The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 09 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

Can these things be. Macbeth, Act III. Sc. 4.

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[247]. Note. Mr. Barrow. Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) was second secretary of the Admiralty, 1804–1806 and 1807–1845. Croker of course was the other secretary of the Admiralty as well as a contributor to the Quarterly.

[248]. Very stuff o’ the conscience. Othello, Act I. Sc. 2.

Note. Chief Justice Holt. Sir John Holt (1642–1710), Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench (1689–1710), the Verus of The Tatler. See No. 14, May 12, 1709.

[249]. Man seldom is.

‘Man never Is, but always To be blest.’

Pope, Essay on Man, I. 96.

There’s no such thing. Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III. Sc. 3.

[250]. M. Beyle ... De l’Amour. Marie Henri Beyle’s (1783–1842) work was published in 1822. He is better known under his pseudonym of Stendhal. His best works are Le Rouge et le Noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839).