A young gentleman born to nothing, Forty marks a-year, which I call nothing, Enough now to buy a Barony. Present him with a chair, The best attendance—the best drink—sometimes Two glasses of Canary— The purest air, and the sharpest knife. CHAP. XXVII. P. 157. Proves the old Erasmian adage—Mus non uni fidit antro. CHAP. XXVIII. P. 164. The world is (says Montaigne) a school of inquisition. It is not who shall carry the ring, but who shall run the best courses. CHAP. XXIX. P. 168. A new path opened in the pilgrimage of life—Beggars must not be choosers—rather rhapsodical in parts. An old saw exemplified, “Chi ha amor nel petto ha le sprone ne i franchi.” Aliter. He who has love in his breast has spurs in his side. CHAP. XXX. P. 173. The tear my Laura sheds is true, For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad, so tender, and so true. CHAP. XXXI. P. 180. Fox-hunting parsons not always coarse, rude, or illiterate. Men of elegant birth, education, and accomplishments, not always polished in their manners, or attractive in their outward appearance. CHAP. XXXII. P. 189. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear, Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. CHAP. XXXIII. P. 194. Miles Romane, Ægyptum cave, say the Sybilline books. There are who apply the phrase to Pompey alone, who lost his life by trusting himself in Egypt. Its better interpretation seems to be, that the effeminacy and luxury of this enervating country was likely to prove pernicious to the Roman veterans, accustomed to hard fare, and rigid discipline; and in this sense, may be applied to the arrival for the first time of any inexperienced young man in the English metropolis. CHAP. XXXIV. P. 199. A new Dramatis Persona introduced upon the stage, who in his time subsequently proved the Roscius of his day. No preternatural appearances marked the infancy of Porson, though it is told of Roscius, that when in his cradle, his nurse discovered a serpent twined round his bosom, which of course induced the Haruspices to foretell, nihil illo puero clarius, nihil nobilius fere. CHAP. XXXV. P. 204. CHAP. XXXVI. P. 211. CHAP. XXXVII. P. 219. CHAP. XXXVIII. P. 228. CHAP. XXXIX. P. 236. On the same subject. “I knew him well Horatio.” CHAP. XL. P. 245. Wherein is demonstrated the truth of the proverb, “Qui cum sapientibus versatur, sapiens erit,” as well as that saying among the Jews, If I had not lifted up the stone, you would not have found the jewel. CHAP. XLI. P. 257. A modern Gracchus. See Gifford’s Juvenal, p. 38, note.