N � v. Terr,e-FiIius. $ fee, a?e?his chief' topicks, and the greate. part o? hi?; he.?'.,y-con?l:,liments is wheel-barrowd from the l[,ne-kil?. Ben ?oh?, (heavens! who can name them in the �?me day ? ) heneft lien, I fay, was himfell a bricklayer, and helpt his father-in-law to build coln's-ln.?. Had he made fuch a ft?ecch as this, fi?ould conclude he had done it out of gratitude to his oI.? fijend and acquaintance the trow&' But this little f;?,i?fire owing the fira money he e;,er m.?ftcr of to the fuccefi cf a Rage play, mcm,?ry of his former bcnefacqors, fl?ou!d have gi. yen his ha:angue the dratnatick turns fi:ould have celebrated O.,qbrd for the diverting interludes in private halls; tragi-comic..i battles between reajEnand .,triflotle in her FuI:liclc fchcols; and lafl:ly an the molt excdlcnt farces lb fcequentI?, and fo well l?Crformt'd ?n her convocat?on-noufe. Thi.? in the neighbourhood of a Theatre, ' and as a conciuticn ?o a poetical lee%re, had keen Fro,. per to tt?e place and lhbjecq:. Here (alas!) he m?ght have taken rome little notice ot poor T[?RI?Y, their !vondam I'antomime. Here ke might have proved how fir, in his hamble opinion, taking the oatha to rome Kings, in diffc.liimis tempofibre, might l:e contider'd' as a downright cotned),. Above nil; ke might here have fhewn 'the near analogy be; tween thole two top ac%rs in the Sheldon and Dru: ry-lane play-h,?u??.?, Mr. ?471liam Pink?,thman, and the reverend Do?qor Del .... e i both in vogue for their oddities, both fhcetious droll lver�ons, and both (when they had wherewithal} deep Gaintiers. 'There ha:t. been tbmething entertaining in But --- Oxo?:ium quara$ its Oxonio, and -fuch old fluff! -.- Fie .for fl?ame! Are there the �ublime flights, is. this the i%,'ig?e recem i?diZlum ore of fo eminent a poet? ? 'Tis the common cant ��?vc? 7 jacobite ;:at?fter ia Oxford, After hav;ng' le,l'
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