[Footnote: 62. An Act for the better regulating See 87, 23. ]
[Footnote: 63. Trial of Treasons See 50, 20.]
[Footnote: 64. de jure. According to law. de facto. According to fact.]
[Footnote: 65. jewel of his soul.
“Good name in
man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel
of their souls”
—Othello,
iii, iii, 155,156.]
[Footnote: 66. proposition of a ransom. See 8, 13.]
[Footnote: 67. An experiment upon something of no value.]
[Footnote: 68. They stake their fortune and play.]
[Footnote: 69. Such a presumption Is Burke right in this? Select instances which seem to warrant rest such a presumption. Discuss the political parties of Burke’s own day from this point of view.]
[Footnote: 70. What can you say about the style of this passage? Note the figure, sentence structure, and diction. Does it seem artificial and overwrought? Compare it with 43, 22-25; 44. 1-6; also with 90, 23-25, 91, 1-25, 92, 1-23.]
[Footnote: 71. enemies. France and Spain.]
[Footnote: 72. light as air.
“Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ”
—Othello, iii, iii, 322-324]
[Footnote: 73. grapple to you.
“The friends thou hast and their
adoption tried
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of
steel”
—Hamlet,
I., iii, 62,63.]
[Footnote: 74. the cement is gone. Figure?]
[Footnote: 75. profane herd.
“Odi profanum volgus et arceo”
I hate the vulgar herd and keep it from me
—Horace, Odes, iii, 1, 1]
[Footnote: 76. Magnanimity. Etymology?]
[Footnote: 77. auspicate Etymology and derivation?]
[Footnote: 78. Sursum corda. Lift up your hearts.]
[Footnote: 79. quod felix faustumque sit. May it be happy and fortunate.]
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