Footnotes
[392:1] Facts are stubborn things.—Elliot: Essay on Field Husbandry, p. 35 (1747).
SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 1723-1780.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength,—the floating bulwark of our island.
Commentaries. Vol. i. Book i. Chap. xiii. § 418.
Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
Commentaries. Vol. i. Book i. Chap. xviii. § 472.
JOHN HOME. 1724-1808.
In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.
Douglas. Act i. Sc. 1.
I 'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides.
Douglas. Act i. Sc. 1.
My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain,
Whose constant cares were to increase his store,
And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Douglas. Act ii. Sc. 1.
A rude and boisterous captain of the sea.
Douglas. Act iv. Sc. 1.
Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die.
Douglas. Act v. Sc. 1.
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WILLIAM MASON. 1725-1797.
The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.[393:1]
Heroic Epistle.