FOOTNOTES TO BOOK II, CHAPTER IX:

[100] The Duchess of Orleans to the Raugravine Louise, St. Cloud, 30th June, 1718.

[101] The Criticks: Being papers upon the times, London, 10th February, 1718.

[102] Weekly Journal or British Gazeteer, 18th April, 1719.

[103] Lady Chesterfield had no children, but Lady Howe became mother of the celebrated admiral, Earl Howe.

[104] Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, 1718.

[105] Colley Cibber’s Apology for My Life, ed. 1740.

[106] Colley Cibber’s Apology for My Life, ed. 1740.

[107] The Duchess of Orleans to the Raugravine Louise, Paris, 10th March, 1718.

[108] Horace Walpole’s Reminiscences.