Footnotes

[443:3] This line was appropriated by Campbell in "O'Connor's Child."

When Prussia hurried to the field,

And snatched the spear, but left the shield.

Scott: Marmion, Introduction to canto iii.

Oh, rather give me commentators plain,

Who with no deep researches vex the brain;

Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,

And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.[443:5]

The Parish Register. Part i. Introduction.

Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd;

Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd;

The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd,

And ease of heart her every look convey'd.

The Parish Register. Part ii. Marriages.

In this fool's paradise he drank delight.[444:1]

The Borough. Letter xii. Players.

Books cannot always please, however good;

Minds are not ever craving for their food.

The Borough. Letter xxiv. Schools.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

The Birth of Flattery.

Cut and come again.

Tales. Tale vii. The Widow's Tale.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.[444:2]

Tales. Tale xiv. The Struggles of Conscience.

But 't was a maxim he had often tried,

That right was right, and there he would abide.[444:3]

Tales. Tale xv. The Squire and the Priest.

'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

Tales. Tale xxi. The Learned Boy.

He tried the luxury of doing good.[444:4]

Tales of the Hall. Book iii. Boys at School.

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.[444:5]

Tales of the Hall. Book iii. Boys at School.

And took for truth the test of ridicule.[444:6]

Tales of the Hall. Book viii. The Sisters.

Time has touched me gently in his race,

And left no odious furrows in my face.[445:1]

Tales of the Hall. Book xvii. The Widow.