"a flirt" is a jibe or jeer. 'He would sometimes...cast out a
jesting 'flirt' at me.' (Morley's 'History of Thomas Ellwood',
1895, p. 104.) Swift also uses the word.
l. 37. -----
"An under-bred, fine-spoken fellow, etc." The first
version reads --
A fine-spoken Custom-house Officer he,
Who smil'd as he gaz'd on the Ven'son and me.
l. 44. -----
"but I hate ostentation". Cf. Beau Tibbs:-- 'She was
bred, 'but that's between ourselves', under the inspection of
the Countess of All-night.' ('Citizen of the World', 1762, i.
238.)
l. 49. -----
"We'll have Johnson, and Burke". Cf. Boileau, 'Sat.'
iii. Ll. 25-6, which Goldsmith had in mind:--
Moliere avec Tartufe y doit jouer son role,
Et Lambert, qui plus est, m'a donne sa parole.
l. 53. -----
"What say you -- a pasty? It shall, and it must". The
first version reads --
I'll take no denial -- you shall, and you must.
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