I write this at Winterslow. See vol. VI. Table Talk, note to p. 90.
My mind to me a kingdom is. From Sir Edward Dyer’s lyric in Byrd’s Psalms and Sonnets (1588).
That character of Millimant. See vol. VIII. Lectures on the English Comic Writers, pp. 73–4.
Signior Orlando Friscobaldo. In Dekker’s The Honest Whore, Part II. See vol. V. Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, pp. 335, et seq.
[122]. Webster or Deckar. John Webster (? d. 1625) and Thomas Dekker (c. 1570–c. 1637). See vol. v. Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth.
Schlegel. In his Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature. See vol. I. Characters of Shakespear’s Plays, note to p. 171.
The Descent of Liberty. Leigh Hunt’s Mask, with a dedication from Surrey Jail was published in 1815.
[122]. When the mighty fell. Napoleon.
[123]. Cried out upon in the top of the compass. Cf. Hamlet, III. 2.
‘You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass.’