[83] Private correspondence.
[84] Vide Poems, where, in the next line, the epithet unshaken is substituted for the noblest, in the letter.
[85] Private correspondence.
[86] Private correspondence.
[87] The privilege of franking letters was formerly exercised in a very different manner from what is now in use. The name of the M.P. was inserted, as is usual, on the cover of the letter, but the address was left to be added when and where the writer of the letter found it most expedient.
[88] The classic beauty and felicity of expression in the Latin compositions of Bourne have been justly admired; but a doubt will exist in the mind of the classical reader, whether the praise which exalts his merits above those of a Tibullus, to whom both Ovid and Horace have borne so distinguished a testimony, does not exceed the bounds of legitimate eulogy.
[89] Private correspondence.
[90] Mr. Newton's voyage to Africa, and his state of mind at that period, are feelingly described by himself in his own writings, as well as the great moral change which he subsequently experienced.
[91] An obscure part of Olney, adjoining to the residence of Cowper, which faced the market-place.
[92] Lady Austen's residence in France.