A METRICAL History of England; OR, RECOLLECTIONS, IN RHYME, Of some of the most prominent Features in our NATIONAL CHRONOLOGY, FROM TILE LANDING OF JULIUS CÆSAR, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REGENCY, IN 1812. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. "Their Names, their Years, spelt by th' unlettered Muse." GRAY. BY THOMAS DIBDIN, AUTHOR OF “ THE JEW AND THE DOCTOR,” “ THE CABINET," AND OTHER DRAMATIC ATTEMPTS. The Authorities from Hume, Hollingshead, Smollett, Salmon, Dr. Goldsmith, Gibbon, . Dr. Henry, J. P. Andrews, De Moleville, Lockman, Rapin, &c. &c. With Characteristic Quotations, Illustrative Annotations, &c. &c. London: PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, BY JOSEPH HARTNELL, WINE-OFFICE-COURT, FLEET-STREET: AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWNE, PATERNOSTER ROW; 1813. |