(See note, p. 188,
l. 232)
l. 12. -----
"And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew". (See note, p.
187, l. 232.)
l. 13. -----
"The Seasons, fram'd with listing". See note to l. 10 above, as
to 'The Seasons.' Listing, ribbon, braid, or tape is still used
as a primitive 'encadrement'. In a letter dated August 15, 1758,
to his cousin, Mrs. Lawder (Jane Contarine), Goldsmith again
refers to this device. Speaking of some 'maxims of frugality'
with which he intends to adorn his room, he adds--'my landlady's
daughter shall frame them with the parings of my black
waistcoat.' (Prior, 'Life', 1837, i. 271.)
l. 14. -----
"And brave Prince William". William Augustus, Duke of
Cumberland, 1721-65. The 'lamp-black face' would seem to imply
that the portrait was a silhouette. In the letter quoted on p.
200 it is 'Prussia's monarch' (i.e. Frederick the Great).
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