[58]. Elizabeth Pope (1744?-1797) wife of Alexander Pope the actor. She made her first appearance in 1768 and became famous in a wide range of parts.
[59]. Better known as Mrs. Barry. Ann Spranger Barry (1734-1801) first appeared at Drury Lane in 1767-8, and soon acquired a great reputation both in tragedy and comedy. She married Spranger Barry the actor in 1768.
[60]. See post, note to p. 184.
[61]. Cowley, Horace, Odes, III. 1.
[62]. Othello, Act I. Sc. 3.
[63]. ‘His honours and his valiant parts.’ Ibid.
[64]. Ibid.
[65]. Pope, The Rape of the Lock, II. 17-18.
[66]. See Johnson’s Lives of the Poets, Life of Edmund Smith.
[67]. Macbeth, Act V. Sc. 5.