[74] In one of his letters he styles it “a fatal quarrel, but too well known.” Dr. J.
[75] Printed in his works, vol. ii. p. 231.
[76] See his works, vol. ii. p. 233.
[77] This epigram was, I believe, never published:
“Should Dennis publish you had stabb’d your brother,
Lampoon’d your monarch, or debauch’d your mother;
Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had,
Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad?
On one so poor you cannot take the law,
On one so old your sword you scorn to draw,
Uncag’d then, let the harmless monster rage,
Secure in dullness, madness, want, and age.”
Dr. J.
[78] 1729.
[79] His expression, in one of his letters, was, “that lord Tyrconnel had involved his estate, and, therefore, poorly sought an occasion to quarrel with him,” Dr. J.
[80] This poem is inserted in the late collection.
[81] Printed in the late collection.