[The hero of the above song was Charles Howard, eleventh Duke of Norfolk, who both as a member of the House of Commons (while Earl of Surrey), and afterwards as a peer, was one of FOX’S most strenuous supporters. SIR N. WRAXALL thus describes him: “Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had not bestowed on him any of the external insignia of high descent. His person, large, muscular, and clumsy, was destitute of grace or dignity, though he possessed much activity. At a time when men of every description wore hair-powder and a queue, he had the courage to cut his hair short, and to renounce powder, which he never used except when going to court. In his youth he led a most licentious life, having frequently passed the whole night in excesses of every kind, and even lain down, when intoxicated, occasionally to sleep in the streets, or on a block of wood. In cleanliness he was negligent to so great a degree that he rarely made use of water for the purpose of bodily refreshment and comfort.” Complaining one day to Dudley North that he was a martyr to the rheumatism, and had ineffectually tried every remedy for its relief, “Pray, my lord,” said he, “did you ever try a clean shirt?” It must not be forgotten, however, that he was a munificent patron of literature, for he defrayed the entire expense of printing Taylor’s Translation of Plato, 5 vols. 4to.; Dallaway’s History of Sussex, 2 vols. 4to.; and Duncumb’s History of Herefordshire, 2 vols. The initials B. O. B. refer to _Mr._ (afterwards _Sir Robert_) _Adair_, who is often alluded to in these pages.—ED.] Footnote 195: [These observations are directed against Godwin’s work on “Political Justice,” which, on its first appearance, excited extraordinary attention. His aim was to represent the whole system of society as radically and essentially wrong, and to extirpate all those principles which uphold its present constitution. The existence of the Deity is spoken of as an hypothesis, and the ethics are worthy of the religion. HOLCROFT reviewed it in the “Monthly Review,” but was doubtful whether to praise or blame it.—ED.] [“I noticed (says CRABB ROBINSON in 1811) the infinite superiority of GODWIN over the French writers in moral feeling and tendency. I had learned to hate Helvetius and Mirabeau, and yet retained my love for GODWIN. This was agreed to as a just sentiment.”—ED.] Footnote 196: [Written in ridicule of Dr. DARWIN’S _Loves of the Plants_.] Footnote 197: Ver. 1–4. Imitated from the introductory couplet to the _Economy of Vegetation_: “Stay your rude steps, whose throbbing breasts infold The legion fiends of glory and of gold” This sentiment is here expanded into four lines. Footnote 198: Ver. 6. _Definition_—A distinct notion explaining the genesis of a thing.—_Wolfius._ Footnote 199: Ver. 7. _Postulate_—A self-evident proposition. Footnote 200: Ver. 8. _Axiom_—An indemonstrable truth. Footnote 201: