"But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more."] [Footnote 165: "Arcades," lines 61-73.] [Footnote 166: "The Reason of Church Government," book II. Mitford, I. 147.] [Footnote 167: "L'Allegro," lines 41-68.] [Footnote 168: "Il Penseroso," lines 31-40.] [Footnote 169: Ibid, lines 156-160.] [Footnote 170: Ibid, lines 88-92.] [Footnote 171: "Comus," lines 1-11.] [Footnote 172: Ibid, lines 37-39.] [Footnote 173: Ibid, lines 115-118.] [Footnote 174: "Comus," lines 213-225.] [Footnote 175: Ibid, lines 555-557.] [Footnote 176: Ibid, lines 244-264.] [Footnote 177: "Comus," lines 463-473. It is the elder brother who utters these lines when speaking of his sister.--Tr.] [Footnote 178: Ibid, lines 861-863.] [Footnote 179: Ibid, line 890.] [Footnote 180: "Comus," lines 976-1023.] [Footnote 181: Edward King, died in 1637.] [Footnote 182: ω δῖος αιθὴρ και ταχύπτεροι πνοαί ποταμῶν τε πηγαί, ποντίων τe κυμάτων άνήριθμον γέλασμα, παμμῆτόρ τε γῆ, καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ήλίου καλῶ, ϊδεσθέ μ, οϊα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός. --"Prometheus Vinctus," ed. Hermann, p. 487, line 88.--Tr.] [Footnote 183: Psalm XC. 5.] [Footnote 184: "Paradise Lost," book IV. line 489.] [Footnote 185: "Paradise Lost," lines 492-502.] [Footnote 186: Ibid, lines 610-622.] [Footnote 187: It would be impossible that a man so learned, so argumentative, should spend his whole time in gardening and making up nosegays.] [Footnote 188: "Paradise Lost," book V. lines 100-113.] [Footnote 189: Ibid, lines 116-119.] [Footnote 190: Ibid, lines 313-316.] [Footnote 191: Ibid, lines 328-330.] [Footnote 192: "Paradise Lost," book V. lines 333-336.] [Footnote 193: Ibid, lines 351-357.] [Footnote 194: Ibid, lines 434-439.] [Footnote 195: "Paradise Lost," book VIII. lines 102-107.] [Footnote 196: Ibid, book IX. line 232.] [Footnote 197: Ibid, book IX. lines 753-760.] [Footnote 198: "Paradise Lost," book III. lines 98-123.] [Footnote 199: End of the continuation of "Faust." Prologue in Heaven.] [Footnote 200: "Paradise Lost," book V. line 243.] [Footnote 201: We are reminded of the history of Ira in Voltaire, condemned to hear without intermission or end the praises of four chamberlains, and the following hymn: "Que son mérite est extreme! Que de grâces, que de grandeur. Ah! combien monseigneur Doit être content de lui-même!"] [Footnote 202: "Paradise Lost," book V. lines 588-594.] [Footnote 203: Ibid, lines 607-612.] [Footnote 204: Ibid, lines 617-631.] [Footnote 205: The Miltonic Deity is so much on the level of a king and man, that he uses (with irony certainly) words like these: "Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our Sanctuary, our Hill." His son, about to flesh his maiden sword, replies: "If I be found the worst in heaven," etc. Book V. lines 731-742.] [Footnote 206: "Paradise Lost," book VI. lines 425-430.]