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. § 84._

FOOTNOTES:

[255-2] In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.--GIBBON: _Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. xlviii._

Heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.--_From Junius, letter xxxvii. Feb. 14, 1770._

SIR JOHN SUCKLING. 1609-1641.

Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out,[256-1] As if they feared the light; But oh, she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.

_Ballad upon a Wedding._

Her lips were red, and one was thin; Compared with that was next her chin,-- Some bee had stung it newly.

_Ballad upon a Wedding._

Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?

_Song._

'T is expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.

_Against Fruition._

She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on.

_Brennoralt. Act ii._

Her face is like the milky way i' the sky,-- A meeting of gentle lights without a name.

_Brennoralt. Act iii._

But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments.[256-2]

_Aglaura. Epilogue._

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.[256-3]

_The Goblins._

Nick of time.

_The Goblins._

"High characters," cries one, and he would see Things that ne'er were, nor are, nor e'er will be.[257-1]

_The Goblins. Epilogue._

FOOTNOTES:

[256-1] See Herrick, page 202.

[256-2] 'T is with our judgments as our watches,--none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.

POPE: _Essay on Criticism, part i . line 9._

[256-3] See Shakespeare, page 147.

[257-1] Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

POPE: _Essay on Criticism,