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[389]. We do not wonder, etc. Kean had played Richard III. at the Théâtre Français in May 1828. Voltaire has borrowed, etc. Cf. ante, p. 282. ‘The poet’s eye,’ etc. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V. Sc. 1. [390]. ‘Should be as a book,’ etc. Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 5. The Hetman Platoff. The Russian general, Matvei Ivanovich Platoff (1757–1818), Hetman of the Cossacks of the Don. See vol. IX. p. 465. [391]. ‘Give us pause.’ Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 1. Miss Smithson. Harriet Constance Smithson (1800–1854), who played frequently in France and married Hector Berlioz in 1833. A series of elegant bas-reliefs, etc. Cf. vol. VIII. p. 456, where the same comparison is made. [392]. Little Bartolozzi. Miss Bartolozzi made her first appearance (at the Haymarket) on June 17, 1828. She was a sister of Madame Vestris.