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See ante, note to p. [268]. From ‘we reached Verona’ to the end of the chapter formed No. XXVII., Sept. 20.
277. Motes that people the sun-beam. Il Penseroso, 8.
[278]. Mr. Beyle. See ante, note to p. [250].
A pyramid of sweetmeats. See Richter’s Titan, vol. I. chap, i., where ‘the blooming pyramid, the island,’ is described in ‘heavy German conceits.’
[279]. Star-ypointing pyramids. Milton, On Shakespeare.
Chiffinch entertained Peveril of the Peak. See vol. II. chap. viii.
[280]. Chaos and old [ancient] Night. Paradise Lost, II. 970.