IS I -UIVEtt LIFE AND TIMES. [BWK IL
17;:. "of jai. would fairly a migration into Middlesex:
*lt.rA u tkiutfli, iipuii stt'oru! thoughts, this might be attended with
4* a few iiiconveiilfiieeb; therefore, as the mountain will not
** to Muiomet, why Mahomet shall go to the mountain,"
He explains, that if they cannot conveniently pay him a
visit, he believes he must go next year to see them; and
himself Ms dear Ban's " affectionate kinsman."
Poet and Physician,—the ragged livery of Grab Street
one high-sounding name, and wretched fee-less patients
the other! He was the poet of Hogarth's print,
which the common people then hailed with laughter at
even* print-shop; he was again, it would seem, the poor
physician of tie patched velvet among hovels of Bankside;
yet it was but pleasant colouring for the comfort of
brother-in-law Hodson, when he said that with, both lie
made a shift to live. "With even more, he failed to attain
object of humble ambition.
175S. In February, 17585 two duodecimos appeared with this
-St. SO. most explanatory title : " The Memoirs of a Protestant, con-
" demncd to the Galleys of France for Ms Religion. Written
€e by himself. Comprehending an account of the various
" distresses he suffered in slavery, and his constancy in
" supporting almost every cruelty that bigoted zeal could
** inflict, or human nature sustain. Also a description of
" the Galleys, and the service in which they are employed.
4C The whole interspersed with anecdotes relative to the
" general history of the times for a period of thirteen
" years, during which the author continued in slavery
affairs is here omitted, by the compiler of the Memoir.] "My dear sir, these
" tMngs give me real uneasiness, and I could wish to redress them. Bnt at
** present there is hardly a Mngdom in Europe in which I am not a debtor.
" I tave already diseharged my most tkreatening and pressing demands, for we
u must be just leforc we can be grateful. For the rest, I need not say (yon know
"I am) Your affectionate Maaman, OLIYEB GOLDSMITH."