[632] {467}[The reference may be to Hobhouse and the "Zoili of Albemarle Street," who did their best to "tutor" him with regard to "blazing indiscretions" in Don Juan.]

[LO]

That—but I will not listen, by your leave,

Unto a single syllable——.—[MS.]

[633] [For another instance of this curious mistake, see letter to Hodgson, December 8, 1811, Letters, 1898, ii. 85; et ibid., p. 31, note 1.]

[LP] {469}

Painted and gilded—or, as it will tell

More Muse-like—say—like Cytherea's shell.—[MS.]

[634] {470}[Vide ante, Preface to Cantos VI., VII., and VIII., [p. 266].]

[635] ["Enfin partout la bonne société régle tout."—Voltaire.]