"
173. 27-28. ambitus: a going round, illegal striving for
office; religio: scrupulousness, conscientiousness; homines
honesti: men of distinction.
174. 17. Jacob Bryant (1715-1804), an Englishman; his work on
mythology is of no value.
175. 5. intriguant: an intriguer.
176. 3. vis inerti?¦: force of inertia.
180. 5. facilis descensus Averni: "the descent to Avernus is
easy." Virgil's "Aeneid," VI, 126; Cranch's translation, VI,
161-162. Lake Avernus was, in classical mythology, the entrance to
Hades. Consult Gayley's "Classic Myths."
180. 6. Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), a famous Italian singer.
180. 9. monstrum horrendum: a dreadful monster.
180. 23-24. "A design so baneful, if not worthy of Atreus, is worthy
of Thyestes." Atreus and Thyestes were brothers to whom, in classic
story, the most terrible crimes were attributed.
180. 25. Prosper J. de Cr?©billon (1674-1762), a noted French
tragic poet. The quotation is from "Atr?©e et Thyeste."
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