upon each year as it paffes. So for the present year; One thousand feven hundred and thirty-five, And for the next : One thousand feven hundred and thirty-fix, When the d will carry the bps to Styx. Perge: One thousand feven hundred and thirty-feven, I will carry these predictions no further than to the year 2001, when the learned think the world will be at end, or the fine-all-cat-a-ftrow-fee. The lift is the period two thousand and one When m and b to hell all are gone. When that time comes, pray remember the dif covery came from me. It is now time I should begin my letter. I hope you got fafe to Cavan, and have got no cold on thofe two terrible days. All your friends are well, and I, as I used to be. I received yours. My humble fervice to your lady, and love to your children. I fuppofe you have all the news fent you. I hear of no marriages going on. One Dean Cross, an e minent divine, we hear is to be Bishop of Cork.Stay till I afk a fervant, what Patrick's bells ring for fo late at night.-You, fellow, is it for joy or forrow? I believe it fome of our royal birthdays. Oh, they tell me it is for joy a new mafter is chofen for the corporation of butchers. So farewel. VOL. X. T LET LETTER CXXX. Dr. SWIFT to Dr. SHERIDAN. Sept. 30. 1735. YEfterday was the going out of the laft Lord Mayor, and to-day the coming in of the new, who is Alderman Grattan. The Duke * was at both dinners; but I thought it enough to go to-day, and I came away before fix, with very little meat or drink. The club meets in a week, and I determine to leave the town as foon as poffible; for I am not able to live within the air of fuch rascals; but whither to go, or how far my health will permit me to travel, I cannot tell; for my mind mifgives me, that you are neither in humour nor capacity to receive me as a gueft. I had your law-letter. Thofe things require ferious confideration. In order to bring them to a due perfection, a wife man will prepare a large fund of idioms; which are highly ufeful, when literally tranflated by a skillful, eloquent hand; and, except our Latino- Anglicus, is the moft neceffary, as well as ornamental part of human learning. But then we must take special care of infufing the most useful precepts for the direction of human life, particularly for inftructing princes and great minifters, distributing our praises and cenfures with the utmost impartiality and juftice. This is what I have prefumed to attempt, although very confcious to myself of my inferior a The Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieuteuant of Ireland. The Irish parlament. See the next letter, and the poem there mentioned. bilities bilities for fuch a performance. I begin with lady And because the judicous Mr. Locke fays it is neceffary to fettle terms, before we write upon any fubject, I defcribe a certain female of your acquaintance, whofe name thall be Dorothy. It is in the following manner. Dolis aftra per, aftra mel, a fus, a quoque et ; atra pes, an id lar, alas ibo nes, a præ ter, at at lar, avifiter, age ipfi, aftro·lar, an empti pate, aræ lar, aram lar, an et, udes e ver, aft rumpet, ad en, agam lar, agrum lar, ac ros pus, aflat error, ape e per, as noti nos, arraver, a huc ftare, affo fis ter, avi per, ad rive lar, age lar, apud lar, a fis lar, a fis ter, a far ter, as hi ter, anus lar, a mus lar, arat lar, a minximus, a prata pace, a gallo per, a five. Moft learned Sir, I intreat you will please to obferve, (fince I must speak in the vulgar language), that, in the above 43 denominations for females, many of them end with the domeftic deity lar, to fhew that women were chiefly created for family affairs; and yet I cannot hear that any other author hath made the fame remark. I have likewife begun a treatise of geography, (the Anglo-Anglarians call it erroneously Fog Ralph I), Mei quo te fummo fit? Aftra canis amiti citi; an dy et Ali cantis qui te as bigas it. Barba dos is more populus. An tego is a des arti here. I have a third treatife to direct young, ladies in reading. Ama dis de Galis a fine his tori, an dy et Belli anis is ab et ter. Summas eurus Valent in an Dorfo ne ifthmos te legant ovum alto - bis ure. I canna me fore do mafti cani males o fallique nat ure; na mel i, ac at, arat, amafi, fanda ladi; Ima ad amo ustɔ ; a ladi inde edi mite ex ceptas a beafti e verme et aram lingo ut. Prais mi cum pari sono dius orno ? I believe fome evil spirit hath got poffeffion of you and a few others, in conceiving I have any power with the Dof D-, or with any one bishop, or man of power. I did but glance a single word to the D about as proper a thing as he turned it off to fome other T. 2 difcourfe. could do, and yet he difcourfe. You fay one word of my mouth would do, &c. I believe the rhyme of my word would do just as much. Am I not univerfally known to be one who diflikes all prefent perfons and proceedings? Another writes to defire, that I would prevail on the Archbishop of Dublin to give him the beft prebend of St. Patrick's. Let Bifhop Clayton † allow the refignation, fince Donellan is provided for. I mentioned to the D—, that Donellan ihould be Dean of Cork, on purpose to forward the refignation of old Caulfield: but it would not do; though Caulfield feems to have fome hopes, and it is Bishop Clayton's fault if he does not yield, &c. ‡ April 24. 1736. Have been very ill for thefe two months paft with giddinefs and deafnefs, which lafted me till about ten days ago, when I gradually recovered; but ftill am weak and indolent, not thinking any thingworth my thoughts; and although (I forget what I am going to fay, fo it ferves for nothing), I am well enough to ride, yet I will not be at the pains. Your friend Mrs. Whiteway, who is upon all occafions fo zealous to vindicate, is one whom I defire you to chide for, during my whole fickness, fhe was perpetually plaguing and fpunging on me; and * Dr. John Hoadly. Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Cork. The paragraphs marked with inverted commas, in this and the following letter, were written by Mrs. Whiteway, a coufin german of Dr. Swift's. though though the would drink no wine herfelf, yet fhe increafed the expence, by making me force it down her throat. Some of your eight rules I follow, fome. I reject, fome I cannot compafs, I mean merry fellows. Mr J. R. never fails. I did within two days paft ring him fuch a peal in relation to you, that he must be the d-I not to confider it. I will use him the fame way, if he comes to morrow (which I do not doubt), for a pint of wine. I like your project of a fatire on Fairbrother *, who is an arrant rascal in every circumstance. "Every fyllable that is worth reading in this letter, you are to fuppofe I writ it; the Dean only "took the hints from me; but he has put them fo "ill together, that I am forced to tell you this in my own juftification. Had you been worth hanging, you would have come to town this va◄ "cation, and I would have fhewn you a poem on ́ "the legion club. I do not doubt but that a cer- · "tain perfon will pretend he writ it, because there " is a copy of it in his hand, lying on his table; "but do not mind that; for there are fome people in the world will fay any thing. I wish you: "could give fome account of poor Dr. Sheridan. "I hear the reafon he did not come to town this "Easter, is, that he waited to fee a neighbour of "his hanged." : Whatever is faid in this page by Goody Whiteway, I have not read, nor will read; but affure you, if it relates to me, it is all a lie for fhe fays you have taught her that art; and, as the world goes, and fhe takes you for a wife man, she ought to follow your practice. To be ferious, I am forry you faid fo little of your own‹ affairs, and of your health; and when will you pay : me any money? For, upon my confcience, you have half-ftarved me. See the next letter, |