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See _ante_, note to p. 268. From ‘we reached Verona’ to the end of the chapter formed No. XXVII., Sept. 20.

277. _Motes that people the sun-beam._ _Il Penseroso_, 8.

278. _Mr. Beyle._ See _ante_, note to p. 250.

_A pyramid of sweetmeats._ See Richter’s _Titan_, vol. I. chap, i., where ‘the blooming pyramid, the island,’ is described in ‘heavy German conceits.’

279. _Star-ypointing pyramids._ Milton, _On Shakespeare_.

_Chiffinch entertained Peveril of the Peak._ See vol. II. chap. viii.

280. _Chaos and old_ [ancient] _Night_. _Paradise Lost_, II. 970.