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Variants
- ↑ Var. V. 82. A baleful smile] A smile of horror. Ms..
Notes
- ↑ V. 82.
"He ceas'd: for both seem'd highly pleas'd; and Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile." Par. L. ii. 845. W. So Hom. Il. E. 212: Μειδιόων βλοσυροῖσι προσώπασε. And other examples cited in the note of Newton to the Par. Lost. - ↑ V. 83. Ruinous wars of York and Lancaster. Gray.
- ↑ V. 83."Arms on armour clashing brayed."
Milt. Par. L. vi. 209.Luke. - ↑ V. 84. "Harry to Harry shall, not horse to horse." Shakes. Hen. IV. pt. i. act iv. sc. i. "Man to man, and horse to horse." Massing. M. of Honor.Rogers.
- ↑ V. 86. "Cognatasque acies," Lucan. i. 4. W.—And so in Sidon. Apollin. xv. 28: "Cognatam portans aciem." In Dryden. All for Love, act i. we find an expression similar to the text,
- ↑ V. 79."Such is the robe that kings must wear,
When death has reft their crown."
Mallet. Will, and Marg. st. 3. W. - ↑ V. 80. "Regales inter mensas." Virg. Æn. i. 686. "Sate Matilda in the regal chair." Davenport. K. John and Matilda, p. 25, 4to.
Dr. Berdmore compares this passage to the following lines of Virgil, Æn, vi. 603:
"Lucent genialibus altis
Aurea fulera toris, epulæque ante ora paratæ
Regifico luxu: Furiarum maxima juxta
Adcubat, et manibus prohibet contingere mensas,
Exsurgitque facem adtollens, atque intonat ore."
Aurea fulera toris, epulæque ante ora paratæ
Regifico luxu: Furiarum maxima juxta
Adcubat, et manibus prohibet contingere mensas,
Exsurgitque facem adtollens, atque intonat ore."