eculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the
unfortunate Vanessa with such terror that she could scarce ask
whether he would not sit down. He answered by flinging a letter on
the table, and, instantly leaving the house, remounted his horse,
and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only
found her own letter to Stella. It was her death warrant. She sunk
at once under the disappointment of the delayed, yet cherished,
hopes which had so long sickened her heart, and beneath the
unrestrained wrath of him for whose sake she had indulged them. How
long she survived the last interview is uncertain, but the time does
not seem to have exceeded a few weeks."--SCOTT.

56 "M. Swift est Rabelais dans son bon sens, et vivant en bonne
compagnie. Il n'a pas, a la verite, la gaite du premier, mais il a
toute la finesse, la raison, le choix, le bon gout qui manquent a
notre cure de Meudon. Ses vers sont d'un gout singulier, et presque
inimitable; la bonne plaisanterie est son partage en vers et en
prose; mais pour le bien entendre il faut faire un petit voyage dans
son pays."--VOLTAIRE, _Lettres sur les Anglais_, Let. 22.

57 The following is a _conspectus_ of them:--

ADDISON.--Commissioner of Appeals; Under Secretary of State;
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Keeper of the Records
in Ireland; Lord of Trade; and one of the Principal Secretaries of
State, successively.

STEELE.--Commissioner of the Stamp Office; Surveyor of the Royal
Stables at Hampton Court; and Governor of the Royal Company of
Comedians; Commissioner of "Forfeited Estates in Scotland".

PRIOR.--Secretary to the Embassy at the Hague; Gentleman of the
Bedchamber to King William; Secretary to the Embassy in France;
Under Secretary of State; Ambassador to France.

TICKELL.--Under Secretary of State; Secretary to the Lords Justices
of Ireland.

CONGREVE.--Commissioner for licensing Hackney Coaches; Commissioner
for Wine Licences; place in the Pipe-office; post in the
Custom-house; Secretary of Jamaica.

GAY.--Secretary to the Earl of Clarendon (when Ambassador to
Hanover.)

JOHN DENNIS.--A place in the Custom-house. "En Angleterre ... les
lettres sont plus en honneur qu'ici."--

VOLTAIRE, _Lettres sur