Plinius, lib. xxxv. sect. 35. Cum mœstos pinxisset omnes, præcipue patruum, et tristitiæ omnem imaginem consumpsisset, patris ipsius vultum velavit, quem digne non poterat ostendere. Footnote 18: Valerius Maximus, lib. viii. cap. 2. Summi mœroris acerbitatem arte exprimi non posse confessus est. Footnote 19: Antiquit. expl. T. i. p. 50. Footnote 20: See Appendix, note 5. Footnote 21: Bellorii Admiranda, Tab. 11, 12. Footnote 22: Plinius, lib. xxxiv. sect. 19. Footnote 23: See Appendix, note 6. Footnote 24: Philippus, Anthol. lib. iv. cap. 9, ep. 10. Ἀιεὶ γὰρ διψᾷς βρέφεων φονον. ἦ τις Ἰήσων Δεύτερος, ἤ Γλαύκη τις πάλι σoὶ πρόφασις; Ἐῤῥε καὶ ἐν κηρῷ παιδοκτόνε.... Footnote 25: Vita Apoll. lib. ii. cap. 22. Footnote 26: See Appendix, note 7. Footnote 27: Mercure de France, April, 1755, p. 177. Footnote 28: “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” by Adam Smith, part i. sect. 2, chap 1. (London, 1761.) Footnote 29: Trach. v. 1088, 1089: ὅστις ὥστε παρθένος Βέβρυχα κλαίων.... Footnote 30: Topographiæ Urbis Romæ, lib. iv. cap. 14. Et quanquam hi (Agesander et Polydorus et Athenodorus Rhodii) ex Virgilii descriptione statuam hanc formavisse videntur, &c. Footnote 31: Suppl. aux Ant. Expliq. T. i. p. 242. Il semble qu’Agésandre, Polydore, et Athénodore, qui en furent les ouvriers, aient travaillé comme à l’envie, pour laisser un monument qui répondait à l’incomparable description qu’a fait Virgile de Laocoon, &c. Footnote 32: See Appendix, note 8. Footnote 33: Paralip. lib. xii. v. 398–408. Footnote 34: Or rather serpent, for Lycophron mentions but one: καὶ παιδοβρῶτος πορκέως νήσους διπλᾶς· Footnote 35: See Appendix, note 9. Footnote 36: See Appendix, note 10. Footnote 37: Their destined way they take, And to Laocoon and his children make; And first around the tender boys they wind, Then with their sharpened fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The wretched father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade.—DRYDEN. Footnote 38: See Appendix, note 11. Footnote 39: With both his hands he labors at the knots. Footnote 40: Twice round his waist their winding volumes rolled, And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked,—their crests divide, And towering o’er his head in triumph ride.—DRYDEN. Footnote 41: See Appendix, note 12. Footnote 42: See Appendix, note 13. Footnote 43: His holy fillets the blue venom blots.—DRYDEN. Footnote 44: See Appendix, note 14. Footnote 45: See Appendix, note 15. Footnote 46: See Appendix, note 16. Footnote 47: The first edition was issued in 1747; the second, 1755. Selections by N. Tindal have been printed more than once.