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[119] 'Dashwood:' Sir Francis Dashwood, generally thought a bigoted and
stupid Tory.

[120] 'Norton:' Sir Fletcher Norton, Attorney-General from 1763 to
1765, created a peer in 1782 by the title of Lord Grantley.

[121] 'Mansfield:' the celebrated Murray, Lord Mansfield. See Junius.

[122] 'Rochester:' Pearce, Bishop of Rochester, mentioned above as a
foe to Churchill.

[123] 'Ayliffe:' a forger of the period, said to have been ill-used by
Lord Holland. Churchill intended to write a poem, entitled, 'Ayliffe's
Ghost,' but did not live to accomplish his intention.

[124] 'Mighty name:' Pope, referring to his famous attack on Addison.

[125] 'Fathers:' Thomas Potter, Esq., a man of splendid abilities, was
disinherited by his father, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on account of
his dissolute life.

[126] 'Martin:' Samuel Martin, Esq., F.R.S., M.P. for Camelford; the
hero of 'The Duellist.'

[127] 'Webb:' Philip Carteret Webb. Esq., Solicitor to the Treasury.

[128] 'C----:' name not known.

[129] 'Pratt:' Charles Pratt, Earl Camden, Chief-Justice of the Common
Pleas, friendly to Wilkes. See Junius.

[130] 'Sigismunda;' a detestable miscreation of Hogarth's pencil,
admired by none but himself.

[131] 'The Scottish sun:' The addresses to the King which followed the
parliamentary approbation of the preliminary articles of peace in 1763,
were obtained by means equally dishonourable and corrupt.

THE DUELLIST.[132]

In Three Books.