Memoirs, etc., of Thomas Moore
, vol. viii. p. 123), says,
"Poor Byron! what I hear and read of his prologue makes me very angry. Of such value is public favour! So a man is to be tried by a copy of verses thrown off perhaps at hazard, and invitâ Minervâ!"
263—to John Hanson
Cheltenham, Octr. 18th, 1812.
Dear Sir,—With perfect confidence in you I sign the note; but is not Claughton's delay very strange? let us take care what we are about. I answered his letter, which I enclose to you, very