plied with, the book was indifcriminately opened feveral times before all present, when the annexed names, to the astonishment of the fashionable infidels, were found lying upon the following paffages;-a fair transcript of which, as they occurred, was made, without distinction of rank or sex, and voted by a confiderable majority, to be sent to the Morning Poft.-Our Correfpondent will not vouch for the likenees, but fuch as they are, prefents them to the beau monde, under the title of Modern CHARACTERS by SHAKESPEAR. Mrs. CWE. WHY, if two gods should play some heav'nly match, And on the wager lay two earthly women, And Portia one,-there must be fomething else Pawn'd with the other; for the poor, rude world, Hath not her fellow Merch. V. A& III. Duke of M. GH. Take phyfic pomp! Expofe thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou may'ft fhake the fuperflux to them, Lady WN. You feem to be as Dian in her orb, Lear, A&t III. As chafte as is the bud, ere it be blown; But But you are more intemp'rate in your blood Than Venus! Much Ado, A& IV. Duke of B N. Bull Jove, Sir, had an amiable low, And fome fuch ftrange bull leap'd your father's cow, And got a Calf, on that fame noble feat, Much like to you-for you have juft his bleat! Lord T-NS-D. Ditto, A& V. And I have not forgotten what the infide of a church is made of—I am a pepper-corn, horfe! -- - a brewer's -The infide of a church!-Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me. Hen. IV. Part I. A&t III. Lady D-LA———R. Another taken from me too? Why juft Heav'n, Lord M-LINE. -Will you have me, Lady? Rich. III. A& II. No, my Lord, unless I might have another for working days.-Your Grace is too coftly to wear every day. Much Ado, A& II. Lord Lord M-F—T, -Heaven made him, and therefore let him pafs. for man! Merch. V. A& VI. Mrs. B-v———-IE. All of her that is out of door, most rich! She is alone th' Arabian bird, and I Gen, B G NE. Cymb. A& II He was wont to speak plain, and to the purpose, like an honest man, and a foldier; and now he's turn'd Orthographer; his words are a fantastical banquet. Lord B- - G Much Ado, A& II. KE. By your leave, fweet Ladies! If I chance to talk wild, forgive me:~ As I do now! Dutch. of P. Hen. VIII. A& I: -TL-D. Difdain, and fcorn, ride fparkling in her eye, Values Values itself fo highly, that to her's All matter elfe feems weak. Much Ado, A& III. D. of Devo thig See where he steals!-Told I you not Benvolio, Rom. and Jul. A& I. ton. Lord Harrin ton N. When he was naked, he was for all the world like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife;-he was fo forlorn, that his dimenfions to any thick fight were invisible: -the genius of famine! and letcherous a monkey ! Hen. IV. Part II. A& III. Lord C-MD-N. When he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is ftill, Lord LE D-s. -R. Come fing me a bawdy fong, to make me merry. I was once as virtuously given as a Gentleman need be-went to a bawdy-house not above once a quarter of an hour!-but now I live out of all order, and compass! Hen. IV. Part I. A& III. Duch Oh! he doth teach the porches how to fhine! Rom. and Jul. A&I. Sir W. W. W que! Bardolph! am not I fallen away vilely fince this laft action ?-Do not I bate?-Do I not dwindle ? Why my skin hangs about me like an old lady's loofe gown!—I am withered like an old applejohn! Hen. IV. Part I. A& I.. Lady H. STaup. Could be get me? Sir Robert could not do it! we know his handywork; therefore, good mother, to whom am I indebted for thefe limbs ?-Sir Robert never helpt to make this leg! Lord H-RC-T. K. John, A&t I., His breath no fooner left his father's body, |