Shut the gates of genius [mercy] on mankind. Gray’s Elegy, 17.
To leave no rubs or botches. Macbeth, III. 1.
[277]. Learn to write slow. Cf.
‘Take time enough—all other graces
Will soon fill up their proper places.’
Byron’s ‘Advice to the Messrs. H—— and H—— to preach slow,’ 8. And also
‘Learn to read slow; all other graces
Will follow in their proper places.’
William Walker’s Art of Reading.
The phrase of Ancient Pistol. 2 King Henry IV., and King Henry V.