Anonymous, "Epitaph on a Tomb-stone in the Abbey Church Yard at Durham, to the Memory of Robert Dodsley" 1764 ca.; Gentleman's Magazine 53 (July 1783) 608.
If you have any respect for uncommon industry and merit, regard this place, in which are deposited the remains of Mr. ROBERT DODSLEY; who, as an author, raised himself much above what could have been expected from one in his rank of life, and without learned education; and who, as a man, was scarce exceeded by any in integrity of heart, and purity of manners and conversation. He left this life for a better Sept. 23, 1764, in the 61st year of his age.
