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INTERCHAPTER XVI.—p. 340.
THE AUTHOR RELATES SOME ANECDOTES, REFERS
TO AN OPINION EXPRESSED BY A CRITIC ON THE
PRESENT OPUS, AND DESCANTS THEREON.
Every man can say B to a battledore, and write in praise
of virtue and the seven liberal sciences; thresh corn out
of full sheaves, and fetch water out of the Thames. But
out of dry stubble to make an after-harvest, and a plenti-
ful crop without sowing, and wring juice out of a flint,
that is Pierce a God's name, and the right trick of a
workman.
NASH.
CHAPTER CXLIII.-p. 356.
A FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE THE PHYSICAL
AND MORAL QUALITIES OF NOBS.
Quant à moi, je desirerois fort sçavoir bien dire, ou que
j'eusse eu une bonne plume, et bien taillée à commande-
ment, pour l'exalter et louër comme il le mérite. Toutes-
fois, telle quelle est, je m'en vais l'employer au hazard.
BRANTOME.
CHAPTER CXLIV. p. 363
HISTORY AND ROMANCE RANSACKED FOR RESEM-
BLANCES AND NON-RESEMBLANCES TO THE
HORSE OF DR. DANIEL DOVE.
Renowned beast! (forgive poetic flight!)
Not less than man, deserves poetic right.
THE BRUCIAD.
CHAPTER CXLV. - p. 369.
WILLIAM OSMER. INNATE QUALITIES. MARCH OF
ANIMAL INTELLECT. FARTHER REVEALMENT OF
THE COLUMBIAN PHILOSOPHY.
There is a word, and it is a great word in this Book,*
ixì Tò KỷTò, — In id ipsum, that is, to look to the thing
itself, the very point, the principal matter of all; to have
our eye on that, and not off it, upon alia omnia, any thing
but it. To go to the point, drive all to that, as also to go
to the matter real, without declining from it this way or
that, to the right hand or to the left. BP. ANDREWES.
him.
The New Testament which the Preacher had before
CHAPTER CLXII. p. 406.
AMOUNT OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL SINS
ACCORDING TO THE ESTIMATE OF MR. TOPLADY.
THE DOCTOR'S OPINION THEREON. A BILL FOR
CERTAIN CHURCH REPAIRS. A ROMISH LEGEND
WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE TRUE, AND PART OF A
JESUIT'S SERMON.
Mankind, tho' satirists with jobations weary us,
Has only two weak parts if fairly reckon'd;
The first of which, is trifling with things serious; And seriousness in trifles is the second. Remove these little rubs, whoe'er knows how, And fools will be as scarce, as wise men now. BISHOP.
CHAPTER CLXVII.-p. 416.
A MOTTO WHICH IS WELL CHOSEN BECAUSE NOT
BEING APPLICABLE IT SEEMS TO BE SO. THE
AUTHOR NOT ERRANT HERE OR ELSEWHERE.
PHILOSOPHY AND OTHER-OSOPHIES.▾
Much from my theme and friend have I digressed,
But poor as I am, poor in stuff for thought,
And poor in thought to make of it the best,
Blame me not, Gentles, if I soon am caught By this or that, when as my themes suggest
Aught of collateral aid which may be wrought
Into its service: Blame me not, I say;
The idly musing often miss their way.
CHARLES LLOYD.