[260] Burt’s Letters from a Gentleman, etc., i. 21.

[261] Topham’s Letters from Edinburgh, p. 152.

[262] Humphry Clinker, ii. 221.

[263] Wesley’s Journal, iii. 54.

[264] Wright’s Life of General Wolfe, p. 137.

[265] Gray’s Works, iv. 52.

[266] Ib. p. 61.

[267] This arrangement is still not uncommon in country places.

[268] Johnson’s Works, ix. 18.

[269] Boswell’s Johnson, v. 306.