V, p. 49.

"It was a gloomy and awful sight; the moon was behind a cloud, but by means of a few scattered rays I could perceive the foaming waves rolling over the fields and meadows. I drew near to the precipice: I wished and shuddered; I stretched out my arms. I leaned over, I sighed, and lost myself in the happy thought of burying all my sufferings, all my torments, in that abyss, and tossing amidst the waves.”

Werter, vol. ii, let. lxxv.

VI, p. 50.

"I found her alone, and was silent. She looked stedfastly at me: the fire of genius, the charms of beauty, were fled ;—but I saw in her countenance an expression much more touching;the expression of soft pity, and the tenderest concern."

Werter, vol. ii, let. lxx.

VII, p. 51.

"I break my way through copses, amongst thorns and briars,. which tear me to pieces, and I feel a little relief. Sometimes I lie stretched on the ground, overcome with fatigue, and dying with thirst; sometimes, late in the night, when the moon shines upon my head, I lean against a bending tree in some sequestered forest, and quite worn out and exhausted, I sleep till break of day. Oh, my friend! the dismal cell, the sackcloth, the girdle with sharp points of iron, would be indulgence and luxury in comparison of what I now suffer."

Werter, vol. i, let. xxxv.

VIII, p. 52.

"I have passed a dreadful night—or rather let me call it a propitious one, for it has determined me; it has fixed my purpose: I am resolved to die."

IX, p. 53.

Werter, vol. ii, p. 137.

"For the last last time I now open my eyes.

Alas! they will

Werter, vol. ii, p. 157.

behold the sun no more; a thick and gloomy fog hides it."

X, p. 54.

"Be at peace; let me entreat you, be at peace! They are loaded the clock strikes twelve-I go, Charlotte!—Charlotte! farewel! farewel!"

Werter, vol. ii, p. 182.

The capital defect of the sonnet will be found to consist in the tedium and monotony attending the perusal of a numerous collection of small unconnected pieces of fourteen lines. To remedy, in some measure, this defect, an attempt has been made in the" Sonnets from Werter," to delineate the progress of a passion, and to render each sonnet a distinct picture of a strong situation arising from that which preceded, and preparatory to that which is to succeed. In this manner a unity may be communicated, which may tend to keep the interest alive :-and the plan is attended with this farther advantage, that by seizing only the more important moments, the events of the longest portion of time may be included in a short series of progressive sonnets.

NOTE h, p. 58.

"Impell'd by hatred, and revenge his guide," &c.

A single warrior, prompted by caprice or revenge, will take the field alone, and march several hundred miles to surprise and cut off a straggling enemy.

NOTE i, p. 61.

Rob. Hist. Amer. vol. ii,

"O! for a lodge, where Peace might love to dwell," &c.

NOTE k, p. 75.

To remove the only obstacle to a sister's marriage, Cecilia gives up her patrimony, and retires to take the vows in a convent of Provence; but previously to her profession, an unexpected fortune restores her to the world. In "The Nun" the story is so far altered, that the heroine completes her sacrifice.

See Cecile, ou le Sacrifice de l'Amitie. Genlis Theatre of Education, vol. ii.

NOTE 1, p. 119.

“As wild he gaz'd where Callao's turrets rear'd," &c.

The eruption of the sea, during the earthquake at Lima, entirely swept away the neighbouring port-town of Callao. The singular circumstance of the preservation of only one man, who escaped by means of a boat, is mentioned by some authors who record the event; though, from a narrative published at Lima, there appears to have been nearly two hundred, who saved themselves on planks, which the wreck of vessels torn from their anchorage in the harbour threw in their way.

See Relation of the Earthquake at Lima, London 1743.

NOTE m, p. 120.

"The grateful Hamet tore the captive's chain,” &e.

For the story of Hamet, see History of Sandford and Merton,

by Mr. Day

NOTE n, p. 128.

"Round the rough marge of Moskoe's fearful isle.”
Round the moist marge of each cold Hebride isle.

NOTE o, p. 128.

"With frightful cries, and frantic with despair."

Collins.

Whales are frequently carried into the vortex of Maelstrom, and the moment they feel the force of the water, they struggle against it with all their might, howling in a frightful manner.

NOTE p, p. 131.

"Save the poor negro on his perilous way."

The Spaniards employ their negro slaves in diving for pearls, along the coast of Terra Firma, and particularly in the bay of Panama.

NOTE q, p. 154.

"As life did never lie!”

I look'd but once, yet life did never lodge

In any form so laid.

De Monfort, Act iv.