[60h] This is, of course, a joke; Swift was never introduced at Court.
[60i] Captain Delaval (see p. [23]).
[60j] Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666–1743) served in the West Indies from 1707 to 1709, and gained great wealth from the prizes he took. Under George I. he was Comptroller of the Navy, and in 1733 he became First Lord of the Admiralty, a post which he held until 1742.
[60m] Isaac Bickerstaff’s “valentine” sent him a nightcap, finely wrought by a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth (Tatler, No. 141). The “nightcap” was a periwig with a short tie and small round head, and embroidered nightcaps were worn chiefly by members of the graver professions.
[61a] Tatler, No. 237.
[61b] Tatler, No. 230.
[62b] “Returning home at night, you’ll find the sink
Strike your offended sense with double stink.”