"
And in lines 368 and 369;
"The task thus finish'd of his morning hours,
Two more he snatches, murders, and devours!"
{332}
by which it distinctly appears that line 405 has a reference to the
_third_ "dire repast" of the Cyclops, instead of the _second_.
Perhaps you will not deem me presumptuous in offering an amendment of
these passages by the following substitutions:--
For lines 325 and 326,
Fools that ye are! (the savage made reply,
His inward fury blazing at his eye.)
for line 463,
Sing'd is his brow; the scorching lid grows black.
for line 405,
Brain'd on a rock: his third most dire repast.
and for line 533,
Seest thou this lid that now unfolds in vain?
DAVID STEVENS.
Godalming, Feb. 10. 1850.
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PROVERBIAL SAYINGS AND THEIR ORIGINS--PLAGIARISMS AND PARALLEL
PASSAGES.
In a note to Boswell's _Life of Johnson_ (Lond. 1816. 8vo.), iv. 196.,
the following lines are ascribed to their real authors:--
To _Joh.
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