[386] In March he wrote to Mrs. Throckmorton, ‘The two first books of my Iliad have been submitted to the inspection and scrutiny of a great critic of your sex, at the instance of my cousin, as you may suppose. The lady is mistress of more tongues than a few (it is to be hoped she is single) and particularly she is mistress of the Greek.’ Letters 3. 444; 21 March 1790. The book was published in July 1791.
[387] Letters 3. 439; 8 March 1790.
[388] See the accompanying illustration.
[389] Barry’s Series of Engravings in the ... Society of Arts, London 1808.
[390] Walpole’s Letters 4. 319; 8 November 1759.
[391] Ib. 11. 410; 3 March 1781.
[392] In his edition of the Diary of Madame D’Arblay.
[393] See Melville’s Life of Sterne 1. 289 ff. and Climenson’s Letters of Mrs. Montagu 2. 270 ff.
[394] Correspondence of David Garrick 2. 189; 3 November 1776.
[395] Diary 1. 126.