[11] In the more antient Libraries, Works of value and importance were fastened to their places by a length of chain; and might so be perused, but not taken away.
[12] The Manna of the Day. Green’s Spleen.
—— in foliis descripsit carmina Virgo;—
—— et teneres turbavit janua frondes.
Virg. Æneid. lib. iii.
How many hours bring about the day.
How many days will furnish up the year,
How many years a mortal Man may live; &c.
Shakspeare’s Henry VI.
[15] “Myrica Gale,” a shrub growing in boggy and fenny grounds.
[16] Prophecy of Daniel, chap. iv. 22.
[17] Vide Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
[18] It has been suggested to me, that this change from restlessness to repose, in the mind of Sir Eustace, is wrought by a methodistic call; and it is admitted to be such: a sober and rational conversion, could not have happened while the disorder of the brain continued: Yet the verses which follow, in a different measure, are not intended to make any religious Persuasion appear ridiculous; they are to be supposed as the effect of memory in the disordered mind of the speaker, and though evidently enthusiastic, in respect to language, are not meant to convey any impropriety of sentiment.