Note 18 — THE PRISONER OF CHILLON
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{21} [Kölbing quotes parallel uses of the same expression in Werner, act iv. sc. 1; Churchill's The Times, line 341, etc.; but does not give the original—
"But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which, withering on the virgin-thorn," etc.
Midsummer Night's Dream, act i. sc. i, lines 76, 77.]