Baggammon
. The way to pass his Office well, was first to be insulted by him at one of those Games in his leisure Hours; for his Vanity was to shew, that he was a Man of Pleasure as well as Business. Next to this sort of Insinuation, which is called in all Places (from its taking its Birth in the Housholds of Princes)
making one's Court
, the most prevailing way is, by what better-bred People call a
Present
, the Vulgar a
Bribe
. I humbly conceive that such a thing is conveyed with more Gallantry in a
Billet-doux
that should be understood at the Bank, than in gross Money; But as to stubborn People, who are so surly as to accept of neither Note or Cash, having formerly dabbled in Chymistry, I can only say