Nigh to the fatal steeple still to kaw; Perch on the cock, and nestle on the ball, In ropes no more confide, and never fall. _J. A._ [6] Supposed to have been written by Dr. _Arbuthnot_, and as such preserved in the Collection of his Works. The full title is, "The Devil to pay at _St. James's_: or, a full and true Account of a most horrid and bloody Battle between Madam _Faustina_ and Madam _Cuzzoni_. Also of a hot Skirmish between Signor _Boschi_ and Signor _Palmerini_. Moreover, how _Senesino_ has taken Snuff, is going to leave the Opera, and sings Psalms at _Henley's Oratory_. Also about the Flying Man, and how the Doctor of _St. Martin's_ has very unkindly taken down the Scaffold, and disappointed a World of good Company. As also how a certain Great Lady is gone mad for the Love of _William Gibson_, the Quaker. And how the _Wild Boy_ is come to Life again, and has got a Dairy Maid with Child. Also about the great Mourning, and the Fashions, and the Alterations, and what not. With other material Occurrences, too many to insert." In this pamphlet our artist is incidentally mentioned, but in such a manner as shews that he had attained some celebrity so early as 1727. Speaking of some _Lilliputian_ swine, supposed to be in the possession of Dean _Swift_, Dr. _Arbuthnot_ adds, "But _Hogarth_ the Engraver is making a print after them, which will give a juster idea of them than I can." [7] Perhaps he was only a fire-eater. 3. _Judith_ and _Holofernes_. "Per vulnera servor, morte tuâ vivens." _W. Hogarth inv. Ger. Vandergucht sc._ A frontispiece to the Oratorio of _Judith._--Our heroine, instead of holding the sword by its handle, grasps it by its edge, in such a manner as should seem to have endangered her fingers. (_Judith_ was an Oratorio by _William Huggins_, Esq. set to musick by _William De Fesch_[1] late Chapel-master of the cathedral church of _Antwerp_. This piece was performed with scenes and other decorations, but met with no success. It was published in 8vo, 1733.)--The original plate of the frontispiece is in the possession of Dr. _Monkhouse_. This design has little of _Hogarth_; yet if he furnished other engravers with such slight undetermined sketches as he himself is sometimes known to have worked from, we cannot wonder if on many occasions his usual characteristics should escape our notice. Whoever undertakes to perfect several of his unpublished drawings, will be reduced to the necessity of inventing more than presents itself for imitation. [1] _William Defesch_, a _German_, and some time chapel-master at _Antwerp_, was in his time a respectable professor on the violin, and leader of the band for several seasons at _Marybone-gardens_. His head was engraved as a frontispiece to some musical compositions published by him; and his name is to be found on many songs and ballads to which he set the tunes for _Vauxhall_ and _Marybone-gardens_. He died, soon after the year 1750, at the age of 70.