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S2& HOGART H.
arms being thus ludicrously introduced,
may perhaps allude to the encouragement
George the Second gave to Heidegger,
who at that period might be said to
" Teach kings to fidJte, and make senates dance ;"
and who by thus kindly superintending the
pleasures of our nobles gained an income of
.£50003 year, and, as he frequently boasted,
laid out the whole in this country.
Beneath, is a framed picture of a Baccha-
nalian scene; and on each side, shelves
with pyramids of jellies, sweetmeats, ^.in-
scribed "provocatives:" on two labels placed
before them is written, supper below.
A pair of instruments, somewhat similar
to the mental thermometer in the Medley,
are fixed on each side; on that next to
Venus and Cupid, is written cool, warm,
dry, changeable, hot, moist, fixt. On the
other, expectation, hope, hot desire, extreem
hot, moist, sudden cold.
The motley crew who make up the
crowd, it is not easy to describe; for every
one present assumes a false character.
arms being thus ludicrously introduced,
may perhaps allude to the encouragement
George the Second gave to Heidegger,
who at that period might be said to
" Teach kings to fidJte, and make senates dance ;"
and who by thus kindly superintending the
pleasures of our nobles gained an income of
.£50003 year, and, as he frequently boasted,
laid out the whole in this country.
Beneath, is a framed picture of a Baccha-
nalian scene; and on each side, shelves
with pyramids of jellies, sweetmeats, ^.in-
scribed "provocatives:" on two labels placed
before them is written, supper below.
A pair of instruments, somewhat similar
to the mental thermometer in the Medley,
are fixed on each side; on that next to
Venus and Cupid, is written cool, warm,
dry, changeable, hot, moist, fixt. On the
other, expectation, hope, hot desire, extreem
hot, moist, sudden cold.
The motley crew who make up the
crowd, it is not easy to describe; for every
one present assumes a false character.