[235]. The true Florimel, etc. The Faerie Queene, III. viii. [236]. Another epic poem. La Cirnéide (1819).
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[237]. ‘Vile durance.’ Kenrick’s Falstaff’s Wedding (1766), Act I. Sc. 2. ‘The mistress or the saint.’ Cf. Goldsmith, The Traveller, 152. Jocunda. The portrait of Mona Lisa, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. [239]. ‘Laborious foolery.’ Hazlitt seems to be quoting from himself. See his Letter ‘On Modern Comedy’ (1813), vol. VIII. p. 554. [240]. ‘Come, then, the colours,’ etc. Pope, Moral Essays, II. 17–20. Watteau. Antoine Watteau (1684–1721). Guerin. Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1774–1833). The picture referred to is now in the Louvre. [241]. The Deluge by Girodet. This picture of Anne Louis Girodet’s (1767–1824) is in the Louvre. [242]. Lefebre. Hazlitt presumably refers to Robert Le Fèvre’s (1756–1830) portrait of Napoleon now in the Gallery at Versailles.
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[243]. C. L. Eastlake. Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865), elected President of the Royal Academy and knighted in 1850; Director of the National Gallery from 1855. ‘Antique Roman.’ Hamlet, Act V. Sc. 2. A hint from a high quarter. Hazlitt presumably refers to the fact that Canning had not been in office since his quarrel with Castlereagh in 1809. [244]. ‘A great book is a great evil.’ A saying of Voltaire’s. Cf. vol. V. (Lectures on the English Poets), p. 114. ‘It is place,’ etc. Cymbeline, Act III. Sc. 3. [245]. G. Hayter. George (afterwards Sir George) Hayter (1792–1871). His ‘Ezra’ gained a prize of £200. Mr. Harlowe’s Hubert and Arthur. By George Henry Harlow (1787–1819), a pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence. ‘Deep scars,’ etc. Paradise Lost, I. 601. Miss Geddes. Margaret Sarah Geddes (1793–1872), better known as Mrs. Carpenter, and a portrait-painter. Chalon. Alfred Edward Chalon (1781–1860). Burnetts, etc. James M. Burnet (1788–1816) and John Burnet (1784–1868); Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787–1855); Thomas Christopher Hofland (1777–1843); John Glover (1767–1849). Both the Nasmyths, Alexander (1758–1840) and Peter (1787–1831), were represented at the Exhibition.
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[246]. W. Collins. William Collins (1788–1847). [247]. Bone. Robert Trewick Bone (1790–1840). H. Howard. Henry Howard (1769–1847). H. Singleton. Henry Singleton (1766–1839). P. H. Rogers. Philip Hutchins Rogers (1794–1853). J. Wilson. John Wilson (1774–1855). [248]. The ablest landscape painter, etc. Turner. Cf. vol. I. (The Round Table), p. 76 note.