Footnotes
Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation!
Title and profit I resign;
The post of honour shall be mine.
Gay: Fables, Part ii. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds.
[299:1] Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.—Isaac Barrow (1630-1677): Duty of Thanksgiving, Works, vol. i. p. 66.
[299:2] Malone states that this was the first time the phrase "classic ground," since so common, was ever used.
[299:3] This line is frequently ascribed to Pope, as it is found in the "Dunciad," book iii. line 264.
[300:1] He best can paint them who shall feel them most.—Pope: Eloisa to Abelard, last line.
[300:2] A translation of Martial, xii. 47, who imitated Ovid, Amores iii. 11, 39.
[300:3] Much may be said on both sides.—Fielding: The Covent Garden Tragedy, act i. sc. 8.
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NICHOLAS ROWE. 1673-1718.
As if Misfortune made the throne her seat,
And none could be unhappy but the great.[301:1]
The Fair Penitent. Prologue.
At length the morn and cold indifference came.[301:2]
The Fair Penitent. Act i. Sc. 1.
Is she not more than painting can express,
Or youthful poets fancy when they love?
The Fair Penitent. Act iii. Sc. 1.
Is this that haughty gallant, gay Lothario?
The Fair Penitent. Act v. Sc. i.