"Thus much for description, the print I shall send, "With all possible speed by the hands of a friend," "And beg, adoration you will to it pay, "Such as Catholics use to their saints when they pray: "An ear, to my precepts, I hope you will lend, "[g] Nor think, that those Graces, so oft' I commend, "Must only [4]_les jours de grand Gala_ be worn, "Since each word, and action, they're meant to adorn." [g] Page 106. second volume. "Your coffee to see you ungracefully sip," I know, beyond measure, would give me the hyp, "If, by holding it aukward, your cloaths you should slop," In a fit, off my chair, I shou'd suddenly drop; Nor less shou'd I feel, were I destin'd to view, "A button'd up coat, or a wry buckled shoe: "Good God! how excessively shocking my doom, "If when I first see you come into my room; "[h] Two aukward left legs, and a taylor-like air, "My sight shou'd accost,"--by the Graces I swear, All ties of affinity I shou'd disclaim, And deem you, henceforth, a disgrace to my name. [h] Page 218. second volume. "Your dress to correct, and your carriage to mend, "Let _le Tailleur_, and what's more [5]_Marcel_ stand your friend; "_Marcel_, I'm persuaded, will soon teach you how, "To turn out your toes, and to make a good bow; "Nor do I despair, but he'll fashon outright, "Your arms too, and legs, which are both in sad plight: "Attend on his lessons, with diligent care, "Of him you'll acquire, _tous les Graces, les manieres_;" More useful, than classical knowledge, this art "To deceive, we must first gain access to the heart; "[i] The heart once engag'd," mind your mood, and your tense, "And I'll venture my life you impose on the sense; "This doctrine is orthodox, practis'd by me, "--Address, is with Statesmen, the true master-key. "[j] I greatly am chagrin'd, to find that you still "Are absent, distrait, and present yourself ill," "That napkin, and bread, your knife, fork, and spoon, "Where ever you dine, are thrown constantly down;" To the infinite terror, I'm sorry to say, Of the company's legs, that within their reach lay: "Your dress and your person, you likewise neglect," A proof that my counsel you mean to reject; From which I infer, that you ne'er will acquire, "That _tournure_, those Graces," I so much admire: "With the dead, I a thousand times better am pleas'd, "Than a man who with fits of distraction is seiz'd; "For tho' the defunct, no amusement can give, "From him I no mark of contempt shall receive; "So absent you seem, I am led to surmize, "You seldom make use of your ears or your eyes; "It therefore seems highly expedient to me, "A flapper shou'd rouze you from this reverie;" "But mark, on the subject, a word _entres nous_-- "For this new domestic I pay not a sous: