Cf. Shakespeare's "Winter Tale," Act iii. sc. iii. 59-63.

As Horace's father did. See "Satires," Book i. Sat. iv. 105-129.

What we call black sheep.

From Simonides. Cf. Seneca, "Epist." xlix. "Punctum est quod vivimus, et adhuc puncto minus."

Reading with Wyttenbach, ὡς ἐκ λογικῆς τέχνης.

Like Carker in Dombey.