[Footnote 17: I take this use of the word article to be merely for the occasion; it uas never surely in use for substance.]
[Footnote 18: '—the infusion of his soul into his body,' 'his soul's embodiment.' The Sh. Lex. explains infusion as 'endowments, qualities,' and it may be right.]
[Footnote 19: scarcity.]
[Footnote 20: '—it alone can show his likeness.']
[Footnote 21: 'whoever would follow in his footsteps—copy him—is only his shadow.']
[Footnote 22: Here a pause, I think.]
[Footnote 23: 'To the matter in hand!'—recalling the attention of
Osricke to the purport of his visit.]
[Footnote 24: 'why do we presume to talk about him with our less refined breath?']
[Footnote 25: The Courtier is now thoroughly bewildered.]
[Footnote 26: 'Can you only speak in another tongue? Is it not possible to understand in it as well?']