In shape and gesture proudly eminent. Paradise Lost, I. 590.

His soul was like a star. Wordsworth’s London, 1802.

[181]. Drew after him. Paradise Lost, II. 692.

Otway ... Venice Preserved. Thomas Otway’s (1651–85) play was published in 1682.

Jonson’s learned sock. Milton’s L’Allegro.

[183]. To run and read. Habakkuk, ii. 2.

Penetrable stuff. Hamlet, III. 4.

My peace I give unto you [‘not as the world giveth.’] St. John, xiv. 27.

That they should love one another. Ibid. XV. 12.

[184]. Woman behold thy son. Ibid. XIX. 26–7.