[35]Ibid. II. 154; "The Rape of the Lock," c. 2, lines 47-68.
[36]Pope's Works, II. 160, "The Rape of the Lock," c. 3, 160, lines 37-44.
[37] "Peins-moi légèrement l'amant léger
de Flore,
Qu'un doux ruisseau murmure en
vers plus doux encore."
[38]A tale of J. J. Rousseau, in which he tries to depict a philosophical clergyman.—Tr.
[39]The "Théodicée" was written in French, and published in 1710.—Tr.
[40]These words are taken from the "Design of an Essay on Man."
[41]Pope's Works, II.; "An Essay on Man," Ep. II. 375, lines 1-18.
[42]Prior's Works, ed. Gilfillan, 1851: "In the remotest wood and lonely grot,
Certain to meet that worst of evils,
thought."
[43]"Alma," canto II. lines 937-978: "Your nicer Hottentots think meet
With guts and tripe to deck their feet;
With downcast looks on Totta's legs
The ogling youth most humbly begs,
She would not from his hopes remove
At once his breakfast and his
love....
Before you see you smell your toast,
And sweetest she who stinks the
most."
[44]The same duke who was afterwards nicknamed "the Butcher."