[146] There are in Dublin, at the present day, accomplished architects who have done, and are doing, good work both within and without the College walls. It is obvious that these remarks have no application nor reference to them, save in so far that even their best work has in it nothing peculiarly Irish.
[147] Letter to Montagu, May 18th, 1748.
[148] Graphic, May 29th, 1886.
[149] Milizia: Lives of Architects, p. 295.
[150] I am obliged to Mr. George Cook, the manager of the Burlington Hotel, for this information, and for afterwards showing me over the house.
[151] The Old Square of 1685 occupied apparently the site of two yet older quadrangles.
[152] “It is an accursed thing not to die.” This strange saying will be found in Epictetus, Diss. II. VI. 12, where the philosopher adds that man, like corn, having once been sown, must look forward with satisfaction to the harvest when he shall also be reaped. The slave moralist may perhaps have met St. Paul at Rome.
[153] These are modern pictures of no value or interest. There is an authentic and most interesting portrait of Bishop Berkeley in the Common Room.
[154] Born 1665; died 1745.
[155] Vigo Street, built at this time, takes its name from this most popular victory.