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ADDENDA to the Account of master Samuel Wesley. 



P. 306. 



DR. JOHNSON had never feen or read Othello when 

 he wrote his Irene ; but had (unintentionally) imitated fomepart 

 of it fo ftrongly, that he ftruck it out from fear of the imputation 

 of plagiarifm. [Note of Mr. Steevens on Pericles Prince of Tyre.] 



" Sampfon Eflwick, a Minor Canon of St. Paul's, performed 

 " choral duty till nearly 90 years of age, preferving his voice, 

 " which was a deep bafe." Sir J. Hawkins, vol. V. p. 14. 



In the fame moft ufeful compilation we find mention of a boy 

 named Pierfon, who, rather before the age of nine, played extem- 

 porary voluntaries on the organ ; he had been however a fcholar 

 of Dr Green's for two years. 



ADDENDA to the Essay on the Deluge, p. 3^6. 



THE cabinets of the curious exhibit often more fuppofed 

 foffil bones of elephants found in Europe, than they do of thofe 

 common quadrupeds, horfes, cows, and fheep. The inference 

 from this need not be dwelt upon. 



Mr. Ellis, in the Philofophical TranfacYions, enumerates the 

 following refemblance of plants, which are generally found on 

 different fubftances : 



" The ramified configurations of Sal Ammoniac, the elegant 

 «' branched figures in Mocha and other gems, the Arbor Dianas, 

 *' or arborefcent figures of Cornilh native copper." Vol. XXXVI. 



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