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C.: England and the English in the Eighteenth Century, 2 vols., London: Ward and Downey, 1891. Thoresby, Ralph: The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, ... (1677-1724), 2 vols., London: Colburn and Bentley, 1830. Ward, A. W.: A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, 3 vols., London: Macmillan, 1899. Wentworth Papers: The Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739, London: Wyman, 1883. Wyon, F. W.: The History of Great Britain during the Reign of Queen Anne, 2 vols., London: Chapman and Hall, 1876. A LETTER FROM ITALY, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES LORD HALIFAX, IN THE YEAR MDCCI. Salve magna parens frugum Saturnia tellus, Aggredior, sanctos ausus recludere fontes. — Virg. Geor. 2. While you, my Lord, the rural shades admire, For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, |