Bishop Burnet as an Historian--Dance Thumbkin--King's
Coffee House--Spur Money. 493

MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, Catalogues, Sales, &c. 494
Books and Odd Volumes wanted. 494
Notice to Correspondents. 494
Advertisements. 495

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NOTES

DR. JOHNSON AND DR. WARTON.

Amongst the poems of the Rev. Thos. Warton, vicar of Basingstoke, who is
best remembered as the father of two celebrated sons, is one entitled
_The Universal Love of Pleasure_, commencing--

"All human race, from China to Peru,
Pleasure, howe'er disguised by art, pursue."
&c. &c.

Warton died in 1745, and his Poems were published in 1748.

Johnson's _Vanity of Human Wishes_ appeared in 1749; but Boswell
believes that it was composed in the preceding year. That Poem, as we
well remember, commences thus tamely:--

"Let observation with extensive view,
Survey Mankind from China to Peru."

Though so immeasurably inferior to his own, Johnson may have noticed
these verses of Warton's with some little attention, and unfortunately
borrowed the only prosaic lines in his poem. Besides the imitation
before quoted, both writers allude to Charles of Sweden. Thus Warton
says,--

"'Twas hence rough Charles rush'd forth to ruthless war."

Johnson, in his highly finished picture of the same monarch, says,--

"War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field."

J.H. MARKLAND.

Bath.

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SPENSER'S MONUMENT.

In the _Lives of English Poets_, by William Winstanley (London, printed
by H. Clark for Samuel Manship, 1687), in his account of Spenser, p.
92., he says, "he died anno 1598, and was honourably buried at the sole
charge of Robert, first of that name, Earl of Essex, on whose monument
is written this epitaph:--

"Edmundus Spenser, Londinensis, Anglicorum poetarum nostri
seculi fuit princeps, quod ejus Poemata, faventibus Musis, et
victuro genio conscripa comprobant. Obiit immatura morte, anno
salutis 1598, et prope Galfredum Chaucerum conditur, qui
foelicisime Poesin Anglicis literis primus illustravit. In quem
haec scripta sunt Epitaphia.

"Hic prope Chaucerum situs est Spenserius, illi
Prominens ingenio, proximum ut tumulo
Hic prope Chaucerum Spensere poeta poetam
Conderis, et versud quam tumulo proprior,
Anglica te vivo vixit, plausitque l'oesis;
Nunc moritura timet, te mo