[262] Paradise Lost, Book III. 437-439.

[263] Miscellaneous Works, (London, 1851,) p. 170.

[264] Walckenaër, in the Biographie Universelle, Tom. XXXV. p. 222, art. Polo.

[265] Speech on Victory and Reconstruction, April 11, 1865: McPherson’s Political History of the United States during the Rebellion, p. 609.

[266] Hudibras, Part III. Canto I. 1303-6.

[267] Resolutions of the National Democratic Convention, July, 1868: McPherson’s Political History of the United States during Reconstruction, p. 368.

[268] Letter of F. P. Blair to Col. James O. Brodhead, June 30, 1868: McPherson’s Political History of the United States during Reconstruction, p. 381.

[269] 2 Chronicles, xiv. 7.

[270] Williams v. Suffolk Insurance Co.: 13 Peters, R., 420.

[271] 7 Howard, R., 42.