Temple.
At the conclusion of the preface to the thick 8vo. edition of the
_Elegant Extracts, Verse_, published by C. Dilly, 1796, you will find
these words:--
"I will conclude my preface with the _ideas of Montaigne_. 'I have
here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought
nothing of my own but the thread that ties them.'"