No. spondents; Letters from a Lover .................. UNKNOWN. ............ ADDISON. 582. On the 1tch of Writing 583. Duty of being usefully employed- 584. Story of Hilpa 585. The same concluded 587. The Vision of Hearts ......... BYROM. 588. On Self-love and Benevolence UNKNOWN. ..... GROVE. 589. On Planting-Folly of destroying 593. On Dreams, how to be improved... BYROM. 599. The Cave of Trophonius, a Dream UNKNOWN. in making Love................................. UNKNOWN. 603. Phœbe, a Poem 604. On a Desire of knowing future Events ...... BYROM. 605. A difficult Case in Love resolved... 606. Embroidery recommended to the Ladies ...... 607. Qualities necessary to make Mar- 608. List of Persons who demanded the 609. Letters, on the improper Dress of 610. Applause of Men not to be re- 611. Letter from a Lady insulted by her ject .......... UNKNOWN. 615. On Fear ............ .................... 616. On vulgar Phrases-Specimen..... ... 619. Answers to various Correspondents TICKELL. ......... UNKNOWN. 622. Memoirs of an honest Country Gen- tleman 629. Absurd Claims of Reward ......... UNKNOWN. proper Behaviour in Church 631. On Cleanliness ..... 632. Power of Numbers-Grotto Work 633. On Oratory Advantages from Christianity.... 634. On aiming at Perfection ... 635. Enlargement of the Powers of the UNKNOWN. GROVE. THE SPECTATOR. N° 567. WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1714. Inceptus clamor frustrutur hiantes. VIRG. En. vi. 493. The weak voice deceives their gasping throats. DRYDEN. my I HAVE received private advice from some of correspondents, that if I would give my paper a general run, I should take care to season it with scandal. I have indeed observed of late, that few writings sell which are not filled with great names and illustrious titles. The reader generally casts his eye upon a new book, and if he finds several letters separated from one another by a dash, he buys it up and peruses it with great satisfaction. An M and an h, a T and an r, with a short line * M and h means Marlborough, and T and an r means Treasurer. between them, has sold many an insipid pamphlet. Nay, I have known a whole edition go off by virtue of two or three well-written &c -S. A sprinkling of the words 'faction, Frenchman, papist, plunderer,' and the like significant terms, in an Italic character, have also a very good effect upon the eye of the purchaser; not to mention scribbler, liar, rogue, rascal, knave, and villain,' without which it is impossible to carry on a modern controversy. -n Our party writers are so sensible of the secret virtue of an inuendo to recommend their productions, that of late they never mention the Qor P -t at length, though the speak of them with honour, and with that deference which is due to hem from every private person. It gives a secret satisfaction to a peruser of these mysterious works, that he is able to decypher them without help, and, by the strength of his own natural parts, to fill up a blank space, or make out a word that has only the first or last letter to it. Some of our authors indeed, when they would be more satirical than ordinary, omit only the vowels of a great man's name, and fall most unmercifully upon all the consonants. This way of writing was first of all introduced by T-m Br-wn,* of facetious memory, who, after having gutted a proper name of all its intermediate vowels, used to plant it in his works, and make as free with it as he pleased, without any danger of the statute. That I may imitate these celebrated authors, and publish a paper which shall be more taking than ordinary, I have here drawn up a very curious libel, in which a reader of penetration will find a great Real of concealed satire, and, if he be acquainted *Tom Brown. |