Larvati were bewitched persons; from Larva, of which the original meaning is a ghost or spectre; the derived meanings are, a Mask and a Skeleton.
| [No. 33] | Saturday, April 7, 1711 | Steele |
Fervidus tecum Puer, et solutis
Gratiæ zonis, properentque Nymphæ,
Et parum comis sine te Juventas,
Mercuriusque.
Hor. ad Venerem.
A friend of mine has two Daughters, whom I will call
Lætitia