[123] Cf. Cole's diary, 1 July, 1769: "Mr Gray's ode exceedingly elegant and well set to music."
[124] Wordsworth, Scholae Academicae, p. 153. See also Stokes, Esquire Bedells, pp. 116, 117.
[125] Literary Anecdotes, VIII, 414.
[126] Published in London, 1771.
[127] See Cambridge Historical Register, p. vii.
[128] Collectanea, vol. III, Part VII (Oxford Historical Society), where a full account (by Horace Hart) of Stanhope's invention and of his connection with the Clarendon Press will be found.
[129] Details of Wilson's bill may be seen in Registry ms 33. 7. 24, and have been printed in Bowes, Biographical Notes, p. 327.
[130] Registry ms 33. 7. 26.
[131] The provision of refreshment at meetings of the Syndicate had also been introduced by this time. A receipt for tea, coffee, muffins, and toast provided during the years 1815 and 1816 is preserved at the Press.
[132] In recognition of his services Hansard was presented by the Syndics with "a handsome silver inkstand with an appropriate inscription."