WILSON’S LIFE AND TIMES OF DANIEL DEFOE
Walter Wilson’s (1781–1847) Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel Defoe was published in 3 vols. in 1830.
PAGE [355]. Tutchin and Ridpath. John Tutchin (1661?–1707) and George Ridpath (d. 1726), two Whig contemporaries of Defoe, successive editors of The Observator. Dispraise of the Beggars’ Opera. See Wilson’s Memoirs, etc., of Defoe, III. 595–596. [356]. ‘Excellent iteration in him.’ Cf. Henry IV., Part I. Act I. Sc. 2. As honest Hector Macintyre, etc. See The Antiquary, chap. XX. ‘Thinly scattered,’ etc. Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Sc. 1. Rari nantes, etc. Æneid, I. 118. [356]. ‘I remember my grandfather,’ etc. Wilson’s Memoirs, etc., of Defoe, I. 6, and Defoe’s Review, vii. Pref. [357]. Mr. Samuel Wesley. Samuel Wesley the elder (1662–1735), whose attack on the education of the Dissenters (1703) engaged him in a controversy. Shortest Way with the Dissenters., 1702. [358]. Harley. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661–1724). ‘Heaven lies about us,’ etc. Wordsworth, Ode, Intimations of Immortality, 66. ‘Poor Robinson Crusoe,’ etc. Robinson Crusoe, Section XV. [358]. True-born Englishman. 1701. Review. 1704–1713. Essays on Trade. Defoe wrote several tracts on the subject of trade. [360]. Legion Petition. ‘Legion’s Memorial’ to the House of Commons in reference to the Kentish Petition of 1701. A second Memorial appeared in the following year. ‘Heaping coals of fire,’ etc. Romans, xii. 20. ‘Stuff of the conscience.’ Othello, Act I. Sc. 2. ‘A foregone conclusion.’ Othello, Act III. Sc. 3. [361]. Toland. John Toland (1670–1722), the deist. [362]. Note. See Wilson’s Memoirs, etc., of Defoe, I. 73 note.