[465] Esth. i. 5; “The King made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.” [466] The cylinder formed by the small end of the steps of winding stairs. [467] The funnel of a chimney. [468] Where to go. [469] Bow, or bay, windows. [470] Flush with the wall. [471] Antechamber. [472] Withdrawing-room. [473] Watercourses. [474] Pine trees. [475] Kept warm in a greenhouse. [476] The damson, or plum of Damascus. [477] Currants. [478] An apple that is gathered very early. [479] A kind of quince, so called from “cotoneum,” or “cydonium,” the Latin name of the quince. [480] The fruit of the cornel-tree. [481] The warden was a large pear, so called from its keeping well. Warden-pie was formerly much esteemed in this country. [482] Perpetual spring. [483] Flowers that do not send forth their smell at any distance. [484] A species of grass of the genus argostis. [485] The blossoms of the bean. [486] Bring or lead you. [487] Impeding. [488] Causing the water to fall in a perfect arch, without any spray escaping from the jet. [489] Lilies of the valley. [490] In rows. [491] Insidiously subtract nourishment from. [492] To consider or expect. [493] Love, are pleased with. [494] It is more advantageous to deal with men whose desires are not yet satisfied, than with those who have gained all they have wished for, and are likely to be proof against inducements. [495] In the sense of the Latin “gloriosus,” “boastful,” “bragging.” [496] Professions or classes. [497] Weakness, or indecision of character. [498] He probably alludes to the ancient stories of the friendship of Orestes and Pylades, Theseus and Pirithoüs, Damon and Pythias, and others, and the maxims of the ancient philosophers. Aristotle considers that equality in circumstances and station is one requisite of friendship. Seneca and Quintus Curtius express the same opinion. It seems hardly probable that Lord Bacon reflected deeply when he penned this passage, for between equals, jealousy, the most insidious of all the enemies of friendship, has the least chance of originating. Dr. Johnson says: “Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other. Benefits which cannot be repaid, and obligations which cannot be discharged, are not commonly found to increase affection; they excite gratitude indeed, and heighten veneration, but commonly take away that easy freedom and familiarity of intercourse, without which, though there may be fidelity, and zeal, and admiration, there cannot be friendship.”—_The Rambler_, No. 64. [499] In such a case, gratitude and admiration exist on the one hand, esteem and confidence on the other. [500] Lowering, or humiliating. [501] Referees. [502] Disgusted.