Sentence:  We have, it seems, a great "Turk" in Poetry, who can never bear a Brother on the throne; and has his Mutes too, a sett of Nodders, <WSD>Winkers</WSD>, and Whisperers, whose business is to strangle all other offsprings of wit in their birth. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Somebody who winks; somebody who connives.