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No stop, no stay,—thy victim-steaming cell
I force,—and feed this godlike belly well.

Note 11, p. 54.]

Thunder'd amain and flash'd the sign of war.

οὐδέποτ᾽ αὐτοῖς
Άργαλἐον πόλεμον τεκμαἱπεται εὐρὑοπα Ζεὐς.
Hesiod. Opera et Dies. lib. i, 226. 

Ne'er unto them doth Jove, all-seeing god,
Hang the fierce signs of wasting war abroad.

Note 12, p. 54.] Forth flew the soul.

Dark clouds come o'er my eyes, farewell, good night:
Good night—my mighty soul's inclined to roam,
So make my compliments to all at home.
Bomb. Furioso. 

Note 13, p. 54.] Then on the bank did Pool.

Captain. Yes Poole.
Suffolk.Poole?
Captain.Poole? sir Poole? lord [Poole]?
Ay, kennel, puddle, sink; whose filth and dirt
Troubles the silver spring where England drinks.
Now will I dam up this thy yawning mouth,
For swallowing the treasure of the realm.
Henry Sixth, Part ii, act. iv, s. 1. 

Note 14, p. 56.]

Ye gods! I faint, my spirit faints with fright.

Oh! shuddering fancy quails beneath the scene.
Erving Scott's Waterloo. 

Note 15, p. 56.] And earth's grim race.

Talis erat belli facies, cum Pelion ingens
Mitteret in cœlum Briareus, solioque Tonantem