_his compliments_. See p. 322.
_Where Murray_. "Imitations of Horace, Epistle VI," 52. William Murray
(1705-1793), Chief Justice of England, created Lord Mansfield in 1776.
_Why rail_. "Epilogue to Satires," Dialogue II, 138.
_Despise low joys_. "Epistle to Mr. Murray," 60.
P. 130. _character of Addison_. "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot," 193-214.
_Buckingham_. George Villiers, second duke of Buckingham (1628-1687),
statesman, wit, and poet.
_Alas! how changed_. "Moral Essays," III, 305.
_Arbuthnot_, John (1667-1735), physician and man of letters, whom
Thackeray introduced in attendance at the death-bed of Francis Esmond. "He
had a very notable share in the immortal History of John Bull, and the
inimitable and praiseworthy Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus.... Arbuthnot's
style is distinguished from that of his contemporaries, even by a greater
degree of terseness and conciseness. He leaves out every superfluous word;
is sparing of connecting particles, and introductory phrases; uses always
the simplest forms of construction; and is more a master of the idiomatic
peculiarities and internal resources of the language than almost any other
writer." "English Poets," Lecture VI.
_Charles Jervas_ (1675-1739) gave Pope lessons in painting. He is also
known as a translator of "Don Quixote."
_Why did I write_. "Epistle to Arbuthnot," 125.
P. 131. _Oh, lasting as those colours_. "Epistle to Mr. Jervas," 63.
_who have eyes_. Psalms, cxv, 5; cxxxv, 16, etc.
_It will never do._ Hazlitt was fond of mimicking this phrase with which
Jeffrey so unfortunately opened his well-known review of Wordsworth's
"Excursion."
_I lisp'd in numbers._ "Epistle to Arbuthnot," 128.
_Et quum conabar scribere_. Cf. Ovid's "Tristia," IV, x, 26: "Et, quod
tentabam dicere, versus erat."