He cut off
his ears, and bid him carry them to the king his master.--P.
[182] 'The great man:' the first minister.
[183] 'Seen him I have:' alluding to Pope's service to Abbe
Southcot, see 'Life.'
[184] 'Jekyl:' Sir Joseph Jekyl, master of the rolls, a true Whig
in his principles, and a man of the utmost probity.--P.
[185] 'Lyttleton:' George Lyttleton, secretary to the Prince of
Wales, distinguished both for his writings and speeches in the spirit of
liberty.--P.
[186] 'Sejanus, Wolsey:' the one the wicked minister of
Tiberius; the other, of Henry VIII. The writers against the court
usually bestowed these and other odious names on the minister, without
distinction, and in the most injurious manner.--P.
[187] 'Fleury:' Cardinal; and minister to Louis XV. It was a
patriot-fashion, at that time, to cry up his wisdom and honesty.--P.
[188] 'Henley, Osborn:' see them in their places in 'The
Dunciad.'
[189] 'Nation's sense:' the cant of politics at that time.
[190] 'Carolina:' Queen-consort to King George II. She died in
1737. See, for her character, 'Heart of Midlothian.'
[191] 'Gazetteer:' then Government newspaper.
[192] 'Immortal Selkirk:' Charles, third son of Duke of
Hamilton, created Earl of Selkirk in 1887.
[193] 'Grave Delaware:' a title given that lord by King James
II. He was of the bed-chamber to King William; he was so to King George
I.
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