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MG-A(G.751.021
4 Sep 1751:11,12 (332)
The occasion of the following letter, which I publish for
the entertainment of my readers, as I have learn'd, was
this: two celebrated Crambo Wits, who used to spend many a
winter's evening in clubs of the young and gay, particularly
of the fair sex, at the delightful games of, I love my love
with an A, because she is amorous,---questions and
commands,---cross purposes,---and other such witty,
ingenious, and edifying amusements, piquing themselves upon
their great experience and knowledge in such important
matters, fell into a dispute, which of all the letters of
the alphabet most frequently occured, as the beginning or
initial letter of words in the English language. . . [82
lines including the beginning of the letter] Next came
plays and poetry, and the picture of Mr. Pope perch'd on a
prostitute, and the price of the pit, pantomime, prudes, and
the pox. . . [19 lines]. This set us all into a
palpitation, and we plodded on the rest of the progression,
piano piano as the Italians say, or pas a pas as the French
phrase it. . . [8 lines conclude the letter, signed Philo P.
P. P.]
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