SCHULBERG, BUDD. Third nightcap, with historical footnotes.

This parenthesis was not in the London Magazine, but the following footnote was appended to the sentence: "I have since been informed, that the present tenant of them is a Mr. Lamb, a gentleman who is happy in the possession of some choice pictures, and among them a rare portrait of Milton, which I mean to do myself the pleasure of going to see, and at the same time to refresh my memory with the sight of old scenes.

My dear little Nony [Footnote: Mr. Croker's adopted daughter, afterwards married to Sir George Barrow.] was worse last night, and not better all to-day; but this evening they make me happy by saying that she is decidedly improved.

From the original Greek with brief footnotes by Gerrit Verkuyl.

No, the capacity for originative and enduring work was not in him; and this incessant compilation of dreary footnotes, this incessant rummaging among the bones of the deaddid it, after all, mean more to this Rudolph Musgrave than one full, vivid hour of life in that militant world yonder, where men fought for other and more tangible prizes than the mention of one's name in a genealogical journal?

[Sidenote:16] At this period there took place also a gymnastic [Footnote: Reading [Greek: gymnikon] for [Greek: gynaikon], which is possibly corrupt.] contest, at which so great a multitude assembled under compulsion that we wondered how the race-course could hold them all.

[Footnotes 1: infinitive.

So I signed on to serve King George an' his missus an' kids for ever an' ever, or duration of war, Amen, with a mental footnote, which last was the only part I mentioned in mailing my dad, that I was a Benevolent Neutral.

The numbered footnotes in square brackets, , , etc, are those of the editor, and are to be found at the end of the section.

But when the revolted [Footnote: A doubtful reading.] party proceeded to press matters somewhat, both sides changed their positions.

The non-slaveholding [Footnote: In all the states except Massachusetts slavery then existed.

In every case, however, where the quotation is of any length, the source of my information is given, either in the text or in an accompanying footnote.

A better photograph of the "Portrait of an Unknown Man" at Temple Newsam has now been taken (p. 87), and sundry footnotes have been added to bring the text up to date.

Nevertheless, a patient reader, with the help of copious footnotes, can gradually put together for himself an image of that world of obsolete humors in which Jonson's comedy dwells, and can admire the dramatist's solid good sense, his great learning, his skill in construction, and the astonishing fertility of his invention.

Ce château, le dernier [Footnote: Ce mot dernier signifie probablement ici le plus reculé, le plus éloigné à la frontière.]

The divine Merti [Footnote: Literally, the Two Eyes, i.e., Isis and Nephthys.] goddesses who minister unto thee cherish thee as King of the North and South, thou beautiful and beloved Man-child.