HAVING, _a priori_, intended to dedicate _The Amours of my Uncle Toby_
to Mr. ***——I see more reasons, _a posteriori_, for doing it to Lord
*******.
I should lament from my soul, if this exposed me to the jealousy of
their Reverences; because _a posteriori_, in Court-latin, signifies
the kissing hands for preferment—or any thing else—in order to get
it.