[178]. Dr. S. Dr. Stoddart. See ante, note to p. [142].
Famous poet’s pen. Cf. Spenser’s Verses to the Earl of Essex.
[182]. M. Martine’s Death of Socrates. Alphonse-Marie-Louis de Prat de Lamartine’s (1791–1869) work was published in 1823.
A nation of shopkeepers. See vol. I. The Round Table, note to p. [150].
M. de la Place. Pierre Antoine de la Place (1707–1793) translated Tom Jones. The third edition of 1751 is in the British Museum.
[183]. L. H. Leigh Hunt.
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Devoutly to be wished. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 1.
[184]. Honest sonsie bawsont face. Burns, The Twa Dogs.