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SHOWING THAT AN AUTHOR MAY MORE EASILY BE KEPT AWAKE
BY HIS OWN IMAGINATIONS THAN PUT TO SLEEP BY THEM
HIMSELF, WHATEVER MAY BE THEIR EFFECT UPON HIS READERS.
Thou sleepest worse than if a mouse should be forced to take up her
lodging in a cat's ear; a little infant that breeds its teeth, should it lie
with thee, would cry out as if thou wert the more unquiet bedfellow.
WEBSTER.
CHAPTER V. A. I.—p. 24.
SOMETHING CONCERNING THE PHILOSOPHY OF DREAMS, AND THE
AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE IN AERIAL HORSEMANSHIP.
If a dream should come in now to make you afeard,
With a windmill on his head and bells at his beard,
Would you straight wear your spectacles here at your toes,
And your boots on your brows and your spurs on your nose?
BEN JONSON.
CHAPTER IV. A. I.—p. 26.
A CONVERSATION AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Tel condamne mon coq-à-l'âne qui un jour en justifiera le bon sens.
LA PRETIEUSE.
CHAPTER III. A. I.—p. 27.
THE UTILITY OF POCKETS. A COMPLIMENT PROPERLY RECEIVED.
La tasca è propria cosa da Christiani.
BENEDETTO VARCHI.
CHAPTER II. A. I.-p. 30.
CONCERNING DEDICATIONS, printers' TypeS, AND IMPERIAL INK.
Il y aura des clefs, et des ouvertures de mes secrets.
DEDICATION.-p. 33.
CHAPTER I. A. I. p. 35.
NO BOOK CAN BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A PREFACE.
I see no cause but men may pick their teeth,
Though Brutus with a sword did kill himself.
TAYLOR, THE WATER POET.
ANTE-PREFACE.-p. 37.
I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some
with honey. Fear not to approach! There are no wasps, there are no
hornets here. If some wanton bee should chance to buzz about thine
ears, stand thy ground and hold thy hands; there's none will sting thee if
thou strike not first. If any do, she hath honey in her bag will cure thee
too. QUARLES.
PREFAC E.-p. 39.
Oh for a quill plucked from a seraph's wing !-YOUNG.
INITIAL CHAPTER.-p. 43.
Ἐξ ου δὴ τὰ πρῶτα.—HOMER.
THE SUBJECT OF THIS HISTORY AT HOME AND AT TEA.
If thou be a severe sour-complexioned man, then I here disallow thee
to be a competent judge.-IZAAK WALTON.
CHAPTER II. P. I. p. 46.
WHEREIN CERTAIN QUESTIONS ARE PROPOSED CONCERNING TIME,
PLACE, AND PERSONS.
Quis? quid? ubi? quibus auxiliis? cur? quomodo? quando?
Technical Verse.
CHAPTER III. P. I.-p. 47.
WHOLESOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE VANITY OF FAME.
Whosoever shall address himself to write of matters of instruction, or of
any other argument of importance, it behooveth that before he enter there-
into, he should resolutely determine with himself in what order he will
handle the same; so shall he best accomplish that he hath undertaken,
and inform the understanding, and help the memory of the reader.-GWIL-
LIM'S Display of Heraldry.
CHAPTER IV. P. I.—p. 50.
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE OF DR. DOVE, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A
YEOMAN'S HOUSE IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE A HUN-
DRED YEARS AGO.
Non possidentem multa vocaveris
Recte beatum; rectius occupat
Nomen beati, qui Deorum
Muneribus sapienter uti,
Duramque callet pauperiem pati,
Pejusque letho flagitium timet.
VOL. 1.-2
HORACE, 1. 4, ode 9.
CHAPTER V. P. I.—p. 53.
EXTENSION OF THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY, WITH SOME RE-
MARKS UPON THE PRACTICAL USES OF CRANIOLOGY.
Hanc ergo scientiam blande excipiamus, hilariterque amplectamur, ut
vere nostram et de nobismet ipsis tractantem; quam qui non amat, quam
qui non amplectitur, nec philosophiam amat, neque suæ vitæ discrimina
curat.-BAPTISTA PORTA.
CHAPTER VI. P. I. p. 56.
A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, NONE OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED AMONG THE
PUBLICATIONS OF ANY SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF KNOW-
LEDGE RELIGIOUS OR PROFANE-HAPPINESS IN HUMBLE LIFE,
Though happily thou wilt say that wands be to be wrought when they
are green, lest they rather break than bend when they be dry, yet know
also that he that bendeth a twig because he would see if it would bow by
strength may chance to have a crooked tree when he would have a
straight.-EUPHUES.
INTERCHAPTER I.-p. 66
REMARKS IN THE PRINTING OFFICE-THE AUTHOR CONFESSES A
DISPOSITION TO GARRULITY-PROPRIETY OF PROVIDING CER-
TAIN CHAPTERS: FOR THE RECEPTION OF HIS EXTRANEOUS DIS-
COURSE-CHOICE OF AN APPELLATION FOR SUCH CHAPTERS.
Perque vices aliquid, quod tempora longa videri
Non sinat, in medium vacuas referamus ad aures.
OVID.
CHAPTER IX. P. I.-p. 69.
EXCEPTIONS TO ONE OF KING SOLOMON'S RULES-A WINTER'S
EVENING AT DANIEL'S FIRESIDE.
These are my thoughts; I might have spun them out into a greater
length; but I think a little plot of ground, thick sown, is better than a
great field, which, for the most part of it, lies fallow.-NORRIS.
CHAPTER X. P. I. p. 72.
ONE WHO WAS NOT SO WISE AS HIS FRIENDS COULD HAVE WISHED,
AND YET QUITE AS HAPPY AS IF HE HAD BEEN WISER-NEPOTISM
NOT CONFINED TO POPES.
And though 'twould grieve a soul to see God's image
So blemished and defaced, yet do they act
Such antic and such pretty lunacies,
That spite of sorrow, they will make you smile.
DEKKER.
CHAPTER XI. P. I.—p. 75.
A WORD TO THE READER, SHOWING WHERE WE ARE, AND HOW WE
CAME HERE, AND WHEREFORE; AND WHITHER WE ARE GOING.