Mr. Markby has recently published his promised edition of Bacon's
_Essays_; and he has in this, as in his edition of the _Advancement of
Learning_, successfully traced most of the passages alluded to by Lord
Bacon. The following notes relate to a few points which still deserve
attention:
Essay I. On Truth:--"The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise
inferior to the rest."] By "beautified" is here meant "set off to
advantage," "embellished."