Note 22 — LICHFIELD, AN ELEGY. WRITTEN MAY 1781.
Reading edition
l. 1. Distinguish’d city—Whose name, and city-arms testify her military honours in ancient times. Addison’s father being Dean of Lichfield, the infancy of that celebrated author was probably passed in her bosom; and it is well known what eminent men, in later days, were educated beneath her walls.