CHAPTER CLXXIX. p. 93.

THE SUBJECT OF ANAGRAMS CONTINUED; A TRUE OBSERVATION WHICH MANY FOR WANT OF OBSERVATION WILL NOT DISCOVER TO BE SUCH, VIZ., THAT THERE IS A LATENT SUPERSTITION IN THE MOST RATIONAL OF MEN. -LUCKY AND UNLUCKY-FITTING AND UNFITTING - ANAGRAMS, AND HOW THE DOCTOR'S TASTE IN THIS LINE WAS DERIVED FROM OUR OLD ACQUAINTANCE JOSHUA SYLVESTER.

Ha gran forza una vecchia opinione;

E bisogna grand' arte, e gran fatica,
A cavarla del capo alle persone.

BRONZINO PITTORE.

CHAPTER CLXXX.-p. 101.

THE DOCTOR'S IDEAS OF LUCK, CHANCE, ACCIDENT, FOR

TUNE AND MISFORTUNE. THE DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE'S DISTINCTION BETWEEN CHANCE AND FORTUNE WHEREIN NO-MEANING IS MISTAKEN FOR MEANING. -AGREEMENT IN OPINION BETWEEN THE

PHILOSOPHER OF DONCASTER AND THE PHILOSO

PHER OF NORWICH. - DISTINCTION BETWEEN UNFORTUNATELY UGLY, AND WICKEDLY UGLY.-DANGER OF PERSONAL CHARMS.

Ἔστι γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἐπίφθεγμα τὸ αὐτόματον, ἀνθρώπων ὡς ἔτυχε καὶ ἀλογίστως φρονούντων, καὶ τὸν μὲν λόγον αὐτῶν μὴ καταλαμβανόντων, διὰ δὲ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς καταλήψεως, αλόγως οἰομένων διατετάχθαι ταῦτα, ὧν τὸν λόγον ἐἰπεῖν ὀυκ ἔχουσιν.

"

CONSTANT. ORAT. AD SANCT. CET. C. VII.

Deformity is either natural, voluntary, or adventitious, being either caused by God's unseen Providence, (by men nicknamed, chance,) or by men's cruelty."

FULLER'S HOLY STATE, B. iii. c. 15.

CHAPTER CLXXXI. p. 108.

NO DEGREE OF UGLINESS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

FIDUS CORNELIUS COMPARED TO A PLUCKED OS-
TRICH. - WILKES' CLAIM TO UGLINESS CONSIDERED
AND NEGATIVED BY DR. JOHNSON, NOTWITHSTAND-
ING HOGARTH'S PORTRAIT. - CAST OF THE EYE À

LA MONTMORENCY. - ST. EVREMOND AND TURENNE. - WILLIAM BLAKE THE PAINTER, AND THE WELSH TRIADS. - CURIOUS EXTRACT FROM THAT VERY CU

RIOUS AND RARE BOOK, THE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF HIS OWN PICTURES, AND A PAINFUL

ONE FROM HIS POETICAL SKETCHES.

If thou beest not so handsome as thou wouldest have been thank God thou art not more unhandsome than thou art. 'Tis His mercy thou art not the mark for passenger's fingers to point at, an Heteroclite in nature, with some member defectivé or redundant. Be glad that thy clay cottage hath all the necessary forms thereto belonging, though the outside be not so fairly plaistered as some others."-FULLER'S HOLY STATE, iii. c. 15.

CHAPTER CLXXXII. p. 128.

AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORM OF THE HUMAN LEG SUGGESTED BY A PHYSICIAN. THE DOCTOR'S CURE OF

A BROKEN SHIN AND INVENTION OF A SHIN-SHIELD.

Res fisci est, ubicunque natat. Whatsoever swims upon any water, belongs to this exchequer.

JEREMY TAYLOR. Preface to the Duct. Dub.

CHAPTER CLXXXIII.-р. 133.

VIEWS OF OLD AGE.

MONTAGNE, DANIEL CORNEILLE,

LANGUET, PASQUIER, DR. JOHNSON, LORD CHESTER

FIELD, ST. EVREMOND.

What is age

But the holy place of life, the chapel of ease

For all men's wearied miseries?

MASSINGER.

CHAPTER CLXXXIV. p. 148.

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING

OLD AGE.

BISHOP REYNOLDS. OPINION OF THE DOCTOR CON

CERNING BEASTS AND MEN. M. DE CUSTINE. THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US. WORDSWORTH. SIR

WALTER RALEIGH.

In these reflections, which are of a serious, and somewhat of a melancholy cast, it is best to indulge; because it is always of use to be serious, and not unprofitable sometimes to be melancholy. FREEMAN'S SERMONS.

CHAPTER CLXXXV. p. 157.

EVOLVEMENTS. ANALOGIES. ANTICIPATIONS.

I have heard, how true

I know not, most physicians as they grow
Greater in skill, grow less in their religion;
Attributing so much to natural causes,
That they have little faith in that they cannot
Deliver reason for this Doctor steers

Another course.

MASSINGER.