ly abandoned; but her impudence, by the finest piece of raillery, is made only generosity.

'Peculiar therefore is her way,
Whether by nature taught,

I shall not undertake to say,
Or by experience bought;

For who o'ernight obtain'd her grace,
She can next day disown,

And stare upon the strange man's face,
As one she ne'er had known.

'So well she can the truth disguise,
Such artful wonder frame,

The lover or distrusts his eyes,
Or thinks 'twas all a dream.

'Some censure this as lewd or low,
Who are to bounty blind; .

But to forget what we bestow
Bespeaks a noble mind.'

T.

END OF VOL. VIII.

APPENDIX.

NOTES, CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY.

No. 380.

(a) These may be the initials of Swift's name, in whose works there is a sermon expressly on the subject of sleeping at church.

No. 384.

(a) Four sermons published by Dr. Fleetwood, 1712. The preface to them was ordered by the House of Commons to be burnt. In consequence of this number of the Spectator, above 14,000 of the preface was quickly sold off.-Johnson.

No. 385.

(a) The goddess Friendship was represented with her left side bare, her hand pointing to her heart, with these words, far and near; the bottom of her gown was bound about with these words, life and death.

No. 389.

(a) This book was for some time so little regarded, that it sold often for two shillings, the same copy, as above re ferred to, has since been sold for 50 pounds sterling. There was an edition of it in English, printed in 1713.

(b) See Gent. Dict. Vol. 3. p. 626. Art Bruno.

(c) Vanini was a priest of irregular life and atheistical principles, which he industriously disseminated. His tongue was cut out and he was burnt at Thoulouse, in February, 1619. Lyszynski suffered at Warsaw in 1689, but it does not appear that he ever published any thing.

No. 396.

(a) The students of St. John's college.

(b) Supposed to mean Dr. Thomas Woolston.

(c) John Lacy of Cambridge, who was an author and player, held in estimation by Charles II.

.No. 400.

(a) Sidney or Sedley, Sir Charles, a great favourite of Charles II. His verses, though not elegant, are thought soft and bewitching. He was also much admired for his personal address.

No. 404.

(a) As the same train of thought runs through Pope's works, particularly his Essay on Man,' it is not unreasonable to suppose that he is the author of this and a few other papers, marked Z, viz. Nos. 408-425 and 467.