Dryden, Hind and Panther, 3rd part:
Immortal pow'rs the term of conscience know,
But int'rest is her name with men below.—Holt White.
[385] That is, too sensible of their beauty.—Warburton.
[386] The gnomes who prompt the disdain of the nymphs predestined to disappointment.—Croker.
Jam clypeus clypeis, umbone repellitur umbo.
Ense minax ensis, pede pes, et cuspide cuspis, &c. Statius.—Warburton.
To drive a coach has an exclusive technical meaning, which renders Pope's phrase improper for expressing that the thought of a second coach obliterates from the minds of belles the thought of a previous coach.
[388] "Claim thy protection" signifies "I claim to be protected by thee," whereas the sense here is, "I claim to protect thee."
[389] The language of the Platonists, the writers of the intelligible world of Spirits, &c.—Pope.
[390] It cannot be that Belinda then saw for the first time a billet-doux. The meaning no doubt is that a billet-doux was the first thing she saw that morning.—Croker.