English humorists of the eighteenth century : Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith . worst, itwould be impossible to beat them out of Norway and Greenland,provided the Northern crowns hold together, and the czar of Mus-covy stand neuter. He farther told us, for our comfort, that there were vast tracksof lands about the p^le, inhabited neither by Protestants nor Papists,and of greater extent than all the Roman-CathoHc dominions inEurope. When we had fully discussed this point, my friend the upholstererbegan to exert himself upon the present negotiations of peace
English humorists of the eighteenth century : Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith . worst, itwould be impossible to beat them out of Norway and Greenland,provided the Northern crowns hold together, and the czar of Mus-covy stand neuter. He farther told us, for our comfort, that there were vast tracksof lands about the p^le, inhabited neither by Protestants nor Papists,and of greater extent than all the Roman-CathoHc dominions inEurope. When we had fully discussed this point, my friend the upholstererbegan to exert himself upon the present negotiations of peace; inwhich he deposed princes, settled the bounds of kingdoms, andbalanced the power of Europe, with great justice and impartiaUty. I at length took my leave of the company, and was going away;but had not gone thirty yards, before the upholsterer hemmed againafter me. Upon his advancing towards me with a whisper, I ex-pected to hear some secret piece of news, which he had not thoughtfit to communicate to the bench; but, instead of that, he desiredme in my ear to lend him half a crown. In compassion to so needy98. The Politician. THE TATLER a statesman, and to dissipate the confusion I found he was in, Itold him, if he pleased, I would give him five shillings, to receivefive pounds of him when the great Turk was driven out of Con-stantinople; which he very readily accepted, but not before hehad laid down to me the impossibility of such an event, as theaffairs of Europe now stand. This paper I design for the particular benefit of those worthycitizens who live more in a coffee-house than in their shops, andwhose thoughts are so taken up with the affairs of the allies, thatthey forget their custom TOM FOLIONo. 158.] THURSDAY, April 13, 1710. [Addison.] Fadrint nae intelligendo, ut nihil intelligant. — they pretend to know more than others, they know nothing in reahty. TOM FOLIO is a broker in learning, employed to get togethergood editions, and stock the libraries of gre
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