[21] Ag´a-nip´pe: a famous Grecian fountain; here, the name is applied to some stream or pool.
[22] In the consulship of Plancus: here, meaning in the time of Dr. Arnold.
[23] William of Wykeham: the founder of Winchester College, the oldest of the great public schools of England. Here Dr. Arnold fitted for Oxford.
[24] Intrinsic: inward, real, true.
[25] Minimum: least.
[26] Elaborate: prepared or thought out with great care.
[27] Incongruous: ill-fitting.
[28] Elegiac: a kind of verse generally used in expressing sorrow and lamentation.
[29] Cribbed: stole, copied.
[30] O genus humanum: O human race.