[623]Sonnet 71.

[624]The part in which he excelled was that of the ghost in "Hamlet."

[625]Greene's "A Groatsworth of Wit," etc.

[626]"He was a respectable man. A good word; what does it mean? He kept a gig."—From Thurtell's trial for the murder of Weare.

[627]The model of an optimist, the hero of one of Voltaire's tales.—Tr.

[628]See his portraits, and in particular his bust.

[629]Especially in his later plays: "Tempest, Twelfth Night."

[630]"Hamlet," III. 3.

[631]Act III. Scene 4.

[632]Act III. Scene 4.