[272:1] See Beaumont and Fletcher, page [198].

[272:2] This proverb Dryden repeats in Amphitryon, act i. sc. 2.

See Shakespeare, page [106].

[273:1] And love the offender, yet detest the offence.—Pope: Eloisa to Abelard, line 192.

[273:2]

Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d'une voix légère,

Passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au sévère.

Boileau: L' Art Poétique, chant 1er.

Formed by thy converse, happily to steer

From grave to gay, from lively to severe.