[387]. ‘Jealous leer malign.’ Paradise Lost, IV. 503. [388]. ‘Phœnix,’ etc. Ibid. v. 272. ‘Though wondering senates,’ etc. Pope, Moral Essays, I. 184–7. [390]. ‘Like to a gate,’ etc. Cf. Troilus and Cressida, Act III. Sc. 3. [391]. ‘The learned pate,’ etc. Timon of Athens, Act IV. Sc. 3.
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This and the two following essays were published together in Sketches and Essays.
[392]. ‘God’s image,’ etc. Fuller, The Holy State, II. 20, ‘The Good Sea-Captain.’ Mr. Murray no longer libels men of colour. In Sketches and Essays these words were changed to ‘men of colour are no longer to be libelled.’ [393]. ‘That one,’ etc. Cf. Othello, Act V. Sc. 2.
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
PAGE [395]. ‘Most ignorant,’ etc. Cf. Measure for Measure, Act II. Sc. 2. ‘Cherish,’ etc. Reflections on the Revolution in France (Select Works, ed. Payne, II. 102). ‘Rings the earth,’ etc. Cf. Cowper, The Task, III. 129–30. [396]. ‘Murder to dissect.’ Wordsworth, The Tables Turned, l. 28.
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
This essay, which does not seem to have been published in The Atlas, is printed from Sketches and Essays.
PAGE [396]. ‘Reason,’ etc. Cf. 1 Peter iii. 15. [398]. ‘There is nothing,’ etc. Cf. vol. VIII. (English Comic Writers) p. 124 and note. [400]. ‘Thus shall we,’ etc. Cf. 1 John iv. I. ‘Comes home,’ etc. Bacon, Essays, Dedication. ‘Still, small voice.’ 1 Kings xix. 12.