much _Alla Carraccatura_, and is, in my Opinion,
not only a little too familiar, but wide of his
Subject. For begging his Deanship's Pardon, he
mightily betrays his Judgment, when he says, Sir
_John_ was no very great Scholar, whereas all Men of
Learning allow him to be a most excellent one; but as
we may suppose he grew pretty warm by this Time with
the Booksellers Wine, he got into his old Knack of
Raillery, and begins to run upon all Mankind: In this
Mood he falls upon _C---- J----n_, and Sir _R----
Bl----re_, a pair of twin Poets, who suck'd one and
the same Muse. After this he has a Fling at _Handel_,
_Bononcini_ and _Attilio_, the Opera Composers; and a
severe Sneer on the late High-Church Idol,
_Sacheverel_. As for _Cluer_, the Printer, any Body
that knows Music, or _Bow Church Yard_, needs no
farther Information.

And now he proceeds to a Digression, which is indeed
the Dissertation it self; proving all Arts and
Sciences to owe their Origin and Existence to
_Pudding_ and _Dumpling_ (_i.e._) Encouragement. His
_Hiatus_ in the 20th Page, I could, but dare not
Decypher.

In his 22nd Page, he lashes the Authors who oppose the
Government; such as the _Craftsman_, _Occasional
Writer_, and other Scribblers, past, present, and to
come. _The Dumpling-Eaters Downfal_, is a Title of his
own Imagination; I have run over all _Wilford_'s
Catalogues, and see no Mention made of such a Book:
All that Paragraph therefore is a mere Piece of
Rablaiscism.

In his 23d Page, he has another confounded Fling at
Foreigners; and after having determinately dubb'd his
Hero, the Prince of Statesmen, he concludes his
Dissertation with a Mess of Drollery, and goes off in
a Laugh.

In a Word, the whole Dissertation seems calculated to
ingratiate the D--n in Sir **** Favour; he draws the
Picture of an able and an honest Minister, painful in
his Countries Service, and beloved by his Prince; yet
oftentimes misrepresented and bely'd: Nay, sometimes
on the Brink of Ruin, but always Conqueror. The Fears,
the Jealousies, the Misrepresentations of an enraged
and disappointed Party, give him no small Uneasiness
to see the Ingratitude of some Men, the Folly of
others, who shall believe black to be white, because
prejudiced and designing Knaves alarm 'em with false
Fears. We see every Action misconstrued, and Evil made
out of Good; but as the best Persons and Things are
subject to Scandal and Ridicule; so have they the
Pleasure of Triump