Book xv

. The Worship of Æsculapius, Line 155._

She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.[274-2]

_Persius. Satire v. Line 246._

Look round the habitable world: how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

_Juvenal. Satire x._

Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch.[274-3]

_Mariage à la Mode. Act ii. Sc. 1._

Thespis, the first professor of our art, At country wakes sung ballads from a cart.

_Prologue to Lee's Sophonisba._

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.

_All for Love. Prologue._

Men are but children of a larger growth.

_All for Love. Act iv. Sc. 1._

Your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.[275-1]

_The Maiden Queen. Act i. Sc. 2._

Burn daylight.

_The Maiden Queen. Act ii. Sc. 1._

I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty.[275-2]

_The Maiden Queen. Act iii. Sc. 1._

But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.

_The Tempest. Prologue._

I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

_The Conquest of Granada. Part i . Act i. Sc. 1._

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.[275-3]

_The Conquest of Granada. Part ii . Act i. Sc. 2._

What precious drops are those Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?

_The Conquest of Granada.