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Footnotes:
[276] 'Garrick abroad:' Garrick, in September 1763, in order to make
his value more appreciated after his return, resolved to visit the
continent.
[277] 'Langhorne:' John Langhorne, D.D., the translator of Plutarch.
[278] 'France:' Wilkes had fled to France to escape the prosecutions
entered against him.
[279] 'Sneaking peer:' John Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery, was the
author of severe 'Observations on the Life of Swift.'
[280] 'Bishop:' Bishop Warburton.
[281] 'Hayter:' Dr Thomas Hayter, Bishop of Norwich, and next of
London, died prematurely.
[282] 'Wildman's:' a tavern in Albemarle Street.
[283] 'Almacks:' Old Almacks, a noted Tory club-house in Pall Mall.
[284] 'Youth was insolent:' the younger members of the University were
unanimous in favour of Lord Hardwicke, and incurred the censure of
their superiors.
[285] 'Burton:' Dr John Burton, head master of Winchester school.
[286] 'Smith:' Dr Smith, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, a
mechanical and musical genius.
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