. Thackerayana;. respondents the samestyle and lofty periods ; and it may also be noticed that theridicule he attempts is in some cases considerably heightened bythe very want of accommodation of character. Yet it must beallowed that the levity and giddiness of coquettes and fine ladiesare expressed with great difficulty in the Johnsonian has been objected also that even the names of his ladies havevery little of the air of either court or city, as Zosima, Properantia,etc. Every age seems to have its peculiar names of fiction. Inthe Spectators/ Tatlers, etc., the Damons and Phillis
. Thackerayana;. respondents the samestyle and lofty periods ; and it may also be noticed that theridicule he attempts is in some cases considerably heightened bythe very want of accommodation of character. Yet it must beallowed that the levity and giddiness of coquettes and fine ladiesare expressed with great difficulty in the Johnsonian has been objected also that even the names of his ladies havevery little of the air of either court or city, as Zosima, Properantia,etc. Every age seems to have its peculiar names of fiction. Inthe Spectators/ Tatlers, etc., the Damons and Phillises, theAmintors and Claras, etc., were the representatives of every virtueand folly. These were succeeded by the Philamonts, Tenderillas, Timo-leons, Seomanthes, Pantheas, Adrastas, and Bellimantes, names towhich Mrs. Heywood gave currency in her Female Spectator,and from which at no great distance of time Dr. Johnson appearsto have taken his Zephyrettas, Trypheruses, Nitellas, Misotheas,Vagarios, and THE RAMBLER. By DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1., 1750. To the Rambler. 1 Sir,—As you seem to have devoted your labours to virtue, Icannot forbear to inform you of one species of cruelty with whichthe life of a man of letters perhaps does not often make himacquainted, and which, as it seems to produce no other advantageto those that practise it than a short gratification of thoughtless 376 THA CKERA YANA. vanity, may become less common when it has been once exposedin its various forms, and in full magnitude. I am the daughter of a country gentleman, whose family isnumerous, and whose state, not at first sufficient to supply us withaffluence, has been lately so impaired by an unsuccessful lawsuit,that all the younger children are obliged to try such means as
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