[401:5] See Bacon, page [171].
[401:6] See Chaucer, page [4].
[402:1] See Burton, page [185].
[402:2] See Young, page [308].
[402:3] An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.—Pliny the Younger: Letters, book ii. letter xv. 1.
[402:4] See Middleton, page [174].
[403:1] See Butler, pages 215, 216.
[403:2] There are two things which I am confident I can do very well: one is an introduction to any literary work, stating what it is to contain, and how it should be executed in the most perfect manner.
Boswell: Life of Johnson, An. 1775.