[13]Ibid., ch. 15-16.
[14]Cf. Matthew 13, 31 etc.
[15]A quotation from Musæus, Volksmärchen der Deutschen, III, 219.
[16]The reference is to a situation in Richard Cumberland's (1732-1811) play of "The Jew," known to Copenhagen playgoers in an adaptation.
[17]I relate what I have been told.
[18]A character in the Danish playwright Overskou's vaudeville of "Capriciosa" (Comedies III, 184).
[19]The glutton in Oehlenschlœger's vaudeville of "Sovedrikken."
[20]Supplied by the translator to complete the sense.
[21]Dejection. Cf. the maxim: omne animal post coïtun triste.
[22]This statement is to be found, rather, in Aristotle's Ethics II, 6.