(Brewster).

239.  VIRG.  AEn. vi. 86.

  ‘—­Wars, horrid wars!’

(Dryden).

240.  MART.  Ep. i. 17.

  ‘Of such materials, Sir, are books composed.’

241.  VIRG.  AEn. iv. 466.

  ’All sad she seems, forsaken, and alone;
  And left to wander wide through paths unknown.’

(P.)

242.  HOR. 2 Ep. i 168.

  ‘To write on vulgar themes, is thought an easy task.’

243.  TULL.  Offic.

  ’You see, my son Marcus, virtue as if it were embodied, which if it
  could be made the object of sight, would (as Plato says) excite in us
  a wonderful love of wisdom.’

244.  HOR. 2 Sat. vii. 101.

  ‘A judge of painting you, a connoisseur.’

245.  HOR.  Ars Poet. v. 338.

  ‘Fictions, to please, should wear the face of truth.’

246.

  ’No amorous hero ever gave thee birth,
  Nor ever tender goddess brought thee forth: 
  Some rugged rock’s hard entrails gave thee form,
  And raging seas produced thee in a storm: 
  A soul well suiting thy tempestuous kind,
  So rough thy manners, so untamed thy mind.’

(Pope).

247.  HESIOD.

  ‘Their untired lips a wordy torrent pour.’

248.  TULL.  Off. i. 16.

  ’It is a principal point of duty, to assist another most when he
  stands most in need of assistance.’

249.  Frag.  Vet.  Poet.

  ‘Mirth out of season is a grievous ill.’

250.  HOR. 1 Ep. xvii. 3.

  ’Yet hear what an unskilful friend can say: 
  As if a blind man should direct your way;
  So I myself, though wanting to be taught,
  May yet impart a hint that’s worth your thought.’

251.  VIRG.  AEn. vi. 625.

  ’—­A hundred mouths, a hundred tongues,
  And throats of brass inspired with iron lungs.’

(Dryden).

252.  VIRG.  AEn. ii. 570.

  ‘Exploring every place with curious eyes.’

253.  HOR. 1 Ep. ii. 76.

  ’I feel my honest indignation rise,
  When with affected air a coxcomb cries,
  The work I own has elegance and ease,
  But sure no modern should presume to please.’

(Francis).

254.  Frag.  Vet.  Poet.

  ‘Virtuous love is honourable, but lust increaseth sorrow.’

255.  HOR. 1 Ep. lib. 1. ver. 36. Imitated.

  ’Know there are rhymes, which (fresh and fresh apply’d)
  Will cure the arrant’st puppy of his pride.’

(Pope).

256.  HESIOD.

  ’Fame is an ill you may with ease obtain,
  A sad oppression, to be borne with pain.’

257.  STOBAEUS.

  ’No slumber seals the eye of Providence,
  Present to every action we commence.’

258.

  ‘Divide and rule.’

259.  TULL.