[13] The Duke was much diverted on hearing that Pitt, who had drawn the plan for the Militia, urged against the Generals that there had been no force on the coast of France, but twenty thousand of the Militia!
[14] It appears by Mr. Gray’s Letters, published with his Life by Mr. Mason in 1795, that the laurel was actually offered to Mr. Gray, and was refused by him.
[15] Eldest son of John Earl of Bristol, and Lord Privy Seal: a great favourite of Queen Caroline, and a principal object of Pope’s satire.
1758.
Punch. Who is that?
Luckless. That is an orator, Master Punch.
Punch. An orator!—what’s that?
Luck. Why, an orator is—egad, I can’t tell what: he is a man that nobody dares dispute with.