Works He was most noted as the author of
Maxims, Characters and Reflections (1756), which went through multiple editions. • 1st ed.:
Maxims, Characters and Reflections (London:
J. and R. Tonson, 1756). • 2nd ed.:
Maxims, Characters and Reflections, Critical, Satyrical and Moral: With Alterations, Additions and Explanatory Notes (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1757). • 3rd ed.:
Maxims, Characters and Reflections, Critical, Satyrical and Moral: With Alterations, Additions and Explanatory Notes (London:
T. Cadell, 1768). He also wrote poetry, including
Soliloquy in a Thatched Building (London: Faulder, 1787), of which the second part was
Reflection: A Poem in Four Cantos (London:
Robinson, 1790).
Reception James Boswell thought that Greville's book of
Maxims was "entitled to much more praise than it has received."
Hester Thrale wrote that "Greville draws Prose Characters incomparably well; that Man's book of Maxims &c. has not had Credit enough in the World." ==Gallery==