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pillars proof against (able to bear the weight of) the mass they have to support. 159. storied; filled with painted glass representing stories (histories) from the Bible, etc. Comp. "storied urn," in Gray's Elegy. For " dight" see Note to L'Allegro, line 62. 165. ecstacy; (Gr. ex, out of; stasis, a standing) a standing or being out of oneself, rapture, being entranced. 170. spell of; (Sax. spellian, to declare, relate, tell, discourse). The meaning here is, probably, to spell out, read, discover by examining carefully. 174. strain; style, tendency, disposition.

NOTES TO BACON'S ESSAYS.

ESSAY XI.

DERIVATIONS.-Freedom; Sax. freodom; from freo (free).-Self; Sax. self, sylf, or seolf. In Anglo-Saxon this word is a noun.-Rise; Sax. (a)risan, pret. (a)ras.-Slippery; Sax. slepan (to slip).-Sickness; Sax. seocnes; from seoc (sick).-Shadow; Sax. sceado, or scadu; from sceadan, or scadan, pret. sceod (to separate, shade).—Borrow; Sax. borgian; borg (a loan, pledge, surety). -Feeling; Sax. felan, or faelan (to feel).—Fain; Sax. faegan, glad.-Grief; Fr. grief; Lat. gravis (heavy).-Puzzle; allied to pose, from Lat. pono, positum (I place).-Health; Sax. hal (whole, healthy). Comp. heal, hale.-Latter; irreg. compar. of late. Opposed to former (from fore, before).-Can; Sax. cunnan (to know, to be able); Ic can= I am able.-Better; Sax. betera, or bet (compar. of god, good). The superlative is betst, whence we have best.-Dream; Ger. traum; Dan. droom.-Challenge; probably allied to call; which is from Lat. calo.Meddler; Probably applied to middle; Sax. middel, Lat. medius.—always; Sax. eal, weg (all-ways).-Worse; Sax. wirsa, wyrs, or wirs (compar. of yfel, bad).-Stair; Sax. stigan (to ascend), Ger. steigen.-Rather; Sax. hrathor (compar. of hraeth, quick, swift).

NOTES.-It (i.e., the rising into place) is sometimes base. -Cum non, etc.; When you are not what you have been, there is no reason for wishing to live.-Privateness; a private station in life.-The shadow; quiet and retirement. For the sentiment, comp. Il Penseroso, 167, 168.-Illi, etc.; death comes heavily on him who, though well-known to others, dies unknown to himself.-In evil, etc.; with respect to that which is bad, it is best of all not to have any inclination towards it; the thing next to be desired is not to have the power of being concerned in it. Is the end; for the verb in the singular, comp. Richard II., III. 3, 167, 185.-Conscience ; being conscious to oneself.-Theatre; the contemplation of that which he has done.-Et conversus; And God having turned to behold the works which His hands made, saw that they were all very good.-Globe; a solid ball, a regular complete mass or compendium. Taxing; finding fault with.-Set it down to thyself; lay it before thyself as an object to be aimed at.-Reduce; refer.-Express thyself well; give clear and sufficient reasons. -Voice; assert noisily and peremptorily.-Interlace, etc.; Do not intermingle one cause with another except when compelled by necessity.-Used; practised.-Steal; do stealthily, or secretly.-Inward; intimate.-Facility; being easily biassed or influenced.—Omnium, etc.; by the consent of all, capable of ruling, if he had not ruled.-Solus, etc.; Vespasian, the only ruler who was changed for the better.—Sufficiency; skill in governing.—To side a man's self; take one side or another.

ESSAY XII.

DERIVATIONS.-Rest; Lat. resto (I remain).-Play; Sax plegan.— Shallow; connected with shoal, from Sax. sceolu (a crowd).-Mountebank; Ital. montare (to mount), banco (a bench).—Luck; Dan. luk; Ger. glück. -Fellow; Sax. felaw.-Hill; Sax. hill or hyll.-Whit; Sax. wiht (a creature, animal, thing). Comp. wight.-Seldom; Sax. seld. Needs; contracted from need is. Sax. nead.-Mate; Span. matar (to kill).— Stalemate; Ger. stellen (to place).-Stir; Sax. stirian.-Last latest.Weigh; Sax. waeg (a balance), wegan (to bear, carry).—Ever; Sax. aefer (ever, always).

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NOTES.-Wonderful like; extremely similar.-Want; are deficient in, destitute of. Comp. Richard II., III. 3, 179. Their skill is without a scientific basis, and therefore fails after a few trials.-Slight over; run over in haste, do it superficially.

PARSING AND ANALYSIS.

And, as I wake, sweet musick breathe,
Above, about, or underneath,

Sent by some Spirit to mortals good,

Or the unseen Genius of the wood."-Il Penseroso.

Kind.

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PARSING AND ANALYSIS.

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sent Perf. participle of the verb "to send," referring to "musick." mortals Adjectival noun, plur. num., obj. case, gov. by "to." good Adjective of quality, qualifying "mortals." unseen Participial adjective, qualifying "Genius." "But let my due feet never fail

To walk the studious cloyster's pale,
And love the high embowed roof,
With antick pillars massy proof,
And storied windows richly dight,
Casting a dim religious light :
There let the pealing organ blow,
To the full-voic'd quire below,

In service high, and anthems clear,

As may with sweetness, through mine ear,
Dissolve me into ecstasies,

And bring all heaven before mine eyes."

fail Reg. intrans. verb, infinitive mood, gov. by "let." to walk Reg. intrans. verb, used transitively, infinitive mood, gov. by "fail.”

pale Com. noun, sing. num., neut. gend., obj. case gov. by

"to walk."

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(to) love Same as to walk."

massy Adjective used adverbially, qualifying "proof." proof Adjective of quality, qualifying "pillars."

storied Participial adjective ("to story"

qualifying “windows.”

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to paint with stories),

casting Imperf. participle of the verb "to cast," referring to "windows."

light Com. noun, sing. num., neut. gend., obj. case, gov. by

"casting."

blow Irreg. intrans. verb, infinitive mood, gov. by "let." below Adverb of place, qualifying 66 standing," "sitting," "singing," or other participle understood. Observe that these adjectives follow the nouns which they qualify.

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as Relative pronoun, after "such" understood, plur. num., nom. case to 'may dissolve," agreeing with its compound antecedent "service" and "anthems." may Auxiliary verb of mood, pres. tense, indic. mood, 3rd pers., plur. num., agreeing with its nom. as. dissolve Reg. trans. verb, infinitive mood, gov. by "may." Reg. trans. verb, pres. tense, potential mood, 3rd pers., plur. num., agreeing with its nom. as." bring Irreg. trans. verb, infinitive mood, gov. by "may" understood.

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PARAPHRASING.

"Henry Bolingbroke

On both his knees doth kiss King Richard's hand;

And sends allegiance, and true faith of heart,
To his most royal person: hither come
Even at his feet to lay my arms and power;
Provided that, my banishment repeal'd,
And lands restor'd again, be freely granted :
If not, I'll use the vantage of my power,

And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood,
Rain'd from the wounds of slaughter'd Englishmen :
The which, how far off from the mind of Bolingbroke
It is such crimson tempest should bedrench
The fresh green lap of fair King Richard's land
My stooping duty tenderly shall show.
Go, signify as much; while here we march
Upon the grassy carpet of this plain."

Richard 11.