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. e servant,