who resigned their offices in 1762. Their successors pretended to
economy, but it was a mere pretence.
[139] 'Leach:' Dryden Leach, an expert and tasteful printer in Crane
Court, Fleet street, was unjustly imprisoned on account of Wilkes.
[140]'Pratt:' Lord Camden.
[141] 'Seals:' The general warrant for the apprehension of Wilkes was
signed by the Earls of Egremont and Halifax, joint secretaries of state
for the home department.
[142] 'Forbes and Dun:' two Scotchmen, one of whom challenged Wilkes,
and the other tried to assassinate him. Dun was insane.
[143] 'The Bastile:' Wilkes was six days in the Tower.
[140] 'First:' the great William Warburton, who rose partly through his
marriage with the niece of the rich Ralph Allen.
[141] 'Potter:' mentioned above. He was suspected by Warburton of being
the author of the infamous notes to Wilkes's infamous 'Essay on Woman.'
[142] 'Comments:' referring to the notes to 'The Dunciad,' and on
Shakspeare.
[143] 'Man of law:' Mr Thomas Edwards, a barrister, wrote a clever book
against Warburton's criticism.
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