Absint[[94]] inani funere neniæ,
[[95]]Luctusque turpes et querimoniæ.
[[96]] —— —— —— sepulchri
Mitte supervacuous honores.
[88]. [Mr. Pitt’s Tax upon Hair-powder proved a failure; many of the public declining its use. Those who continued it were called “guinea-pigs,” the tax being a guinea per head.—Ed.]
[97]. [For an explanation of this allusion, see Note at p. [74].—Ed.]
[[98]]Acmen Septimius suos amores
Tenens in gremio, mea, inquit, Acme,
Ni te perdite amo, &c.
[[99]]Cæsio veniam obvius Leoni.