at
the idea (which, surely, nobody does now,) of forbidding a man to
marry his Grandmother.

[9] _Vide_ Lord Chesterfield's Letters.--This noble Author, by the by,
has set his dignified face against risibility. It would be well for
us poor devils, who call ourselves Comic Writers, if our efforts
were always as successful in raising a _Laugh_ as his Lordship's
censure upon it.

[10] I am aware that much has been said, of old, relative to the "_cura
boum_," and the "_optuma torvae forma bovis_;"--but, for a show of
cattle, I would back Smithfield, or most of our English market
Towns, against any _forum boarium_ of the Romans.

[11] _Tarquinius Superbus_, the last King of Rome;--he was a haughty
Monarch, and built the _Cloaca maxima_.

[12] This is a palpable plagiarism. _Rolla_ thus addresses _Pizarro_:
"_Behold me_, at thy feet--_Me_,--_Rolla!_--Me, that never yet have
bent or _bow'd_--in humble _agony_ I _sue_ to you."--The theft is
more glaring, as the Apostrophe, both here, and in the original,
occurs in the midst of a strong incident, and is address'd to an
Enemy by a proud spirit, in very moving circumstances.

[13] _Vide_ Part 1st, page 61, lines 4-7.

[14] Shakspeare certainly borrow'd this expression from Sir Thomas.--See
_Macbeth_.

[15] This seems to be a _new comparative_; for which the Author takes to
himself due credit;--Novelty being scarce in poetical compositions.

G. NORMAN, PRINTER, MAIDEN LANE, COVENT GARDEN.

Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents was added, as well as the
titles _My Night-gown and Slippers_ and _The Knight and the Friar_.
The use of quotation marks (") has been modernized; the spelling
and other idiosyncrasies have not.

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