Sir William Temple (1628-1699). His essays, entitled “Miscellanea,” were published in 1680 and 1692.
Lord Shaftesbury (1671-1713), author of “Characteristics” (1711).
[P. 139.] the perfect spy. “Macbeth,” iii, 1, 130.
The Tatler ran from April 12, 1709, to June 2, 1711. This paragraph and the larger portion of the next are substantially reproduced from the paper “On the Tatler” in the “Round Table.”
Isaac Bickerstaff. Under the disguise of this name Swift had perpetrated an amusing hoax on an almanac-maker of the name of Partridge, and in launching his new periodical Steele availed himself of the notoriety of Bickerstaff’s name and feigned his identity with that personage.
[P. 140.] the disastrous stroke. Cf. “Othello,” i, 3, 157: “some distressful stroke that my youth suffered.”
the recollection of one of his mistresses. Tatler, No. 107.
the club at the Trumpet. 132.
the cavalcade. 86.
the upholsterer. 155, 160, 178.