- Authority Cited: [Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of]
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Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: One unattributed quote (examine) in 1755 Dict. vol.1, misattributed to Pope in 1773 Dict., one quote (refine) in 1755 Dict. vol. 2 attrib. to Anon. One unattributed quote (chit) in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, that may be by Rochester. These are likely from memory. The edition that SJ used or recalled is unknown.]
The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon: With some memoirs of the Earl of Rochester's life, by Monsieur St. Evremont: In a Letter to the Dutchess of Mazarine. The third edition. To which is added, a collection of miscellany poems. By the most eminent hands., 1709, London: Printed for E. Curll at the Peacock without Temple-Bar.
- Horace's 10th Satyr of the First Book, Imitated; examine; (unattributed in 1755 Dict. misattributed to Pope in 1773 Dict. - thanks to Prof. Beth Rapp Young for pointing this out); refine (same verse as examine, attributed to Anon.)
- Rochester (No work identified): chit (possibly Dryden or Rochester - see Anonymous page)