Note GJ — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 (continued 3)

Compare, in Hamlet, act v. scene i. l. 64—

Hamlet.—Has this fellow no feeling of his business? he sings at grave-making.

Horatio.—Custom hath made it in him a property of easiness.

Hamlet.—'Tis e'en so: the hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.—ED.