Note 276 — No. 93. [Steele and Addison.
Reading edition
"Smith. Well; but methinks the sense of this song is not very plain.
"Bayes. Plain! Why, did you ever hear any people in clouds speak plain? They must be all for flight of fancy at its full range, without the least check or control upon it. When once you tie up spirits and people in clouds to speak plainly you spoil all." (Duke of Buckingham's "Rehearsal," act v. sc. I.)