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

by William Hazlitt

[334]. Torrigiano. Pietro Torrigiano (1472–1528), Italian sculptor. The bronze tombs of Henry VII. and Queen Elizabeth at Westminster are his. He was imprisoned for heresy and died of hunger.

[335]. Gay creatures of the element. Comus, 299.

[336]. Mr. Martin. John Martin, landscape and historical painter (1789–1854), one of the founders of the Society of British Artists.

[338]. Sir Joshua tells us ... the Idler. Nos. 76 and 82. Cf. vol. VI. Table Talk, p. 131 and note.

Note. Sedet in æternumque sedebit. Virgil, Æneid, VI. 617–18.

[339]. Villainous low. The Tempest, Act IV. Sc. 1.

[340]. To o’erstep the modesty of nature. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2.

All we hate. Pope, Moral Essays, II. 52.

[342]. Thrills in each nerve.

Cf. ‘A sudden horror chill