MP and writer on taste; in 1786 he published An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus for the Society of Dilettanti; he was author of The Landscape: a Didactic Poem (1794), An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (1805) and other works.

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Samuel Parr to Francis Burdett, 26 September 1802 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)

Lord Byron to John Becher, 26 February 1808 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 9 September 1809 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, 4 November 1809 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, 29 November 1809 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Sydney Owenson to Alicia Le Fanu, 18 January 1810 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Sydney Smith to Francis Jeffrey, [April 1810] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Marchioness of Abercorn to Sydney Owenson, [July 1810] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Samuel Rogers to Richard Sharp, [25 August 1812.] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Sydney Smith to Francis Horner, [December] 1816 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 19 September 1818 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to the Earl of Blessington, 6 April 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Ashburnham to Samuel Rogers, 21 January 1824 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Uvedale Price to Samuel Rogers, 6 October 1824 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Uvedale Price to Samuel Rogers, 8 December 1824 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)