"_And Coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a Grin_" (Vol. i., p. 384.).--This line
is taken from Dr. Brown's _Essay on Satire_, part ii. v. 224. The entire
couplet is--
"Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win,
And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin."
Dr. Brown's Essay is prefixed to Pope's "Essay on Man" in Warburton's
edition of Pope's _Works_. (See vol. iii. p. 15., edit. 1770, 8vo.)
_Dr. Trusler's Memoirs_ (Vol. iii., p. 61.).--The first part of Dr.
Trusler's _Memoirs_ (Bath, 1806), mentioned by your correspondent, but
which is not very scarce, is the only one published. I have the
continuation in the Doctor's _Autograph_, which is exceedingly entertaining
and curious, and full of anecdotes of his contemporaries. It is closely
written in two 8vo. volumes, and comprises 554 pages, and appears to have
been finally revised for publication. Why it never appeared I do not know.
He was a very extraordinary and ingenious man, and wrote upon everything,
from farriery to carving. With life in all its varieties he was perfectly
acquainted, and had personally known almost every eminent man of his day.
He had experienced every variety of fortune, but seems to have died in very
reduced circumstances. The _Sententiae Variorum_ referred to by your
correspondent is, I presume, what was published under the title of--
"Detached Philosophic Thoughts of near 300 of the best Writers, Ancient
and Modern, on Man, Life, Death, and Immortality, systematically
arranged under the Authors' Names." 2 vols. 12mo. 1810.