That from a shelf the precious diadem stole
And put it in his pocket!’
Hamlet, Act III. Scene 4.
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
[146]. ‘That a great man’s memory,’ etc. Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2. Their late President. Sir Joshua Reynolds. [147]. ‘Feel the future in the instant.’ Macbeth, Act I. Scene 5. [148]. ‘Depend upon it,’ etc. This letter was not avowed by Burke, but was attributed to him by Barry himself and by Sir James Prior in his Life of Burke, (Bohn, p. 227). [149]. ‘Playing at will,’ etc.
‘——and played at will
Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet,
Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.’
Paradise Lost, v. 294–296.
‘To that same ancient vault