_Muffs worn by Gentlemen_ (Vol. viii., p. 353.).--In the amusing quarrel
between Goldsmith's old friend and his cousin in St. James's Park, "Cousin
Jeffrey," says Miss, "I knew we should have the eyes of the Park upon us,
with your great wig so frizzled and yet so beggarly." "I could," adds Mr.
Jeffrey, "have patiently borne a criticism on all the rest of my equipage;
but I had always a peculiar veneration for my muff." (Essays, p. 263.,
edit. 1819.)