[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.