[6] Diogenes being discovered in the street in fond intercourse with one of those pretty misses whom Sir William Dolben dislikes, steadily said, “Φυτενω Ανδρας—I plant men.”
[7] Manchester Petition.
[8] Some of the Scottish Presbyteries petitioned.
[9] Risum teneatis amici. Horat.
[10] When I forget Him, may God forget me!
[11] Mira cano, Sol occubuit, nox nulla sequuta. See Camden’s Remains.
[12] The state of slavery is acknowledged both in the Old Testament and the New.
[13] The great Dr. Bentley was Mr. Cumberland’s grandfather.
[14] Mr. Cumberland is a descendant of Bishop Cumberland, who wrote De legibus Naturæ.
[15] Messieurs Carpmeal, Macmanus, Jealous, and Townshend, gentlemen of the Publick Office, in Bow-Street.