William Vaughn Moody.
I cannot but remember such things were,
That were most precious to me.
Macbeth, IV, 3.
PREFACE[2]
A large proportion of the most interesting quotations in this book was collected between 1874 and 1886. During that period I was under the influence of Richard Hodgson, who was my close friend from childhood. To him directly and indirectly this book is largely indebted.