NOTES.

Note 1 [Page 11].

Thomas De Quincey—a man whose genius and diversified and profound acquirements constitute him one of the most remarkable men of the age; and the book quoted in the text is worthy of him.

Note 2 [Page 20].

The legislature hath since shown many indications of agreement with the opinion of my unhappy swell: having lately abolished arrest on mesne process altogether, as affording creditors too serious a chance of preventing the escape of a fraudulent debtor; and having still more recently made a step towards the abolition of arrest on final process! [1844.]

Note 3 [Page 60].

[Greek:Τοῡ καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐή:Tou_ kai\ a)po\ glô/ssês me/litos glyki/ôn r(e/en au)ê/]

Note 4 [Page 107].

Blackstone's Commentaries, vol. iv. pp. 134-5.

Note 5 [Page 108].