Subdued to the [‘even to the very’] quality. Othello, I. 3.
The late Lord Chatham (1708–1778). He began life as a cornet of dragoons (See p. 269).
That Roan shall be my throne. 1 King Henry IV., II. 3.
[269]. He spoke [taught] as one having authority. S. Matthew, vii. 29.
[270]. A few termes coude [hadde] he. The Prologue, 639. But the lines are told of the Somnour not the Monk.
Will halt for it. Hamlet, II. 2.
[271]. Mr. Place of Charing Cross. Francis Place (1771–1854) the radical tailor.
Trampled under the hoofs. Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution.
Sir Francis Burdett (1770–1844). He was the most popular politician of his day.
[271]. Dr. Johnson had a wish. See Boswell’s Life, ed. G. B. Hill, (II. 138–9).