thought very good: one of them was between Charles the Fifth and his tutor, Adrian the Sixth, to show the different turns of a person who had studied human nature only in his closet, and of one who had rambled all over Europe; another between Montaigne and Locke, on a most regular and a very loose way of thinking; a third between Oliver Cromwell and his mad porter; and the fourth between Sir Thomas More and the Vicar of Bray.-Mr. Pope, and the Dialogues themselves.

HALIFAX.

"Did he not write the Country Mouse with Mr. Prior ?"—" Yes; just as if I was in a chaise with Mr. Chiselden here, drawn by his fine horse, and should say, Lord! how finely we draw this chaise."-Lord Peterborough.

SWIFT.

Dr. Swift has told me that he was born in the town of Leicester, and that his father

was minister of a parish in Herefordshire. -Mr. Pope.

Dr. Swift was a great reader and admirer of Rabelais, and used sometimes to scold me for not liking him enough. Indeed, there were so many things in his works in which I could not see any manner of meaning driven at, that I never could read him over with any patience.-The

same.

1737. Gulliver was received but indif ferently at first.among us, but pleased after people got more into the humour of the thing.Abbe Boileau, at Tours.

Swift has stolen all his humour from Cervantes and Rabelais.-Lady M. W. Montagu.

Dr. Swift has an odd, blunt way, that is mistaken by strangers for ill-nature: it is so odd that there is no describing it but by facts. I'll tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening Gay and I went to see him: you know how intimately we were all acquainted. On our coming in, "Heyday, gentlemen (says the Doctor),

what's the meaning of this visit? How came you to leave all the great Lords that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor Dean?"-"Because we would rather see you than any of them."-"Ay, any one that did not know you so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose?" -"No, Doctor, we have supped already." -"Supped already: that's impossible; why it is not eight o'clock yet*. That's very strange; but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had? A couple of lobsters? Ay, that would have done very well: two shillings: tarts, a shilling. But you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time, only to spare my pocket."-" No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you."

*There is certainly here something omitted by the transcriber. The words omitted probably were Pope's reply to the last observation of Swift, accounting by some particular circumstance for their having supped before the usual time.-M.

-"But if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drank with me. A bottle of wine, two shillings. Two and two is four, and one is five: just two and sixpence apiece. There, Pope, there's half-a-crown for you; and there's another for you, Sir; for I won't save any thing by you, I am determined." This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions and in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary, he actually obliged us to take the money.-Mr. Pope.

1742. Rollin has writ a letter very full of compliments to Dr. Swift. "Has not he offended him by it?"-No; the Doctor does not hate praise, he only dislikes it when it is extravagant or coarse. When B. told Swift that he loved him more than all his friends and relations, the Dean made him no manner of answer, but said afterwards-the man was a fool.-The same.

"There's a lady, Doctor, that longs to see you, and admires you above all things." "Then I despise her heartily.”—The same.

1735. That picture of Dr. Swift is very like him though his face has a look of dulness in it, he has very particular eyes: they are quite azure as the heavens, and there is a very uncommon archness in them. -The same.

· HUGHES

Was a good humble-spirited man, and but a poor writer, except his play-that was very well.—The same.

FENTON.

1730. Fenton is a right honest man, He is fat and indolent; a very good scholar; sits within, and does nothing but read or compose.-The same.

PARNELL.

Parnell's Pilgrim is very good. The story was written originally in Spanish.— The same. [Whence probably Howel had

* Probably a portrait of Swift by Jervais.-M.