S. Verfes occafioned by a comparifon between a young lady of quality, of diftinguished beauty and A new tale, grafted on an old ftory Epitaph for an infant, whofe fuppofed parents were vagrants A-la-mode, 1754 Beauty and fashion, a repartee On a certain lady Mr. Foote's addrefs.to the public, after a profecucution against him for a libel A ballad An Indian anecdote The cit's country-box, by Robert Lloyd, A. M. 122 The fquire and the parfon, an eclogue, by Soame Jenyns, Efq; 127 Horace,-book II. ode-xvi. imitated, by the fame 132 The origin of the lady's fan On Jeffrey, from Martial L. vii. Ep. 10. Conftantia, an elegy - The violet, by the Rev. Mr. Woty The campaign, 1768 135 136 137 141 143 Infcription on the tomb ftone of Marshal Thomas ibid Directions to the heralds for new painting the city arms 144 Imitation, Anacr. od, 46. to John Wilkes, Efq; 145 Spring gardens, Bath. The hermite's addreffe to On clofing the poll for the city of London, March, 1768 Britannia to John Wilkes, Efq; Ballad on the general election, 1768 A political genealogy Verfes by Samuel Johnfon, L. L. D. at the request of a gentleman to whom a lady had given a fprig of myrtle ibid. 152 Real beauty, by Dr. Fordyce - 153 A drinking fong, from a collection published at Berlin ibid. To the conqueror of Louisbourgh, &c. on the late noble reward for all victories A COMPANION, &c. ON A HANDSOME LANDLADY. T has been observed of the writings of the late Harry Fielding, of facetious memory, that he feemed never fo happy as when he could get into the chimney-corner of an inn-kitchen. 1. In like manner you must have perceived, that my letters to you during my ruftication have favoured of the affection which I have always entertained for my honest friend the landlord, and his civil attendants, up from John Boots to Betty Chambermaid. I fhall therefore make no apology for giving you an account of the reception I met with at the last inn I put up at; where, indeed, I sufficiently experienced the truth of the following obfervation of Bishop Corbet: "All travellers, this heavy judgment hear! "An handfome hoftefs makes a reck'ning dear: "Each word, each look, your purses must requite 'em, And every welcome adds another item." My horfe and myfelf being both of a mind with respect to baiting, I fuffered him to turn in with me to the first inn I came to, which happened to be the cafle; when I was met at the door by a young lady, whom, by her drefs, I should have conceived to have been fome gueft of fashion, if fhe had not, upon my alighting, most politely made me an apology, that all her rooms were taken up, and defired me to walk into the little parlour behind the bar. This civility of hers, together with a look that would have unloofed the purfe-ftrings of an old city churl, at once removed all my prudent ceconomical refolutions of eating only just a fnap of cold meat, and away: of my own accord, I moft generously ordered a chicken to be put down; but my landlady, dropping an hint that she herfeif had not dined, I could not |