THE THEATRES AND PASSION WEEK
This paper is signed ‘W. H.’
[358]. ‘Because thou art virtuous,’ etc. Twelfth Night, Act II. Sc. 3. [359]. ‘Seizing [tear] their pleasures,’ etc. Marvell, To his Coy Mistress. [360]. Ranting Croly. The Rev. George Croly (1780–1860), a contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine, and to Jerdan’s Literary Gazette. ‘Stretched upon the rack,’ etc. Cf.
‘Than on the torture of the mind to lie
In restless ecstasy.’ Macbeth, Act III. Sc. 2.