History of English Literature Volume 1 (of 3)

by Hippolyte Taine

[603]Ibid, lines 853-858.

[604]Compare the first pieces of Alfred de Musset, "Contes d'Italie et d'Espagne."

[605]Crawley, quoted by Ph. Chasles, "Études sur Shakspeare."

[606]A famed French courtesan (1613-1650), the heroine of a drama of that name, by Victor Hugo, having for its subject-matter: "Love purifies everything."—Tr.

[607]Sonnet 138.

[608]Two characters in Molière's "Misanthrope." The scene referred to is Act V. Scene 7.—Tr.

[609]Sonnet 142.

[610]Sonnet 95.

[611]Sonnet 98.

[612]Ibid.