[153] Lady Russell's Letters, vol. II, pp. 72-85.

[154] Ballard: Memoirs, p. 390.

[155] Florence Smith: Mary Astell, p. 109.

[156] Bourne, H.: Life of Locke, vol. II, p. 213.

[157] Occasional Thoughts, p. 169. See The Lady's Magazine, 1774, for an article on Lady Masham.

[158] Dunton: Life and Errors, p. 334; Nichols: Anecdotes of Bowyer, p. 609; Ibid.: Literary Anecdotes, vol. I, p. 305; Dryden: Works (ed. by Scott), vol. x, p. 110.

[159] Nichols: Anecdotes of Bowyer, p. 612.

[160] Cockburn: Works, vol. I, p. vi.

[161] Mrs. Cockburn: Works: Letters to G. Burnet, Dec. 9, 1701; Feb. 2, 1703-04, vol. II, pp. 153, 166. Also Letter from Mrs. Burnet, vol. I, p. xvii.

[162] Mrs. Cockburn: Works, vol. I, p. xx.