[34] See ante, p. 61.—M.
[35] Published in 1800.—M.
[36] The first edition of Southey's epic was published in 1796, the second in 1798, both at Bristol.—M.
[37] Published, with other political pieces, in 1798, after having appeared in the Morning Post newspaper.—M.
[38] English Anthology for 1799-1800, in 2 vols., published at Bristol, and edited by Southey.—M.
[39] The first edition, entitled Poems on Various Subjects, by S. T. Coleridge, late of Jesus College, Cambridge, was published at Bristol in 1796; the second at London in 1797; the third at London in 1803.—M.
[40] For a full account of this interesting Mr. Poole see Thomas Poole and his Friends, by Mrs. Henry Sandford, 2 vols., 1888. He was born 1765, and died 1837.—M.
[41] More properly spelt Alfoxden.—M.
[42] In the abrupt phrasing of Mr. Poole's question De Quincey must surely have recollected the similar question put by the clown in Twelfth Night to the supposed madman Malvolio to test his sanity—"Clown. What is the opinion of Pythagoras concerning wild fowl?"—M.
[43] With respect to all these cases of apparent plagiarism, see an explanatory Note at the end of this chapter.