Footnotes

[281:3] Like those of angels, short and far between.—Blair: The Grave, line 588.

Like angel visits, few and far between.—Campbell: Pleasures of Hope, part ii. line 378.


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JOHN DENNIS.  1657-1734.

A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. li. Page 324.

They will not let my play run; and yet they steal my thunder.[282:1]