From The London Magazine, March 1823
36. A line of Kings. Macbeth, Act III. Sc. 1.
The oak of Herne the hunter. Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V. Sc. 5.
[37]. The proud Keep of Windsor. A Letter to a Noble Lord, (Works, Bohn, V. 137).
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[37]. Verrio. Antonio Verrio (1639–1707), of Lecce, near Otranto. He was employed at Windsor under Charles II. and James II., and at Hampton Court under Anne.
West. Benjamin West (1738–1820), of Pennsylvania. He succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1792 as President of the Royal Academy.
Zuccarelli. Francesco Zuccarelli (c. 1702–1788), of Tuscany. He was one of the founders of the Royal Academy.
[38]. Clear-spirited thought.
Cf. ‘Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise.’