[100] Ibid.

[101] De la Richesse dans les Sociétés chrétienne, t. i. p. 498.

[102] La Democratie devant l’Enseignement catholique, p. 107.

[103] A History of the Gothic Revival in England. By Charles L. Eastlake, F.R.I.B.A., Architect. London: Longman & Green.

[104] This allusion refers to a playful superstition practised in Russia on New Year’s Eve. It consists in pouring melted wax into a basin of cold water, and drawing predictions from the figures thus produced.

[105]

“So gentle and so modest doth appear
My Lady.”

—Vita Nuova, Charles Eliot Norton’s Translation.

[106]

“She gives the heart a sweetness through the eyes
Which none can understand who doth not prove.”
—Ibid.