The Miss Hornecks. See vol. VI. Table Talk, note to p. 93.
Mr. C——. Croker.
[101]. Note. Richard Cumberland (1732–1811), the dramatist, described by Goldsmith as ‘the Terence of England.’
[102]. Incredulus odi. Horace, De Arte Poet., 188.
[103]. Acis and Galatea. A serenata by John Gay (1688–1732), produced at the Haymarket with Handel’s music, 1732. See the 1st chorus in part II.
[104]. Mr. Croley. George Croly (1780–1860), author of the romance of Salathiel (1829), and numerous other works.
[105]. The Royal Society of Authors. Probably the Royal Society for the advancement of General Literature, founded 1823. Croly was on the council.
Sir Andrew Wylie. John Galt’s (1779–1839) novel, Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk, was published in 1822.
[107]. Galled his kibe. Hamlet, V. 1.
Sir Peter Lely. Pieter Van der Faes (1618–1680), whose father changed the family name to Lely; painter (of Westphalian birth) of the Beauties of the Court of Charles II.