[125]. Epistol., vol. I, p. 278.

[126].

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

(Macbeth, a. V, sc. 5).

We are such stuff

As dreams are made on, and our little life