[108]. See the Notes to Southey’s Carmen Triumphale.

[109]. See ante, note to p. 45.

[110]. Tristram Shandy, IX. 26.

[111]. In the Life of Napoleon Hazlitt refers to this saying, which he calls ‘quackery.’

[112]. ‘Nothing can be conceived more hard than the heart of a thorough-bred metaphysician.’ A Letter to a Noble Lord (Works, Bohn, V. 141).

[113]. From the Essay on Poetry of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. No attempt was made to standardize inconsistencies in spelling such as Shakespear, Shakespeare, and Shakspeare.
  2. Changed “dissoûte” to “dissoute” on p. [xxxi].
  3. Changed “etoit” to “étoit” on p. [90].
  4. Changed “bonhommie” to “bonhomme” on p. [208].
  5. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  6. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.