. The citizen of the world, or Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East. names, and ages : they were oider-ed to write, to Hand upright, to lit, to ftoop, to compli-ment each other, to be drunk, to fpeak the Japenefclanguage, to talk Dutch, to fmg, to eat; in fliort, theywere ordered to do all that could fatisfy the curiofity ofwomen. Imagine, my dear Altangi, a fet of grave men thustransforiTied buffoons, and a^ing a part every whkas honourable as that of thofe inftrutSted animals whicharc Ihewn in the ftreets of Ptrkin to the mob on a hol
. The citizen of the world, or Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East. names, and ages : they were oider-ed to write, to Hand upright, to lit, to ftoop, to compli-ment each other, to be drunk, to fpeak the Japenefclanguage, to talk Dutch, to fmg, to eat; in fliort, theywere ordered to do all that could fatisfy the curiofity ofwomen. Imagine, my dear Altangi, a fet of grave men thustransforiTied buffoons, and a^ing a part every whkas honourable as that of thofe inftrutSted animals whicharc Ihewn in the ftreets of Ptrkin to the mob on a holi-day. Yet the ceremony did not end here, for everygreat lord of the court was to be viiited in the famemanner, and their ladies, wlia took the whim from theirhvifbands, were all equally fond of feeing the ihangersperform, even t!ie children feeniing highly diverted withthe dancing Dutchmen. Alas! cried I to myfelf, upon returning from fuch afpe6lacie, is this the nation which affuines luch dignityat tiic court jf Pckin ? Is this that people that appenr JPa]Bsoxss])]itioi^ dw SiEiLiLjr-aiEBiTJSH CJLAssars.
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