English classical scholar, schoolmaster and clergyman (1757-1817)

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A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.

Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Catalogue of manuscripts in the British museum. New series. Volume 1.

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Charles Burney

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Catalogue of manuscripts in the British museum. New series. Volume 1.