Well, it would seem the resuscitation of a heroism from the past is no easy enterprise.

This resuscitation of the Helen of antiquity, under a more seducing form, was an invention of Boiardo's; so was the subjection of Charles's hero Orlando to the passion of love; so, besides the heroine and her name, was that of other interesting characters with beautiful names, which afterwards figured in Ariosto.

Mr. Ferret, like myself, was persuaded that the sham resuscitation of his first wife was a mere trick, to enable Harlowe to rid himself of the presence of a woman he no longer cared for.

The resuscitation of the Roman Empire had been a dream of ambition and ignorance on the part of a great man, but a barbarian.