J. B.
A full-length portrait of the Earl of Peterborough, by J. B. Vanloo, is in the collection of the Marquis of Exeter at Burghley. The picture belonged to the father-in-law of the present owner, the late W. S. Poyntz, Esq., of Midgham.
J. P., Jr.
The Word "Oasis" (Vol. v., p. 465.).—I beg to inclose Mr. Temple an instance of the use of the above word in English poetry, it will be found in a poem entitled Hopes of Matrimony, by John Holland, author of Sheffield Park, published by Francis Westley, 1822, and now lies before me.
"Is there a manly bosom can enfold,
A human heart, so withered, dead, and cold,
As not to feel, or never to have felt,
At genial Love's approach, its ices melt?
No—in the desert of the dreariest breast,
Some verdant spot, its presence have contest;