XXX. Will Honeycomb's Experiences
Motto. "The greedy lioness the wolf pursues,
The wolf the kid; the wanton kid, the browse."
—Virgil, Eclogues, ii. 63. Dryden's tr.
[202]: 24. Miss Jenny. Notice the use of the epithet "Miss"; the day before Will Wimble would have said "Mistress Jenny." See note on p. 248.
[203]: 21. The book I had considered last Saturday, in Spectator, No. 357, April 19, 1712. It was one of the famous series of papers on Milton's Paradise Lost.
203: 23. The following lines. Paradise Lost, x. 888-908. They are not quoted quite accurately.