[189] Ib. 266.
[190] Correspondence of Mrs. Delany 4. 236; 30 August 1769.
[191] Diary of Mme. D’Arblay 2. 351.
[192] The tails of macaronis’ wigs were notoriously long.
[193] Spence’s Anecdotes 378.
[194] Boswell’s Life 4. 195. A specimen of what this sort of thing may be is seen in this epigram of Marmontel’s, upon picking up a lady’s pen:
Églé, cette plume est de celles
Qu’à vos pieds déposa l’Amour,
Quand ce Dieu, fixé sans retour,
Vous laissa lui couper les ailes.