(Spectator, no 375.)
[403]: William Simple, smitten at the Opera, by the glance of an eye that was aimed at one that stood by him.
Sir Christopher Crazy Bart., hurt by the brush of a whalebone petticoat.
Ned Courtly, presenting Flavia with her glove (which she had dropped on purpose), she received it and took away his life with a curtesy.
John Gosselin, having received a slight hurt from a pair of blue eyes, as he was making his escape was dispatched by a smile.
(Spectator, no 377.)
[404]: Aridæus a beautiful youth of Epirus, in love with Praxinoe, the wife of Thespis, escaped without damage saving only that two of his foreteeth were struck out, and his nose a little flatted.
Hipparchus, being passionately fond of his own wife, who was enamoured of Bathyllus, leaped and died of his fall; upon which his wife married her gallant.
(Spectator, no 233.)
[405]: Voy. les trente derniers numéros du Spectator.