NOTES. 66 Ensign (of BRAGG's) made a terrible clangour.” — PAGE 23. DESPITE its suspicious appropriateness in this case: Bragg's" regiment of Foot-Guards really existed; and was ordered to Flanders in April, 1742. (See Gentleman's Magazine, 1742, i. 217.) "PORTO-BELLO at last was ta’en.” — PAGE 24. Porto Bello was taken in November, 1739. But ViceAdmiral Vernon's despatches did not reach England until the following March. (See Gentleman's Magazine, 1740, i. 124, et seq.) "In the fresh contours of his' Milkmaid's ' face." - PAGE 28. See the Enraged Musician, an engraving of which was published in November of the following year (1741). To annotate this Ballad more fully would be easy; but the reader will perhaps take the details for granted. In answer to some inquiries, it may, however, be stated that there is no foundation in fact for the story. "An Incident in the Life of François Boucher." - PAGE 37. See Boucher, by Arsène Houssaye, Galerie du XVIIIe Siècle (Cinquième Série), and Charles Blanc, Histoire des Peintres de tous les Écoles. The picture referred to is Le Panier Mystérieux by F. Boucher; engraved by R. Gaillard. 66 And far afield were sun-baked savage creatures." — PAGE 38. See Les Caractères de LA BRUYÈRE, De l'homme. "Whose greatest grace was jupes à la Camargo.” — PAGE 39. “C'était le beau temps où Camargo trouvait ses jupes trop longues pour danser la gargouillade." —ARSÈNE HOUSSAYE. "The grass he called too green." - PAGE 39. "Il trouvait la nature trop verte et mal éclairée. Et son ami Lancret, le peintre des salons à la mode, lui répondait: 'Je suis de votre sentiment, la nature manque d'harmonie et de séduction.'" —CHARLES BLANC. "Nay, 'twas a song of SAINTE-AULAIRE." - PAGE 54. It is but just to the octogenarian Marquis, whom the Duchess of Maine surnamed her "vieux berger," to say that he is guiltless of the song here ascribed to him. For it, and the similar pieces in these Proverbs, the author is alone responsible. In the Secrets of the Heart, however, he has, without attempting to revive the persons, borrowed the names of the charming heroines of À quoi rêvent les Jeunes Filles. "Some moneyed mourner's' love or pride.” ” — PAGE 165. "Thus much alone we know Metella died, The wealthiest Roman's wife. Behold his love or pride!" Childe Harold, iv. 103. 66 "A bolder rider than Bellerophon." — PAGE 191. Eques ipso melior Bellerophonte."— HOR. iii. 12. "The Thefts of Mercury.” — PAGE 191. Risit Apollo."— HOR. i. 10. "They are a school to win.". PAGE 217. In view of the prolonged popularity which has attended the use of these old French forms in England and America, the following dates may here be preserved. Some of the Triolets at p. 219 appeared in the Graphic for May 23, 1874; the Rondeau at p. 225 and the Ballade at p. 247 in Evening Hours for May 1876; the Villanelle at p. 239 in Proverbs in Porcelain, May 1877; the Chant Royal at p. 265 in the Architect for July 14, 1877; and the Ballade à double refrain at p. 261 in Belgravia for January 1878. "PERSICOS ODI.". · PAGE 222. The following "Pocket Version was appended to this, when it first appeared in the second edition of Proverbs in Porcelain, 1878: · Lope de Vega and Hurtado de Mendoza wrote sonnets on Sonnet-making; Voiture imitated them as regards the Rondeau. Here is a paraphrase of Voiture:· |