Note d — AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND.

From every point a ray of genius flows! By this means, when all nature wears a lowering countenance, I withdraw myself into the visionary worlds of art; where I meet with shining landscapes, gilded triumphs, beautiful faces, and all those other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas, &c. ADDISON. It is remarkable that Antony, in his adversity, passed some time in a small but splendid retreat, which he called his Timonium, and from which might originate the idea of the Parisian Boudoir, that favourite apartment, ou I’on se retire pour étre seul, mais ou l’on ne boude point. STRABO, 1. xvii. PLUT, in Vit. Anton.