=1= 10-11. =a strong religious and political sympathy.= Macaulay's use of the article would lead us to think that the two kinds of sympathy were very closely connected. Michael Johnson was a member of the Established Church of England, and at heart a believer in the "divine right" kings. The student who is not familiar with the history of this period will do well to look up _Jacobite_ in Brewer's _Historic Note-book_ and then to read in some brief history an account of the _sovereigns in possession_ who followed James II,--William and Mary (1689-1702) and Anne (1702-1714). Boswell says, "He no doubt had an early attachment to the House of Stuart; but his zeal had cooled as his reason strengthened." =1= 16. =In the child.= Pause to take the glimpse ahead which this sentence gives. The construction helps one to remember the three kinds of peculiarities and the order in which they are mentioned. =2= 26. =Augustan delicacy of taste.= You may read in Harper's _Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities_, in the article on Augustus Cæsar, how "the court of Augustus thus became a school of culture, where men of genius acquired that delicacy of taste, elevation of sentiment, and purity of expression which characterize the writers of the age." =2= 32. =Petrarch.= Does Macaulay imply that Petrarch is one of "the great restorers of learning"? See _Renaissance_ in _The Century Dictionary_ and Harper's _Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities_. Note that Petrarch "may be said to have rediscovered Greek, which for some six centuries had been lost to the western world." Keep in mind, too, that his friend and disciple, Boccaccio, translated Homer into Latin. =3= 11. =Pembroke College.= The University of Oxford consists of twenty-one colleges which together form a corporate body. The colleges are "endowed by their founders and others with estates and benefices; out of the revenue arising from the estates, as well as other resources, the Heads and Senior and Junior Members _on the foundation_ receive an income, and the expenses of the colleges are defrayed. Members _not on the foundation_, called 'independent members,' reside entirely at their own expense." Among the members _on the foundation_ are the Heads, Fellows, and Scholars. =3= 17-18. =Macrobius.= A Roman grammarian who probably lived at the beginning of the fifth century. =3= 20. =about three years.= Apparently Johnson remained at Oxford only fourteen months. See Dr. Hill's _Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics_.