All Townshend’s turnips and all Grosvenor’s mines.’
Pope’s 6th translation of Horace.
[103]. This seems to refer to Mr. Pitt’s resolutions upon the commercial intercourse between England and Ireland. The debate thereon began February 22, 1785. See. Hansard.
[104]. How different would be the list of a labouring man’s ‘necessaries’ in these days!
[105]. Arthur Young’s only son, born 1769.
[106]. Express, n., a messenger sent on a special errand.—Webster.
[107]. Published in the Annals.
[108]. Dr. Egan, Royal Park Academy.
[109]. The writer’s memory is at fault here. His correspondence with Dr. Priestley is dated 1783. The letters, however, are given here, as otherwise they would not be intelligible.
[110]. Mr. Magellan. This gentleman, often mentioned in A. Y.’s correspondence as descendant of the great Portuguese discoverer, seems to have attained some proficiency—even eminence—in science.