[36] Sir Thomas Hesketh, Baronet, of Rufford Hall, in Lancashire.

[37] Raynal.

[38] Private correspondence.

[39] Mr. Unwin had suggested to Cowper the propriety of an application to Lord Thurlow for some mark of favour; which the latter never conferred, and which Cowper was resolved never to solicit.

[40] Private correspondence.

[41] Private correspondence.

[42] Vide Cowper's Poems.

[43] Private correspondence.

[44] Vide Cowper's Poems.

[45] This letter contained the beautiful fable of the Nightingale and the Glow-worm.