[388]. Bright with excessive darkness.
Cf. ‘dark with excessive bright.’
Paradise Lost, III. 380.
[389]. They are of the earth, earthy. 1 Cor. XV. 47.
Vangoyen. See ante, note to p. [36].
Ruysdael. See ante, note to p. [22].
Vanderneer. Probably Eglon Hendrik Van der Neer (1643–1703), of Amsterdam, is meant, since his pictures are characterised by their elaborate finish. His father, Aert Van der Neer (1603–1677), painted moonlight and winter scenes.
[390]. To hold the mirror. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2.
To show vice [virtue] her own feature, scorn her own image. Ibid., Act III. Sc. 2.
[391]. Die of a rose in aromatic pain. Pope, Essay on Man, Ep. I. 200.