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Taming of the Shrew, Introd. As this is the last reference to the Ettrick Shepherd in the Journal, it may be noted that Sir Walter, as late as March 23d, 1832, was still desirous to promote Hogg's welfare. In writing from Naples he says, in reference to the Shepherd's social success in London, "I am glad Hogg has succeeded so well.
Extract from Jacopo of Acqui's Imago Mondi, quoted ibid., Introd., p. 54. M. Ch.-V. Langlois in Hist. Litt. de la France, XXXV , p. 259. For tributes to Marco Polo's accuracy see Aurel Stein, Ancient Khotan and Ruins of Desert Cathay ; Ellsworth Huntington, The Pulse of Asia ; and Sven Hedin, Overland to India . Yule, op. cit., I, Introd., pp. 106-7.
For tense of misimus, 'I send' see A. 282; G. 244, H. 472, 1. OMNEM: see n. on 62. TRIBUIMUS: perfect tense like misimus. TITHONO ... ARISTO: see Introd. Cicero generally denotes the Greek diphthong ει by i not e. This Aristo was a Peripatetic. PARUM ... AUCTORITATIS: observe how often Cicero takes trouble to separate words which are, grammatically, closely connected.
QUOD QUI SEQUITUR: 'and he who strives after this', i.e. to combine the virtues of age and youth. Cf. Aesch. Sept. 622 γεροντα τον νουν σαρκα δ' ‛ηβωσαν φυει MIHI ... EST IN MANIBUS: 'I have on hand', 'am busy with'. Cf. n. on 22. ORIGINUM: as to Cato's literary labors see Introd.
On Marco Polo's omissions see Yule, op. cit., I, Introd., p. 110. Marco Polo, op. cit., p. 288. VI of this book on the art which flourished under the Mongol dynasty is interesting. See also L. Binyon, Painting in the Far East , pp. 75-7, 146-7. One of Chao Mêng-fu's horse pictures, or rather a copy of it by a Japanese artist, is reproduced in Giles, op. cit., opposite p. 159.
For these later missions and traders see Yule, Cathay and the Way Thither, Introd., pp. cxxxii-iv, and text, passim. Ibid., II, p. 292; and App., p. lxv. Concerning the marginal notes by Columbus see Yule, op. cit., II, App. H, p. 558. The book is preserved in the Colombina at Seville.
L. PAULUS: this is L. Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, consul in 182 B.C., and again in 168 when he finished the third Macedonian war by utterly defeating Perseus at Pydna. For his connection with Scipio and Cato see Introd. PATER TUUS: i.e. Scipio; so in 29 avi tui, and in 75 avum tuum, without mention of young Scipio's name, but in 49 patris tui, Scipio; so 77.
Discoverie of Witchcraft, Nicholson ed., introd., xxxv. That at least a part of it was written in 1583 appears from his own words, where he speaks of the treatise of Leonardus Vairus on fascination as "now this present yeare 1583 newlie published," ibid., 124. She was taught by some monks, and then professed to be in communion with the Virgin Mary and performed miracles at stated times.
Introd. pp. 99, 100. It has been repeatedly stated, upon good authority, that the health of the natives of the bush has suffered greatly, and that their lives have been frequently shortened, by the habits and indulgences which they have learned from their more civilized neighbours.
An extensive collection of examples of this and similar contractions may be found in Frohwein, Die Perfectbildungen auf -vi bei Cicero; Gera, 1874. HUMANITATEM: 'culture', i.e. learning resulting in gentleness and refinement of character. PRUDENTIAM: φρονησιν or practical wisdom. Corn. ISDEM REBUS: i.e. the state of public affairs at the time, see Introd.
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