FOOTNOTES:

[279] At this fire, on April 29, 1679, about two hundred persons were killed.

[280] "Æneid," vi. 653.

[281] See No. 92.

[282] Where the Royal Society then met.

[No. 95.]

From Tuesday, Nov. 15, to Thursday, Nov. 17, 1709.

Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati;
Casta pudicitiam servat domus.

Virg., Georg. ii. 523.

From my own Apartment, Nov. 16.