[238a] Afterwards Congreve formed a friendship with the Whigs; or, as Swift put it,
“Took proper principles to thrive,
And so might every dunce alive.”
[238b] Atterbury.
[238c] This pamphlet, published in February 1712, was called A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue, in a Letter to the . . . Lord High Treasurer.
[238d] No. 47
[238e] Francis Gastrell, Canon of Christ Church, was made Bishop of Chester in 1713. His valuable Notitia Cestriensis was published in 1845–50.
[239] Near Fulham.
[240b] The daughters of Meinhardt Schomberg, Duke of Leinster, in Ireland, and third Duke of Schomberg. Lady Mary married Count Dagenfeldt, and Lady Frederica married, first, the Earl of Holderness, and, secondly, Earl Fitz Walter.
[241] Thomas Harley.