Book i

. chap. xxii.

[799-2] See Pope, page 315.

[799-3] See Pope, page 317.

[799-4] See Bacon, page 169.

NICHOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX. 1636-1711.

Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.[799-5]

_The Art of Poetry. Canto i. Line 75._

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

_The Art of Poetry. Canto iii. Line 374._

He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.

_Satire 2._

"There, take," says Justice, "take ye each a shell; We thrive at Westminster on fools like you. 'T was a fat oyster! live in peace,--adieu."[800-1]

_Epître ii._

FOOTNOTES:

[799-5] See Dryden, page 273.

[800-1] See Pope, page 334.

ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE. 1668-1747.

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.[800-2]

_Gil Blas. Book iii . Chap. xi._

I wish you all sorts of prosperity with a little more taste.

_Gil Blas. Book vii . Chap. iv._

Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.[800-3]

_Gil Blas. Book viii . Chap. ix._

Facts are stubborn things.[800-4]

_Gil Blas. Book x . Chap. i._

Plain as a pike-staff.[800-5]

_Gil Blas.