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And oft in thought, by antique pavements laid, 
With Lysons guide the military spade ; 
And once, for purer aif o’er rxral grouad, 
With little Daniel went his twelve milés round. 
Cn Sundays at Sir Joseph’s (0) never fail’d, 
So regular, you might have thought him bail’d. 
With Jones a linguist, Sanscrit, Greek, or Manks, 
And could with Watson play some chemick pranks ; 
Yet far too wise to roast a diamond (%/ whole, 
And for a treasure find at last a coal. 
Would sometimes treat, his wines of chosen sort ; 
Will. Pitt, with foxest Harry, lov’d his (¢/ port ; 
In Scrip : not Hemings’ (r/ self mote vers’d than he, 
‘The Solomons, or Nathan, or E. P. ; 
The 
Mr. Carter is a draftsman of the very first merit, But his catholic zeal betrayed 
him, assisted by some Aéorosephists of the Society, to attack THE FIRST GENIUS 
in AxcuITecTuRE, inthis kingdom, Mr. Wratt. Longa est injuria: longe ambages. 
It is difficult to prove that the Society of Antiquaries was instituted solely 
to preserve the purity of Gothic Arehitecture, or to listen to the tiresome 
cabals of busy Baronets, and meddling Romish priests.—But to us, under the auspices 
of Wyatt, 
O Fortunati quorum pia teéta resurgunt | 
fineas ait, et fastigia suspicit urbis. 
fo) Sir Josern Banks, Bart. Knight cf the Bath, President of the Royal 
Society, Privy Councillor, &c. &c. has instituted a meeting at his house in Soho- 
quare, cvery Sunday evening, at which the Literati, and men of rank and con- 
sequence, and men of no consequence at al!, find equally a polite and pleasing 
reception from that justly distinguished gentleman. - Sir Joszeu Banxs is fitted 
for his station in the learned world, not more from his attainments and the 
liberality of his mind, than by his particular and waremitted attention to the 
interest and advancement of natural knowledge, ‘and his generous patronage of 
the Arts. 
PORTUNEZ MAJORIS HONOS, ERECTUS ET ACER! 
. fp) The ingenious Mr. Tennant has shewa, in a paper read at the Royal Society; 
that he can reduce a Diamond by evaporation fo Charcoal, Ihave heard, that Mrs. 
Hastings, and other great possessors of Diamonds, have a kind of Trnnanto-phabiag 
and are shy of this gentleman. A poor Poet, like myself, who has neither diamonds 
hor any thing precious belonging to him, can only remind Mr, Teanant and the 
Royal Society of the old proverb, “ Carborem pro Thesauro.” 
(9) ican give no better charaéter of his old Port. We all know on such occasions, 
* Bacchum in remotis rupibus’ is the song of donest Harry Dundas, in ail the wild- 
ness of highland Dithyrambick; while Mr. Pitt, on the battlements of Walmer; in 
his own and Virgil’s sober majesty, “ ocEaNo LiBEMUs, ait.” ; 
__ (r) Dr. Morosophos now Her then dabbled i the funds. The gentlemén of 
the Stock Exchange, or The College, (as it is termed in City-wit) are much in- 
debted to that eminent calculator of diferent poyments; Mr. Hemings. Boyd, 
Benfield, Solomon Solomon, Nathan Solomon, £. P. Solomon, Thelluson, Old 
Ganiel Giles, Mr. Battie, Lord Lansdowne, Dr. Moore, Little Count Rupee, 
and all those who Jot an eighth better or worse for the ofening, know that I 
am‘right, in pronowncing the panegyrie of thie learned classic on the Stock- 
Exchange. 
“ Prens 
