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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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——;—4;o NOTES.. ommon proverb, quoted by Bacon in <strong>the</strong> form ' Cor ne edi<strong>to</strong> ' ). 'Fabisibstine.'64. Pan<strong>the</strong>rs. Pan<strong>the</strong>rs were supposed <strong>to</strong> have a very fragrant breath.This belief is found in Pliny ^Hist. Nat. xxi. 7); in an old Anglo-Saxonjx>«non <strong>the</strong> Pan<strong>the</strong>r, in <strong>the</strong> Codex Exoniensis, and in most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oldIkstiaries, or descriptions <strong>of</strong> beasts. Cf. Dryden, The Hind and <strong>the</strong>Pan<strong>the</strong>r, pt. ii. 1. 22S, and Mr. Christie's note (Clar. Press Series).68. Pbisition. Cf <strong>the</strong> lines in <strong>the</strong> third stanza <strong>of</strong> Tasso's GerusalemmeLiberata'Cosi all'egro fanciul pcrgiamo aspersiDi soave licor gli orli del vasoSucchi amari inganna<strong>to</strong> intan<strong>to</strong> ei beve,E dall' inganno suo vita riceve.'115. Grace. Compare Ascham's remarks at p. 307.131. Appelles, <strong>the</strong> most celebrated <strong>of</strong> Grecian painters, a contemporaryand friend <strong>of</strong> Alexander <strong>the</strong> Great, is said never <strong>to</strong> have spent aday without practising his skill ; whence <strong>the</strong> proverb, ' Nulla dies sinelinea.'134. Hes<strong>to</strong>das, ra<strong>the</strong>r Hesiodus {'HaioSos), flourished about b.c. 735.The reference is <strong>to</strong> his Works and Days, 1. 2 76 :TovSe fap drOfxlrrroKJi v<strong>of</strong>iov Siira^e Kpovia/y,ix&v

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