This affair being settled to the satisfaction of all present,
an author of some character stood up, and craved the advice and
assistance of his fellows, in punishing a certain nobleman of great
pretensions to taste, who, in consequence of a production which
this gentleman had ushered into the world with universal applause,
not only desired, but even eagerly courted his acquaintance. "He
invited me to his house," said he, "where I was overwhelmed with
civility and professions of friendship. He insisted upon my treating
him as an intimate, and calling upon him at all hours, without
ceremony; he made me promise to breakfast with him at least three
times a week. In short, I looked upon myself as very fortunate,
in meeting with such advances from a man of his interest and
reputation, who had it in his power to befriend me effectually in
my passage through life; and, that I might not give him any cause
to think I neglected his friendship, I went to his house in two
days, with a view of drinking chocolate, according to appointment;
but he had been so much fatigued with dancing at an assembly overnight,
that his valet-de-chambre would not venture to wake him so early;
and I left my compliments to his lordship, with a performance in
manuscript, which he had expressed a most eager desire to peruse.
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