97 the walks of
Lincolnes
Inne.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
.
.
Man has lost his soul, and vainly seeks antiseptic salt.
'
(Simpson in _N. & Q. _, 9th Ser. 4. 347, 423. )
To the same Latin source Professor Cook (_Mod. Lang. Notes_,
Feb. , 1905) attributes the passage in _Rabbi Ben Ezra_ 43-45:
What is he but a brute
Whose flesh has soul to suit,
Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play?
and Samuel Johnson's 'famous sentence recorded by Boswell under June
19, 1784: "Talking of the comedy of _The Rehearsal_, he said: 'It has
not wit enough to keep it sweet. '"'
=1. 6.
97 the walks of Lincolnes Inne. = One of the famous Inns
of Court (note 3. 1. 8). It formerly pertained to the Bishops of
Chichester (Stow, _Survey_, ed. 1633, p. 488a). The gardens 'were
famous until the erection of the hall, by which they were curtailed
and seriously injured' (Wh-C. ). The Tatler (May 10, 1709, no. 13)
speaks of Lincoln's Inn Walks.
=1. 6. 99 I did looke for this geere. = See variants. Cunningham says:
'In the original it is _geere_, and so it ought still to stand.
(Simpson in _N. & Q. _, 9th Ser. 4. 347, 423. )
To the same Latin source Professor Cook (_Mod. Lang. Notes_,
Feb. , 1905) attributes the passage in _Rabbi Ben Ezra_ 43-45:
What is he but a brute
Whose flesh has soul to suit,
Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play?
and Samuel Johnson's 'famous sentence recorded by Boswell under June
19, 1784: "Talking of the comedy of _The Rehearsal_, he said: 'It has
not wit enough to keep it sweet. '"'
=1. 6.
97 the walks of Lincolnes Inne. = One of the famous Inns
of Court (note 3. 1. 8). It formerly pertained to the Bishops of
Chichester (Stow, _Survey_, ed. 1633, p. 488a). The gardens 'were
famous until the erection of the hall, by which they were curtailed
and seriously injured' (Wh-C. ). The Tatler (May 10, 1709, no. 13)
speaks of Lincoln's Inn Walks.
=1. 6. 99 I did looke for this geere. = See variants. Cunningham says:
'In the original it is _geere_, and so it ought still to stand.
