Chapter XXIV
Reading edition
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.