King Ferdinand. Possibly the reference is to the Cortes having let Ferdinand leave Cadiz (whither they had carried him) during the siege by the French on Oct. 1, 1813, in order to make terms with the French.
[153]. It follows, as the night the day. Hamlet, I. 3.
[155]. So as with a difference. Hamlet, IV. 5.
[156]. Note. Dr. Combe of Edinburgh. The phrenological Combes were George (1788–1858), W.S. and moral philosopher, and his brother, Andrew (1797–1847), doctor of medicine.
Fancy in himself. ‘I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.’ 2 King Henry IV., I. 2.
[157]. Note. Squandering glances. As You Like It, II. 7.
ESSAY XV. ON EGOTISM
[158]. King Cambyses’ vein. 1 King Henry IV., II. 4.
Vain and self-conceit. ‘Self and vain conceit,’ King Richard II., III. 2.
Getting the start of the majestic world. Julius Cæsar, I. 2.