Langbaine has preserved a monument of Randolph's friendship for Ben Johnson, in an ode he addressed to him, occasioned by Mr. Feltham's severe attack upon him, which is particularized in the life of Ben; from this ode we shall quote a stanza or two, before I give an account of his dramatic compositions.

" Particularizing as to the members of his staff, Washington described their several characteristics:

After having lived with the multitude, they flatter themselves they shall be particularized at death.