P. 133. _the proper study_. Pope's "Essay on Man," II, 2.
_comes home_. Bacon's dedication of the Essays.
_Quicquid agunt homines_. "Whatever things men do form the mixed substance
of our book." Juvenal's "Satires," I, 85. With occasional exceptions, this
appears as the motto of the first 78 number of the Tatler.
_holds the mirror_. "Hamlet," iii, 2, 24.
_the act and practic_. Cf. "Henry V," i, 1, 51: "So that the art and
practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric."
P. 134. _the web of our life_. "All's Well That Ends Well," iv, 3, 83.
_Quid sit pulchrum_. "It tells us what is fair, what foul, what is useful,
what not, more amply and better than Chrysippus and Crantor." Horace's
"Epistles," I, ii, 3-4.
_Montaigne_, Michel (1533-1592). "Essays," Books I and II, 1580; Book III,
1588.
P. 135. _not one of the angles_. Sterne's "Tristram Shandy," Bk. III, Ch.
12.
P. 136. _pour out_. "Imitation of Horace, Satire I," 51.
P. 136, n. _more wise Charron_. See Pope's "Moral Essays," I, 87. Pierre
Charron (1541-1603), a friend of Montaigne, author of "De la Sagesse"
(1601).
P. 137. _Pereant isti_. AElius Donatus: St. Jerome's _Commentary on the
Eucharist_, ch. 1. Mr. Carr's translation of the sentence is "Confound the
fellows who have said our good things before us." (Camelot Hazlitt.)
P. 138. _Charles Cotton's_ (1630-1687) translation of Montaigne was
published in 1685. It was dedicated to George Savile, Marquis of Halifax
(1633-1695), who spoke of the essays as "the book in the world I am best
entertained with."
_Cowley_, Abraham (1618-1667). "Several Discourses by way of Essays in
Prose and Verse" appeared in the edition of his works in 1668.
_Sir William Temple_ (1628-1699). His essays, entitled "Miscellanea," were
published in 1680 and 1692.
_Lord Shaftesbury_ (1671-1713), author of "Characteristics" (1711).
P. 139. _the perfect spy_. "Macbeth," iii, 1, 130.
_The Tatler_ ran from April 12, 1709, to June 2, 1711. This paragraph and
the larger portion of the next are substantially reproduced from the paper
"On the Tatler" in the "Round Table."
_Isaac Bickerstaff_. Under the disguise of this name Swift had perpetrated
an amusing hoax on an almanac-maker of the name of Partridge, and in
launching his new periodical Steele availed himself of the notoriety of
Bickerstaff's name and feigned his identity with that personage.
P. 140. _the disastrous stroke_. Cf. "Othello," i, 3, 157: "some
distressful stroke that my youth suffered."
_the recollection of one of his mistresses_. Tatler, No. 107.
_the club at the Trumpet_. 132.
_the cavalcade_. 86.
_the upholsterer_. 155, 160, 178.
_If he walks out_, etc. 238.
P. 141. _Charles Lillie_, perfumer, at the corner of Beaufort Buildings in
the Strand, was agent for the sale of the Tatler and Spectator and is
several times mentioned in those periodicals.
_Betterton_, Thomas (1635?-1710), _Anne Oldfield_ (1683-1730), _Will_
[Richard] _Estcourt_ (1668-1712), were popular actors of the day.
_Tom Durfey_ (1653-1723) was a dramatist and song writer.
_Duke of Marlborough_ (1650-1722), and _Marshal Turenne_ (1611-1675).
_The Spectator_ ran from March 1, 1711, to December 6, 1712, with an
additional series from June 18 to December 20, 1714.
_the first sprightly runnings_. Dryden's "Aurengzebe," iv, 1.
P. 142. _Addison_, Joseph (1672-1719).
_the whiteness of her hand_. Cf. Spectator. No. 113. "She certainly has
the finest hand of any woman in the world."
_the havoc he makes_. Spectator, 116, by Budgell.
_his speech from the bench and his unwillingness_. 122.
_his gentle reproof_. 130.
_his doubts_. 117.
P. 143. _his account of the family pictures_. 109, by Steele.
_his choice of a chaplain_. 106.
_his falling asleep at church and his reproof of John Williams_, i.e.,
John Matthews. 112.
_I once thought I knew_. Cf. "On the Conversation of Authors," where A----
(William Ayrton) is introduced as "the Will Honeycomb of our set."
_The Court of Honour_. Addison created the court in Tatler, 250. Its
proceedings are recorded by himself and Steele in Nos. 253, 256, 259, 262,
265.
_Personification of Musical Instruments_. Tatler, 153, 157.
_the picture of the family_. Tatler, 95, of unknown authorship.
P. 144. _the account of the two sisters_. 151.
_the married lady_. 104.
_the lover and his mistress_. 94.
_the bridegroom_. 82.
_Mr. Eustace and his wife_. 172.
_the fine dream_. 117.
_Mandeville_, Bernard (d. 1733), author of the satirical "Fable of the
Bees."
_reflections on cheerfulness_. Spectator, 381, 387, 393.
_those in Westminster Abbey_. 26.
_Royal Exchange_. 69.
P. 145. _the best criticism_. 226.
_Mr. Fuseli_, Henry (1741-1825), painter and art critic.
_an original copy_. Probably the octavo edition of 1711.
_The Guardian_ ran from March 12, 1713, to October 1, 1713.
_The Rambler_ ran from March 20, 1749-50, to March 14, 1752.
_Dr. Johnson_, Samuel (1709-1784).
P. 146. _give us pause_. "Hamlet," iii, 1, 68.
P. 147. _All his periods_, etc. See the "Character of Burke" and the
preface to "The Characters of Shakespeare's Plays."
P. 148. _the elephant_. "Paradise Lost," IV, 345.
_If he were to write_. Boswell's "Johnson," ed. Birkbeck Hill, II, 231.
P. 149. _Rasselas_, an Oriental tale, published in 1759.
_abused Milton and patronised Lauder_. See Boswell's "Johnson," I,
228-231.
P. 150. _Boswell_, James (1740-1795), made his literary reputation by his
"Life of Johnson."
_the king of good fellows_. Burns's "Auld Rab Morris."
_inventory of all he said_. Cf. Ben Jonson's "Alchemist," iii, 2: "And
ta'en an inventory of what they are."
_Goldsmith asked_. Boswell's "Johnson," II, 260.
_If that fellow Burke_. II, 450.
_What, is it you_. I, 250.
P. 151. _with some unidead girls_. I, 251.
_Now, I think_. II, 362.
_his quitting the society_. I, 201.
_his dining with Wilkes_. III, 64.
_his sitting with the young ladies_. II, 120.
_his carrying the unfortunate victim_. IV, 321.
_an act which realises the parable_. Talfourd, who heard this lecture,
reports that on Hazlitt's allusion to this incident "a titter arose from
some who were struck by the picture as ludicrous, and a murmur from others
who deemed the allusion unfit for ears polite: he paused for an instant,
and then added, in his sturdiest and most impressive manner--'an act which
realizes the parable of the Good Samaritan'--at which his moral, and his
delicate hearers shrank, rebuked, into deep silence."
_where they_. Gray's "Elegy."
P. 152. _The Adventurer_ ran from November 7, 1752, to March 9, 1754. John
Hawkesworth (1715-1773) was its chief contributor.
_The World_ ran from January 4, 1753, to December 30, 1756.
_The Connoisseur_ ran from January 31, 1754, to September 30, 1756.
_one good idea_. The paper referred to is No. 176 of The World, by Edward
Moore, the dramatist.
_Citizen of the World_, in two volumes, 1762.
_go about to cozen_. Cf. "Merchant of Venice," ii, 9, 37: "To cozen
fortune and be honorable Without the stamp of merit."
_Persian Letters_. "Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at
Ispahan" (1735), by Lord Lyttleton.
P. 153. _The bonzes_. "Citizen of the World," Letter X.
_Edinburgh. We are positive_. Ibid., Letter V.
_Beau Tibbs_. Letters XXIX, LIV, LV, LXXXI.
_Lounger_ ran from February 5, 1785, to January 6, 1786, _The Mirror_ from
January 23, 1779, to May 27, 1780. The chief contributor to both was Henry
Mackenzie (1745-1831), author of the celebrated sentimental novels: "The
Man of Feeling" (1771), "The Man of the World" (1773), "Julia de Roubigne"
(1777).
_the story of La Roche_. Mirror, 42, 43, 44.
_the story of Le Fevre_. "Tristram Shandy," Bk. VI, ch. 6.
P. 154. _author of Rosamond Gray_. Charles Lamb.