Note 1 — Queries.
Reading edition
Footnote 1:
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I have been unable to refer to these letters, as no copy exists in the British Museum library.
Footnote 2:
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As M.P. for Bewdley. He was returned in 1768, and unseated in January, 1769.
Footnote 3:
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In the Public Advertiser for January 1, 1779 [1780], appeared a notice of the Poems, said to have been "published yesterday;" and although two pieces are extracted at length, not a syllable of doubt is expressed as to their genuineness.
Footnote 4:
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The estate at Arley was left to the Hon. George Annesley (afterwards Earl of Mountnorris), son of Lord Valentia, by the will of Thomas Lord Lyttelton, and Mr. Roberts was one of the trustees appointed.