Cf. A View, etc., vol. VIII. p. 332.
[402]. ‘Snatch a grace,’ etc. Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 155. ‘Catch ere she falls,’ etc. Pope, Moral Essays, II. 20.
VENICE PRESERVED
Cf. the account of Kemble’s Pierre, vol. VIII. p. 378.
[403]. ‘The most replenished,’ etc. Richard III., Act IV. Sc. 3.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
[403]. Borrowed from Fielding’s Joseph Andrews. Cf. vol. III. p. 115. [404]. ‘His singularity,’ etc. Johnson frequently denounced singularity. The instances are collected in Boswell’s Life, ed. G. B. Hill, II. 74–5.
KEAN’S MACBETH
[405]. Except in the murder scene. Cf. vol. VIII. p. 207. ‘Proud and lion-hearted,’ etc. Cf. ‘Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care,’ etc. Macbeth, Act IV. Sc. 1.