Excerpt from Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 7: Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. A., And Many of His Learned Friends; An Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in This Kingdom During the Last Century; And Biographical Anecdotes; Part 2
Ancaster and Kesteven, Peregrine Bertie third Duke of, a friend of the elder Mr. Tyson, viii 204. His successor as Great Chamberlain, 648.
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