[69] Mr. Lambkin loved to pass a quiet hour over the MSS. in the Bodleian, and would quote familiarly the rare lines of Chaucer, especially, among the mediæval poets.
[70] This sentence is an admirable example of Lambkin’s later manner.
[71] Raphael.
[72] P. 347, “The impetuosity of the action ill-suits with what is known of Lambkin.” It is all very well for the editor of Great Dead Men to say that this apologises for the misfortune; that apology does not excuse the imputation of impetuosity (forsooth!) to a man whose every gesture was restrained.
[73] Better known perhaps as an author than as a cleric. He met his end in a shocking manner in a railway accident. His life was, however, insured, and he had upon him a copy of Golden Deeds.
[74] Beeker’s A Torch for the Chapell; or the Nonconformists out-done. Folio, 1663, p. 71.
[75] Referring to the edict on Buttoned Boots of Romulus Augustulus: a very shameless injustice.
[76] Lambkin lived to see its almost universal adoption: a result in which he was no mean agent.
[77] “On fair Italia’s storied plains,” Biggin, xii., l. 32.
[78] I am assured by Mr. Venial that this well-known line originally took shape on Mr. Lambkin’s lips.