17 ([return])
[
"Facta parentun
Jam legere et quae sit poteris cognoscere virtus."
—VIRGIL'S Eclogues, IV., 26, 27.
Notice the alteration. Already old enough to study the deeds of his father and to know what virtue is.]
18 ([return])
[ before you taste of death. Compare 16:]
19 ([return])
[ Roman charity. This suggests the more famous "Ancient Roman honor" (Merchant of Venice, III., 11, 291). The incident referred to by Burke is told by several writers. A father condemned to death by starvation is visited in prison by his daughter, who secretly nourishes him with milk from her breasts.]
20 ([return])
[ complexions. "Mislike me not for my COMPLEXION."—M. V. Is the word used in the same sense by Burke?]