Note k — AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND.

Catch the blest accents of the wise and great. Mr. Pope delights in enumerating his illustrious guests. Nor is this an exclusive privilege of the poet. The Medici Palace at Florence exhibits a long and imposing catalogue. “Semper hi parietes columnæque eruditis vocibus resonuerunt.” Another is also preserved at Chanteloup, the seat of the Duke of Choiseul.