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This criticism was acceptable to the majority of the college , who had no great veneration for the player in question ; and his admirer , without making any reply , asked in a whisper , of the gentleman who sat next to him , if Pickle had not offered some production to the stage , and met with a repulse . The young Gentleman is introduced to a Virtuoso of the first Order , and commences Yelper . Hitherto Peregrine had professed himself an author , without reaping the fruits of that occupation , except the little fame he had acquired by his late satire ; but now he thought it high time to weigh solid pudding against empty praise ; and therefore engaged with some booksellers in a certain translation , which he obliged himself to perform for the consideration of two hundred pounds . The articles of agreement being drawn , he began his task with great eagerness , rose early in the morning to his work , at which he laboured all day long , went abroad with the bats in the evening , and appeared in the coffee-house , where he amused himself with the newspapers and conversation till nine o'clock ; then he retired to his own apartment , and , after a slight repast , betook himself to rest , that he might be able to unroost with the cock . This sudden change from his former way of life agreed so ill with his disposition , that , for the first time , he was troubled with flatulencies and indigestion , which produced anxiety and dejection of spirits , and the nature of his situation began in some measure to discompose his brain ; a discovery which he no sooner made , than he had recourse to the advice of a young physician , who was a member of the college of authors , at this time one of our hero 's most intimate acquaintance . The son of Esculapius , having considered his case , imputed his disorder to the right cause , namely , want of exercise ; dissuaded him from such close application to study , until he should be gradually familiarized to a sedentary life ; advised him to enjoy his friend and his bottle in moderation , and wean himself from his former customs by degrees ; and , above all things , to rise immediately after his first sleep , and exercise himself in a morning 's walk . In order to render this last part of the prescription the more palatable , the doctor promised to attend him in these early excursions , and even to introduce him to a certain personage of note , who gave a sort of public breakfasting to the minor virtuosi of the age , and often employed his interest in behalf of those who properly cultivated his countenance and approbation .