don't forget you are to dress me to go without a
Cap." From this Lady's I went to wait on
Lord Finick, who cried, Monfieur, you are
monstrous late to day: I shall not be dressed, and
get to the House time enough to vote for my Lord
T'otherfide's Party, and I would not fail for the
Universe, for he has promised me the sweetest
dreffing boxes, right French, and the original re-
ceipt to make the true Eau-de-luce." "Me von-
der, mi Lor, cried I, dat you who be so var
pretty Monfieur, should trouble your ed about de
business: leave dat to de clumsy and de ugly."
O Monfieur, you are quite mistaken, if you
think I mind their dirty affairs; no indeed not I:
but it looks well to be seen in the House, and one
has fome privileges that make it mighty pleasant:
but indeed, I never regard what they are about:
I always feat myself in the most negligent, easy
posture, contrive to shew my Leg to advantage,
to display the Brilliant upon my Finger, and to
difcover the elegant pattern of my French Ruffles,
but cannot poffibly attend to their noisy Debates:
befides I could never comprehend them, and they
always give me fuch violent Head-achs, that I
could never fupport it without my Eau de luce
Bottle, which I hold conftantly at my Nofe, to
keep up my Spirits, and to shew my white Hand,
and I wonder Men don't wear Bracelets, they
would be extravagantly becoming, they might be
seen to advantage if the Sleeves were only a little
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shorter, and I own I think a fine Hand and Arm as great a Beauty in a Man as in a Woman." "Sans doute, Monfieur, cried I, you have de Hand vite as de Snow; der be ver few who can shew fuch a one ma foy; der be ma Lady Fist as de most red Hand you ever fee, for all the uses de Almond Paste and a Cream, and lies in de Gloves, but noting wil make dem look so wite as yours."-" I swear by all that's good, Monfieur, cried my Lord, that I don't use the least bit of Art, but my Skin is naturally so soft and quite tranfparient I yow; Lady Fist, indeed, is a great coarse thing, just like a Grenadier." - " Aye, begar, faid I, she be forced to cover herself with pearl powder from de Head to de Toe, he, he, he." " O fie Monfieur, said my Lord, don't mention Toes, I entreat you, it makes me fo fick do, run to my closet, and fetch me some harushorn and water; I faint at the thoughts of Toes O gad." From this most elegant Senator I went to Miss Bud, who screamed out, dear Babillard, you Creature you, where have you been all this Morning; I have fifty engagements on my hands, and can't stir because my Hair is in fuch diforder. Come, be quick, Monfieur, and to fill the Time tell me some News. Begar, Madam, said I, me only know dat mi Lady Betty Grizzle is going to be married to her Footboy-dat be all."- " What can't the poor antiquated Soul get fome thing more of a Man than that

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that little Brat who runs before her Chair, he he, he he sure there is a great scarcity of Men in deed-Lard! what shall we do, Monfieur? Well but you are a good Thing, your News is alway true, and is really new; for, let me die, if I ever heard it before." When I had done here, I burried away to Lady Blink's, whose first question was, whether I did not curl the grey Locks of old Lady Betty Grizzle."-" O no Madam, cried I laughing, I attend my Lady ven she be to go abroad, to make believe that she ave de good hair; but begar she ave none at all; her head be vat you call Bald."-" Sure Monfieur, cried Lady Blink, can you be serious: has the no Hair at all: not a fingle Hair begar my Lady, faid I, not one."

Well, faid she, that's charming and clever; F had heard so before indeed, but I hate to credit every idle story: I love to wink at People's defects, but not to have a single Hair is a sad thing, a very fad thing I protest. Well, but I am glad you have told me, that all that load of Hair is false: I'll go as foon as I am dressed, and tell Mrs. Lashaway that she is not grey, for she would have lay'd a confiderable Sum that she was quite a Badger, when the poor Woman has not a single Hair-Ha, ha, ha-"

All these Ladies and his Lordship fulfilled ther Promises, and told in all Companies what I had repeated merely to gratify my intolerable itch of Prating, which at last raised such a Clamour a

mong them, and discovered fo many fecrets, that several Ladies fell into Fits, and I lost all my Business. Every one now avoids me as if I should communicate the Plague; and I must actually starve, or return to France, which is almost the fame thing, except you will take my Cafe into Confideration, and for his Warnings be generous enough to provide for

Your most fincerely devot ed Cousin,
& tres humble Serviteur,

LEWIS HAUTON DE BABILLARD.

NUMB. XXXV. and last. Saturday, Nov. 6, 1756.

let Good-Nature d'er our Mirth presiden Divert not check, without impelling guide. Allur'd by this the gath'ring frown unbends, The Laugh grows general, and ev'n Wits are Friends. Touch'd with this trickling balm, fair Virtue wakes, And gen'rous Satire heals the Wound it makes.

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WAS last Night amusing myself with Ariosto's Account of Astolfo's Journey to the Moon; where he supposes every thing loft on Earth to be treasured up. This whimsical Account, which, however, I think is far the most entertaining part of the Orlando Furioso, made such an impression on my mind, that foon after I went to bed, I fell in the following Dream...,..

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I was, methought, whirled up to the Moon, with a prodigious rapidity, and set on my feet before a stupendous Building, near which were afsembled a great multitude of People of both Sexes, who had been usher'd in by a Porter, attending at the Gate of it. I advanced among the rest, and asked him to whom so vast an Edifice belong ed. This Edifice, said he, is a Public Repo" fitory for every thing that is loft on Earth, " which immediately afcends, and is carefully "preserved in it. But the Collection of such " Commodities has been of late so very much " enlarged, that a Proclamation is going to be "issued, in order to invite the Owners of them "to make their appearance, who are to receive "what they have loft, provided they can lay a "good claim to it." This Answer very much excited my Curiofity: and I intreated the communicative Porter to let me be present on so interesting an occafion; adding, that I had myself met with a great many losses in my time, which I might now perhaps, by good luck, recover.Before I could receive a reply, the Doors of the Building were thrown open. A Herald appeared with a speaking Trumpet, and made through it the following Proclamation: "All you on Earth "be