Note 250 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 5)
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Richard Hurd, D.D. (1720–1808), Bishop of Lichfield (1774), and of Worcester (1781). He was offered the Primacy in 1783, but refused to take it. The Dialogues were published in 1759, and introduce historical persons, who are made to discuss the themes under consideration.