to a thorough-bass, before he I must not conclude my narrative, without taking fell at the feet of Hydaspes. To clear up a matter notice of a groundless report that has been raised that was so vat hously reported, I have made it my to a gentleman's disadvantage, of whom I must business to examine whether this pretended lion declare myself an admirer; namely that Signior is really the savage he appears to be, or only a Nicolini and the lion have been seen sitting peacecounterfeit. ably by one another, and smoking a pipe together But before I communicate my discoveries, I behind the scenes; by which their enemies would must acquaint the reader, that upon my walking insinuate, that it is but a sham combat which they behind the scenes last winter, as I was thinking on represent upon the stage: but upon inquiry I find, something else, I accidentally justled against a that if any such correspondence has passed between monstrouss animal that extremely startled me, and, them, it was not till the combat was over, when upon my nearer survey of it, appeared to be a the lion was to be looked upon as dead, according lion rampant. The lion seeing me very much sur- to the received rules of the drama. Besides this is prised, told me, in a gentle voice, that I might what is practised every day in Westminster-hall, come by him if I pleased; 'for,' says he, 'I do where nothing is more usual than to see a couple ot intend to hurt any body.' I thanked him very of lawyers, who have been tearing each other to kindly, and passed by him and in a little time pieces in the court, embracing one another as soon after saw him leap upon the stage, and act his part as they are out of it.

me with so

with very great applause. It has been observed I would not be thought, in any part of this relaby several, that the lion has changed his manner tion, to reflect upon Signior Nicolini, who in actof acting twice or thrice since his first appearance; ing this part only complies with the wretched taste which will not seem strange, when I acquaint my of his audience: he knows very well, that the lion reader that the lion has been changed upon the has many more admirers than himself; as they say audience three several times. The first lion was a of the famous equestrian statue on the Pont-Neuf candle-snuffer, who, being a fellow of a testy cho. at Paris, that more people go to see the horse than leric temper, overdid his part, and would not suffer the king who sits upon it. On the contrary, it himself to be killed so easily as he ought to have gives me a just indignation to see a person whose done; beside, it was observed of him that he grew action gives new majesty to kings, resolution to more surly every time he came out of the lion; heroes, and softness to lovers, thus sinking from and having dropped some words in ordinary conver- the greatness of his behaviour, and degraded into sation, as if he had not fought his best, and that he the character of a London 'Prentice. I have often suffered himself to be thrown upon his back in the wished that our tragedians would copy after this scuffle, and that he would wrestle with Mr. Nico. great master in action. Could they make the same lini for what he pleased, out of his lion's skin, it use of their arms and legs, and inform their faces with as significant looks and passions, how glorious would an English tragedy appear with that action

See No. 405; and Tat. No. 115.

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which is capable of giving dignity to the forced warning of my bell, morning and evening, to go Dught thoughts, cold cenceits, and unnatural expressions to a puppet-show set forth by one Powell under of an Italian opera! In the mean time, I have the Piazzas. By this means I have not only lost related this combat of the lion, to show what are my two customers, whom I used to place for sixat present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain.

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Wretch that thou art! put off this monstrous shape.

I was reflecting this morning upon the spirit and humour of the public diversions five and twenty

pence a piece, over against Mrs. Rachael Eye-
bright, but Mrs. Rachael herself is gone thither also.
There now appear among us none but a few ordi
nary people, who come to church only to say their
prayers, so that I have no work worth speaking
of but on Sundays. I have placed my son at the
Piazzas, to acquaint the ladies, that the bell rings
for church, and that it stands on the other side of
the Garden; but they only laugh at the child.

'I desire you would lay this before all the world,
that I may not be made such a tool for the future,
and that Punchinello may choose hours less cano-
nical. As things are now, Mr. Powell has a full
congregation, while we have a very thin house;
which if you can remedy, you will very much
oblige,
'SIR, yours, &c.

The following epistle I find is from the under-
taker of the masquerade.

'SIR,

med years ago, and those of the present time; and la-
mented to myself, that, though in those days they
neglected their morality, they kept up their good
sense; but that the beau-monde, at present, is only
grown more childish, not more innocent, than the
former. While I was in this train of thought, an
old fellow, whose face I have often seen at the
playhouse, gave me the following letter with these
words: 'Sir, the Lion presents his humble service persons indifferently are not fit for this sort of di-
to you, and desired me to give this into your own version. I could wish, sir, you could make them

I HAVE Observed the rules of my mask so care-
fully (in not inquiring into persons,) that I cannot
tell whether you were one of the company or not,
last Tuesday; but if you were not, and still design
to come, I desire you would, for your own enter-
tainment, please to admonish the town, that all

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'From my den in the Haymarket, March 15.

understand, that it is a kind of acting to go in masquerade, and a man should be able to say or do things proper for the dress in which he appears. I HAVE read all your papers, and have stifled We have now and then rakes in the habit of Romyresentment against your reflections upon operas, man senators, and grave politicians in the dress of until that of this day, wherein you plainly insi- rakes. The misfortune of the thing is, that people nante, that Signior Nicolini and myself have a dress themselves in what they have a mind to be, correspondence more friendly than is consistent and not what they are fit for. There is not a girl valour of his character, or the fierceness in the town, but let her have her will in going to of mine. I desire you would, for your own sake, a mask, and she shall dress as a shepherdess. But forbear such intimations for the future; and must let me beg of them to read the Arcadia, or some say it is a great piece of ill-nature in you, to show other good romance, before they appear in any 50 great an esteem for a foreigner, and to discou- such character at my house. The last day we prerage a Lion that is your own countryman. sented, every body was so rashly habited, that 'I take notice of your fable of the lion and when they came to speak to each other, a nymph man, but am so equally concerned in that matter, with a crook had not a word to say but in the pert hat I shall not be offended to whichsoever of the style of the pit bawdry; and a man in the habit imals the superiority is given. You have misre- of a philosopher was speechless, till an occasion Mesented me, in saying that I am a country gen-offered of expressing himself in the refuse of the eman, who act only for my diversion; whereas, tyring rooms. We had a judge that danced a miand I still the same woods to range in which I nuet, with a quaker for his partner, while half a once had when I was a fox-hunter, I should not dozen harlequins stood by as spectators: a Turk resign my manhood for a maintenance; and assure drank me off two bottles of wine, and a Jew eat you, as low as my circumstances are at present, I me up half a ham of bacon. If I can bring my

in so much a man of honour, that I would scorn be any beast for bread, but a lion.

'Yours, &c.'

Thad no sooner ended this, than one of my landady's children brought me in several others, with whe of which I shall make up my present paper, bey all having a tendency to the same subject, 2 the elegance of our present diversions.

'Covent Garden, March 13.

design to bear, and make the maskers preserve
their characters in my assemblies, I hope you will
allow there is a foundation laid for more elegant
and improving gallantries than any the town at
present affords: and consequently that you will
give your approbation
ion to the endeavours of
'SIR,

Your most obedient humble servant."

I am very glad the following epistle obliges me
to mention Mr. Powell a second time in the same
paper; for indeed there cannot be too great en-
couragement given to his skill in motions,† pro-

as been for twenty years under-sexton of
parish or St. Paul's, Covent-Garden, and have vided he is under proper restrictions.

missed tolling in to prayers six times in all wise years; which office I have performed to my Pat satisfacwhich this fortnight last past,

Wing which time I find my congregation take the

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little Piazza in Covent-Garden, being at present the two leading diversions of the town, and Mr. Powell professing in his advertisements to set up Whittington and his Cat against Rinaldo and Ar. mida, my curiosity led me, the beginning of last week, to view both these performances, and make my observations upon them.

ADVERTISEMENT.

On the first of April will be performed, at th playhouse in the Haymarket, an opera called Tir Cruelty of Atreus."

NB. The scene, wherein Thyestes eats his orv children, is to be performed by the famous Mr. Psa

First, therefore, I cannot but observe, that Mr. manazar, lately arrived from Formosa: the whol

Powell wisely forbearing to give his company a bill of fare beforehand, every scene is new and unexpected; whereas it is certain, that the undertakers of the Haymarket, having raised too great an expectation in their printed opera, very much disappoint their audience on the stage.

supper being set to kettle-drums.

STEELE.

R.

No 15. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1710-11.

Parva leves capiunt animos

OVID. Ars Am. i. 159.

Light minds are pleased with trifles.

The King of Jerusalem is obliged to come from the city on foot, instead of being drawn in a triumphant chariot by white horses, as my opera-book had promised me; and thus, while I expected Armida's dragons should rush forward towards WHEN I was in France, I used to gaze with great Argentes, I found the hero was obliged to go to astonishment at the splendid equipages and party Armida, and hand her out of her coach. We had coloured habits of that fantastic nation. I was one also but a very short allowance of thunder and day in particular contemplating a lady that sat in lightning; though I cannot in this place omit doing a coach adorned with gilded Cupids, and finely justice to the boy who had the direction of the painted with the loves of Venus and Adonis. The two painted dragons, and made them spit fire and coach was drawn by six milk-white horses, and smoke. He flashed out his rosin in such just prot footmen. Just before the lady were a couple of

portions, and in such due time, that I could forbear conceiving hopes of his being one day a most excellent player. I saw, indeed, but two things wanting to render his whole action complete, I mean the keeping his head a little lower, and hiding his candle.

loaded behind with the same number of powdered

beautiful pages, that were stuck among the harness, and by their gay dresses and smiling features, looked like the elder brothers of the little boys that were carved and painted in every corner of

the coach.

'1 observe that Mr. Powell and the undertakers The lady was the unfortunate Cleanthe, who of the opera had both the same thought, and I afterwards gave an occasion to a pretty melanthink much about the same time, of introducing choly novel. She had for several years received animals on their several stages, though indeed with the addresses of a gentleman, whom, after a long very different success. The sparrows and chaf. and intimate acquaintance, she forsook, upon the finches at the Haymarket, fly as yet very irregu- account of this shining equipage, which had been larly over the stage; and instead of perching on offered to her by one of great riches, but a crazy the trees, and performing their parts, these young constitution. The circumstances in which I saw actors either get into the galleries, or put out the her were, it seems, the disguises only of a broken candles; whereas Mr. Powell has so well disci. heart, and a kind of pageantry to cover distress; plined his pig, that in the first scene he and Punch for in two months after she was carried to her danced a minuet together. I am informed, how-grave with the same pomp and magnificence; beever, that Mr. Powell resolves to excel his adver. ing sent thither partly by the loss of one lover, and saries in their own way; and introduce larks in his partly by the possession of another. next opera of Susannah, or Innocence Betrayed, I have often reflected with myself on this unacwanch will be exhibited next week, with a pair of countable humour in womankind, of being smitten with every thing that is showy and superficial; and

new Elders.

The moral of Mr. Powell's drama is violated, on the numberless evils that befal the sex from this I confess, by Punch's national reflections on the light fantastical disposition. I myself remember French, and king Harry's laying his leg upon the a young lady that was very warmly solicited by queen's lap, in too ludicrous a manner before so couple of importunate rivals, who, for severa great an assembly.

months together, did all they could to recommend

As to the mechanism and scenery, every thing, themselves, by complacency of behaviour and indeed, was uniform, and of a-piece, and the scenes agreeableness of conversation. At length, when the were managed very dexterously; which calls on competition was doubtful, and the lady undeter me to take notice that at the Haymarket, the mined in her choice, one of the young lovers very undertakers forgetting to change the side-scenes, luckily bethought himself of adding a supernume we were presented with a prospect of the ocean rary lace to his liveries, which had so good an ef in the midst of a delightful grove; and though the fect that he married her the very week after. gentlemen on the stage had very much contributed The usual conversation of ordinary women very to the beauty of the grove, by walking up and muchcherishes this natural weakness of being take down between the trees, I must own I was not a with outside and appearance. Talk of a new mar little astonished to see a well-dressed young fellow, ried couple, and you immediately hear whether in a full-bottomed wig, appear in the midst of they keep their coach and six, or eat in plate the sea, and without any visible concern taking Mention the name of an absent lady, and it is ter to one but you learn something of her gown and

snuff.

'I shall only observe one thing further, in which petticoat. A ball is a great help to discourse, ant both dramas agree; which is, that by the squeak of a birth-day furnishes conversation for a twelve their voices the heroes of each are eunuchs: and month after. A furbelow of precious stones, ar as the wit in both pieces is equal, I must prefer hat buttoned with a diamond, a brocade waistcoa

the performance of Mr. Powell, because it is in our own language.

'I am, &c.'

For an account of this singular character, see the Gentlenian Magazine, vols. xxxiv. xxxv.

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or petticoat, are standing topics. In short, they I cannot conclude my paper without observing, et consider only the drapery of the species, and never that Virgil has very finely touched upon this female dcast away a thought on those ornaments of the passion for dress and show, in the character of Camind that make persons illustrious in themselves, milla; who, though she seems to have shaken off and useful to others. When women are thus per- all the other weaknesses of her sex, is still described Papetually dazzling one another's imaginations, and as a woman in this particular. The poet tells us filling their heads with nothing but colours, it is no that, after having made a great slaughter of the wonder that they are more attentive to the super-enemy, she unfortunately cast her eye on a Trojan, ficial parts of life, than the solid and substantial who wore an embroidered tunic, a beautiful coat blessings of it. A girl, who has been trained up in of mail, with a mantle of the finest purple. 'A this kind of conversation, is in danger of every em- golden bow,' says he, 'hung upon his shoulder; broidered coat that comes in her way. A pair of his garment was buckled with a golden clasp ; and fringed gloves may be her ruin. In a word, lace his head covered with an helmet of the same shinand ribbands, silver and gold galloons, with the like ing metal. The Amazon immediately singled out glitering gewgaws, are so many lures to women this well-dressed warrior, being seized with a woof weak minds and low educations, and, when artifi- man's longing for the pretty trappings that he was cially displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy adorned with: thcoquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles.

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True Happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise: it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in fre the next, from the friendship and conversation of Ta few select companions: it loves shade and solitude, and naturally haunts groves and fountains, fields and meadows; in short, it feels every thing it wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of witnesses and spectators. On the contrary, False Happiness loves to be in a crowd, hand to draw the eyes of the world upon her. She does not receive any satisfaction from the applauses which she gives herself, but from the admiration which she raises in others. She flourishes in courts and palaces, theatres and assemblies, and has no existence but when she is looked upon.

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Aurelia, though a woman of great quality, de- I HAVE received a letter, desiring me to be very ights in the privacy of a country life, and passes satirical upon the little muff that is now in fashion; saway a great part of her time in her own walks another informs me of a pair of silver garters and gardens. Her husband, who is her bosom buckled below the knee, that have been lately friend and companion in her solitudes, has been seen at the Rainbow Coffee-house in Fleet-Street; breksin love with her ever since he knew her. They a third sends me an heavy complaint against fringed both abound with good sense, consummate virtue, gloves. To be brief, there is scarce an ornament of and a mutual esteem; and are a perpetual enter- either sex which one or the other of my correspontainment to one another. Their family is under so dents has not inveighed against with some bitterer, a regular an economy, in its hours of devotion and ness, and recommended to my observation. I must, repast, employment and diversion, that it looks therefore, once for all, inform my readers, that it ike a little commonwealth within itself. They is not my intention to sink the dignity of this my often go into company, that they may return with paper with reflections upon red-heels or top-knos, E be greater delight to one another; and sometimes but rather to enter into the passions of mankind, Ime in town, not to enjoy it so properly, as to and correct those depraved sentiments that give esgow weary of it, that they may renew in them-birth to all those little extravagancies which ap. ses the relish of a country life. By this means pear in their outward dress and behaviour. Fopthey are happy in each other, beloved by their pish and fantastic ornament are only indications children, adored by their servants, and are be- of vice, not criminal in themselves. Extinguist come the envy, or rather the delight, of all that vanity in the mind, and you naturally retrench the know them. little superfluities of garniture and equipage. The blossoms will fall of themselves when the root that nourished them is destroyed.

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How different to this is the life of Fulvia! she Considers her husband as her steward, and looks spon discretion and good housewifery as little do1 shall therefore, as I have said, apply my rememestic virtues, unbecoming a woman of quality. dies to the first seeds and principles of an affected the thinks life lost in her own family, and fancies dress, without descending to the dress itself: though herself out of the world when is not in the at the same time I must own, that I have thoughts.

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playhouse or the drawing-room. She of creating an officer under me, to be entitled, The. perpetual motion of body and restless- Censor of Small Wares, and of allotting him one less of thought, and is never easy in any one place, day in the week for the execution of such his more company in another. office. An operator of this nature might act under The missing of an opera the first night, would be me, with the same regard as a surgeon to a physire afficting to her than the death of a child. She cian; the one might be employed in healing those Mites all the valuable part of her own sex, and blotches and tumours which break out in the body, alls every woman of a prudent, modest, and re- while the other is sweetening the blood, and rectiWhat a mortification would it be to Fulvia, if she people of both sexes are so wonderfully apt to poor-spirited, unpolished creature. fying the constitution. To speak truly, the young new that her setting herself to view, is but ex- shoot out into long swords or sweeping trains, ing herself, and that she grows contemptible by bushy head-dresses, or full-bottomed periwigs, with several other encumbrances of dress, that they

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stand in need of being pruned very frequently, lest What I have said under the three foregoing they should be oppressed with ornaments, and heads, will, I am afraid, very much retrench the overrun with the luxuriancy of their habits. I am number of my correspondents. I shall therefore much in doubt, whether I should give the prefer- acquaint my reader, that if he has started any hint ence to a quaker that is trimmed close, and almost which he is not able to pursue, if he has met with cut to the quick, or to a beau that is loaden with any surprising story which he does not know how such a redundance of excrescences. I must there- to tell, if he has discovered any epidemical vice fore desire my correspondents to let me know how which has escaped my observation, or has heard of they approve my project, and whether they think any uncommon virtue which he would desire to the erecting of such a petty censorship may not publish; in short, if he has any materials that can turn to the emolument of the public; for I would furnish out an innocent diversion, I shall promise not do any thing of this nature rashly and without him my best assistance in the working of them up advice.

for a public entertainment.

There is another set of correspondents to whom This paper my reader will find was intended I must address myself in the second place; I mean for an answer to a multitude of correspondents: such as fill their letters with private scandal, and but I hope he will pardon me if I single out one black accounts of particular persons and families. of them in particular, who has made me so very The world is so full of ill-nature, that I have lam- humble a request, that I cannot forbear complying poons sent me by people who cannot spell, and with it.

satires composed by those who scarce know how to write. By the last post in particular, I received a packet of scandal which is not legible; and have a whole bundle of letters in women's hands,

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that are full of blots and calumnies, insomuch, that I am at present so unfortunate, as to have nothing when I see the name Cælia, Phillis, Pastora, or the to do but to mind my own business: and therefore like, at the bottom of a scrawl, I conclude of beg of you that you will be pleased to put me into course that it brings me some account of a fallen some small post under you. observe that you virgin, a faithless wife, or an amorous widow. I have appointed your printer and publisher to remust therefore inform these my correspondents, ceive letters and advertisements for the city of that it is not my design to be a publisher of in- London; and shall think myself very much honourtrigues and cuckoldoms, or to bring little infamous ed by you, if you will appoint me to take in letters stories out of their present lurking holes into broad and advertisements for the city of Westminster day-light. If I attack the vicious, I shall only set and the duchy of Lancaster. Though I cannot upon them in a nent with an employment with sufficient by the worst usage I can receive from others, to abilities, I will endeavour to make up with industry make an example of any particular criminal. In and fidelity, what I want in parts and genius.

be provoked promise to fill such body; and will not

ADDISON.

'I am, SIR, 'Your most obedient servant, 'OHARLES LILLIK." C

No 17. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1710-11.

short, I have so much of a Drawcansir in me, that I shall pass over a single foe to charge whole armies. It is not Lais or Silenus, but the harlot and the drunkard, whom I shall endeavour to expose; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species, not as it is circumstanced in an individual. 1 hink it was Caligula, who wished the whole city of Rome had but one neck, that he might behead them at a blow. I should do, out of humanity, what that emperor would have done in the cruelty of his temper, and aim every stroke at a collective body of offenders. At the same time I am very sensible that nothing spreads a paper like private calumny and defamation; but as my speculations are not under this necessity, they are not exposed SINCE our persons are not of our own making. to this temptation.

Tetrum ante omnia vultum.

JUV. x. 191.

-A visage rough,
Deform'd, unfeatured.

DRYDEN.

when they are such as appear defective or uncome

In the next place, I must apply myself to my ly, it is, methinks, an honest and laudable fortitude party correspondents, who are continually teasing to dare to be ugly; at least to keep ourselves from me to take notice of one another's proceedings. being abashed with a consciousness of imperfec How often am I asked by both sides, if it is tions which we cannot help, and in which there is possible for me to be an unconcerned spectator of no guilt. I would not defend an haggard beau, the rogueries that are committed by the party for passing away much time at a glass, and giving which is opposite to him that writes the letter? softness and languishing graces to deformity: all I About two days since, I was reproached with an intend is, that we ought to be contented with our old Grecian law, that forbids any man to stand as countenance and shape, so far, as never to give ourneuter, or a looker-on in the divisions of his coun- selves an uneasy reflection on that subject. It is try. However, as I am very sensible my paper to the ordinary people, who are not accustomed to would lose its whole effect, should it run out into make very proper remarks on any occasion, matthe outrages of a party, I shall take care to keep ter of great jest, if a man enters with a prominent clear of every thing which looks that way. If I pair of shoulders into an assembly, or is distincan any way assuage private inflammations, or al- guished by an expansion of mouth, or obliquity of lay public ferments, I shall apply myself to it with aspect. It is happy for a man that has any of my utmost endeavours; but will never let my heart these oddnesses about him, if he can be as merry reproach me with having done any thing towards upon himself, as others are apt to be upon that ocincreasing those feuds and animosities, that extin-casion. When he can possess himself with such a guish religion, deface government, and make a na- cheerfulness, women and children, who are at first

tion miserable.

* A gharacter in the comedy of The Rehearsal

frighted at him, will afterwards be as much pleased with him. As it is barbarous in others to rally

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