t nor margent,
Calls Singleton his brother-serjeant!

The Serjeant, it is said, swore to have his life. He presented
himself at the deanery. The Dean asked his name. "Sir, I am Serjeant
Bett-es-worth."

"_In what regiment, pray?_" asked Swift.

A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean at this
time.

29 "But, my Hamilton, I will never hide the freedom of my sentiments
from you. I am much inclined to believe that the temper of my friend
Swift might occasion his English friends to wish him happily and
properly promoted at a distance. His spirit, for I would give it the
proper name, was ever untractable. The motions of his genius were
often irregular. He assumed more the air of a patron than of a
friend. He affected rather to dictate than advise."--ORRERY.

30 "An anecdote which, though only told by Mrs. Pilkington, is well
attested, bears, that the last time he was in London he went to dine
with the Earl of Burlington, who was but newly married. The earl, it
is supposed, being willing to have a little diversion, did not
introduce him to his lady nor mention his name. After dinner said
the Dean, 'Lady Burlington, I hear you can sing; sing me a song.'
The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of asking a favour with
distaste, and positively refused. He said, 'She should sing, or he
would make her. Why, madam, I suppose you take me for one of your
poor English hedge-parsons; sing when I bid you.' As the earl did
nothing but laugh at this freedom, the lady was so vexed that she
burst into tears and retired. His first compliment to her when he
saw her again was, 'Pray, madam, are you as proud and ill-natured
now as when I saw you last?' To which she answered with great good
humour, 'No, Mr. Dean; I'll sing for you if you please.' From which
time he conceived a great esteem for her."--SCOTT'S _Life_. "He had
not the least tincture of vanity in his conversation. He was,
perhaps, as he said himself, too proud to be vain. When he was
polite, it was in a manner entirely his own. In his friendships he
was constant and undisguised. He was the same in his
enmities."--ORRERY.

31 "I make no figure but at Court, where I affect to turn from a lord
to the meanest of my acquaintances."--_Journal to Stella