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OUTER 60LBSM1TH⁵S LIFE AM) TIMES. [BOOK II.

" at th* of fetfflwT? wheel, and let it revolve never so fast, seem

•* of ihe HwtkHi. I seem, to have been tied to the cireum-

** ference, sai, .... disagreeably round like an whore in a whirligig

^a___. etowa with an uitentlGn to chide, and yet methinks-----my

** already. "Use truth is, I am a-----regard to you; I

* may attempt to bluster,.....Anaereon, my heart is respondent

^K to softer auctions. And yet, now I think on't again, I will

* "be angry. God's curse, sir ! who am 11 Eh! what am II Do
** you know whom, you have offended 1 A man whose character may
** erne of days "be roBatJoned with profotind respect in. a German
^a or Dutch dictionary ; whose name you will probably hear
^B s&hered in "by a Doetissimns Doctissimorum, or heel-pieced with a
** tag latin termination. Think how Groldsmithius, or GubblegurehiuSj
^a or some each sound, as rough as a nutmeg-grater, will become me ?
^a Think of that!—God's curse, sir ! who am II I must own my 111-
^u Batumi eoatemporariea have not hitherto paid me those honours I
** have had oacti just reason to expect. I have not yet seen my face

* reflected in ail the lively display of red and white paints on any sign-

* ia the aaborbs. Your handkerchief weavers seem as yet
** tomequaiBied with my merits or my physiognomy, and the very sniuff-
^K b«x: makers appear to have forgot their respect. Tell them all from
** toe, they are a set of Gothic, barbarous, ignorant scoundrels. There
** mQ. come a day, no doubt it will—I beg you may live a couple of
^K hundred years longer only to see the day—when the Scaligers and
^u Daeiers will vindicate my character, give learned editions of my
** labours, and bless the times with copious comments on the text. You
^£* shall see how they will fish up the heavy scoundrels who disregard

* me now, or will then offer to cavil at my productions. How will

* they bewail the times that suffered so much genius to lie neglected.*
** If ever my works find their way to Tartary or China, I know the
^tt consequence. Suppose one of your Chinese Owanowitzers instructing
⁸ eae c£yoar Tartarian Chianobacchhi—you see I use Chinese names
** tp- sjho-w my own erudition, as I shall soon make our Chinese talk
** like an Englishman to show his. This may be the subject of the

^K (Xiver ffdAm& famished in the eighteenth and nineteenth cemlwries.
^u He lived to be an hvndred and three years old.... age may justly be

^K styled ihe mn ^f ..... and the Con/itcius of JSwrope...........

" le&rned world, were anonymous, and have probably been lost, because

* Fear paraM im^ages see titie fiwrfh nmmlier of the See.