Citation - South Carolina Weekly Advertiser: 1783.03.19

SCWA.783.005
19 Mar 1783:41 (115)
Mr. Charles Fitzpatrick, the Secretary to the present Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, one day meeting with his [Gibbon's]
writings at the house of Mr. Fox, wrote on the blank leaf
the following lines extempore.
  King George in a fright, 
  Lest Gibbon should write 
  The story of Britain's disgrace, 
  Thought no means more sure 
  His pen to procure, 
  Than to give the historian a place.
  . . . [12 more lines]