Fænum in cornu. Horace, Sat. I. iv. 33.
[245]. Lily-livered. Macbeth, Act V. Sc. 3 and King Lear, Act II. Sc. 2.
But that two-handed engine at the door. Lycidas, 130.
[246]. Finds a taint in the Liberal. See vol. VII. The Plain Speaker, p. 379 and note.
Mr. Waithman. Robert Waithman (1764–1833), linen-draper, pamphleteer, Lord Mayor of London (1823), and M.P. for London (1818–1820, 1826–1833).
Dr. E. Mr. W. C. Hazlitt states that the name should be Edwards. This incident forms a singular parallel with Johnson’s meeting with his fellow-collegian, Edwards. See Boswell, ed. G. B. Hill, III. 302 et seq.
Note. A Mr. Law. Probably a son of Thomas Law (1759–1834), of Washington, writer on finance, whose brother was Edward Law, first Baron Ellenborough (1750–1818).
[247]. The John Bull. Theodore Hook’s paper. See vol. IV., The Spirit of the Age, p. 217 and note.
Mr. Shee’s tragedy. Sir Martin Arthur Shee (1769–1850), one of the founders of the British Institution, portrait painter, and President of the Royal Academy, 1830–50. See ante, p. [434]. His play, Alasco, on the partition of Poland, was accepted by Charles Kemble for Covent Garden, but prohibited by the examiner of plays, George Colman the younger. It was published in 1824.
To be direct and honest is not safe. Othello, Act III. Sc. 3.