[215] Anecdotes of Painting, in his Works, 4to. vol. iii., p. 364.
[216] Walpole's Works, ut supra, vol iii., p. 364.
[217] Life of Edward Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, in the Autobiography p. 145. It is an honour to Grotius, who wrote a book, De Veritate, on the other side of the question, that he encouraged so renowned an antagonist to publish: though, perhaps, he saw less danger in it than singularity. At all events, he could anticipate no harm from the close.
[218] Malcolm's Customs and Manners of London, from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700, vol. i., p. 318.
[219] Poems on Affairs of State, from the Time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of King James the Second, vol. i., p. 147.
[220] It is still a phrase with the vulgar to say, a man "shams Abram."
[221] Manners and Customs, vol. i., p. 322.
[222] Historical Account of the English Stage, p. 320.
[223] It has recently been pulled down to make room for the enlargement of the museum of the College of Surgeons.
[224] See Malone, pp. 135, 136.