The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: a Series of Lectures

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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epithalamium : ' poem on his marriage '.
Page 77, 1. 16i Ardelia does not appear in this connexion in the Tatler or the Spectator. Thackeray has taken it as a fancy- name ; so also Saocharissa and Sir Fopling below. The incidents too are his own.
1. 23. Sir Fopling : Sir FopUng Flutter was the chief character in Etherege's comedy. The Man of Mode (1676).
1. 27. it must be owned : in the first edition this is ' you must know it, he owned, too.' 1. 34. the 'Grecian' : a coffee-house in Devereux C...ourt, off Essex Street, Strand.
CONGREVE AND ADDISON 269 the ' Devil ' : a tavern in Fleet Street near Temple Bar.
to pace 'Change : the Royal Exchange was frequented by many people besides merchants. Mr. Spectator went there once to enjoy the busy scene {Spectator, No. 454).
1. 37. Mack : ' dark-complexioned '.
Page 78, 1. 12. depending : ' awaiting settlement '.
1. 39. Child's : a coffee-house in St. Paul's Churchyard, chiefly frequented by clergymen and physicians.
1. 40. the Postman : a penny weekly paper edited by a French- man named Fonvive.

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