[6]. Champion, February 26, 1740. [Back]
[7]. The Tryal of Colley Cibber, Comedian etc. 1740. [Back]
[8]. Those of April 22, and April 29, 1740. [Back]
[9]. And see Daily Gazeteer, Oct. 9, 1740. [Back]
[10]. Champion, December 22, 1739. [Back]
[11]. For April 22, April 29, May 6, and May 17. [Back]
[12]. Boswell's Johnson, edited by Birkbeck Hill. Vol. i. p. 169. n. 2: "Ralph ... as appears from the minutes of the partners of the Champion in the possession of Mr Reed of Staple Inn, succeeded Fielding in his share of the paper before the date of that eulogium [1744]." [Back]
Footnotes for Chapter 7
[1]. A tantalising reference to one such acquaintance occurs in Lord Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors. Vol. v. p. 357. In notes made by Lord Camden's nephew, George Hardinge, for a proposed Life of the Lord Chancellor there is this entry: "formed an acquaintance ... with Henry Fielding ... called to the Bar." [Back]
[2]. Now in the possession of W. K. Bixby, Esq., of St Louis, U.S.A. [Back]