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OF THE

LITERARY HISTORY

OF THE

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

CONSISTING OF

AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS AND ORIGINAL LETTERS

OF

EMINENT PERSONS;

AND INTENDED AS A SEQUEL TO

THE LITERARY ANECDOTES.

BY JOHN BOWYER NICHOLS, F.S.A.

VOLUME VII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY AND FOR J. B. NICHOLS AND SON,

25, PARLIAMENT STREET, WESTMINSTER.

TO THE

REV. JOHN MITFORD, M. A.

OF BENHALL,

WHOSE EXCELLENT EDITIONS OF GRAY

AND OTHER POETS,

AS WELL AS HIS OWN ELEGANT WRITINGS IN VERSE AND PROSE,