[226] The great vessel that conveys the blood to the liver, after it has been enriched by the absorption of nutriment from the intestines.
[227] This is an expression similar to our proverb, “Penny-wise and pound-foolish.”
[228] A subdivision of the shire.
[229] The Janizaries were the body-guards of the Turkish sultans, and enacted the same disgraceful part in making and unmaking monarchs, as the mercenary Prætorian guards of the Roman Empire.
[230] “Remember that thou art a man.”
[231] “Remember that thou art a God.”
[232] “The representative of God.”
[233] Isaiah ix. 6: “His name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
[234] Prov. xx. 18: “Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.”
[235] The wicked Rehoboam, from whom the ten tribes of Israel revolted, and elected Jeroboam their king.—See 1 Kings xii.