FULLER'S HOLY STATE, B. iii. C. 15. CHAPTER CLXXXI.—p. 108. NO DEGREE OF UGLINESS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.—FIDUS CORNELIUS COMPARED TO A PLUCKED OSTRICH.—WILKES' CLAIM TO UGLINESS CONSIDERED AND NEGATIVED BY DR. JOHNSON, NOTWITHSTANDING HOGARTH'S PORTRAIT.—CAST OF THE EYE À LA MONTMORENCY.—ST. EVREMOND AND TURENNE.—WILLIAM BLAKE THE PAINTER, AND THE WELSH TRIADS.—CURIOUS EXTRACT FROM THAT VERY CURIOUS AND RARE BOOK, THE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF HIS OWN PICTURES,—AND A PAINFUL ONE FROM HIS POETICAL SKETCHES. “_If thou beest not so handsome as thou wouldest have been thank God thou art not more unhandsome than thou art._ 'Tis His mercy thou art not the mark for passenger's fingers to point at, an Heteroclite in nature, with some member defective or redundant. Be glad that thy clay cottage hath all the necessary forms thereto belonging, though the outside be not so fairly plaistered as some others.” FULLER'S HOLY STATE, B. iii. C. 15. CHAPTER CLXXXII.—p. 128. AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORM OF THE HUMAN LEG SUGGESTED BY A PHYSICIAN. THE DOCTOR'S CURE OF A BROKEN SHIN AND INVENTION OF A SHIN-SHIELD. _Res fisci est, ubicunque natat._ Whatsoever swims upon any water, belongs to this exchequer. JEREMY TAYLOR. _Preface to the Duct. Dub._ CHAPTER CLXXXIII.—p. 133. VIEWS OF OLD AGE. MONTAGNE, DANIEL CORNEILLE, LANGUET, PASQUIER, DR. JOHNSON, LORD CHESTERFIELD, ST. EVREMOND. What is age But the holy place of life, the chapel of ease For all men's wearied miseries? MASSINGER. CHAPTER CLXXXIV.—p. 148. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING OLD AGE. BISHOP REYNOLDS. OPINION OF THE DOCTOR CONCERNING BEASTS AND MEN. M. DE CUSTINE. THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US. WORDSWORTH. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. In these reflections, which are of a serious, and somewhat of a melancholy cast, it is best to indulge; because it is always of use to be serious, and not unprofitable sometimes to be melancholy. FREEMAN'S SERMONS. CHAPTER CLXXXV.—p. 157. EVOLVEMENTS. ANALOGIES. ANTICIPATIONS. I have heard, how true I know not, most physicians as they grow Greater in skill, grow less in their religion; Attributing so much to natural causes, That they have little faith in that they cannot Deliver reason for: this Doctor steers Another course. MASSINGER. CHAPTER CLXXXVI.—p. 163. LEONE HEBREO'S DIALOGI DE AMORE.—THE ELIXIR OF LIFE NO OBSTACLE TO DEATH.—PARACELSUS.—VAN HELMONT AND JAN MASS.—DR. DOVE'S OPINION OF A BIOGRAPHER'S DUTIES. There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors! OLD FORTUNATUS. CHAPTER CLXXXVII.—p. 174. VAN HELMONT'S WORKS, AND CERTAIN SPECIALITIES IN HIS LIFE. _Voilà mon conte.—Je ne sçay s'il est vray; mais, je l'ay ainsi ouy conter.—Possible que cela est faux, possible que non.—Je m'en rapporte à ce qui en est. Il ne sera pas damné qui le croira, ou décroira._ BRANTÔME. INTERCHAPTER XX.—p. 181.