Act iii. sc. 4.—

Act iii. sc. 4.—

“_Quarl._ How now, Numps! almost tired in your protectorship? overparted, overparted?”

An odd sort of propheticality in this Numps and old Noll!

_Ib._ sc. 6. Knockhum’s speech:—

“He eats with his eyes, as well as his teeth.”

A good motto for the Parson in Hogarth’s _Election Dinner_,—who shows how easily he might be reconciled to the Church of Rome, for he worships what he eats.

Act v. sc. 5.—

“_Pup._ _Di._ It is not profane.

_Lan._ It is not profane, he says.

_Boy._ It is profane.

_Pup._ It is not profane.

_Boy._ It is profane.

_Pup._ It is not profane.

_Lan._ Well said, confute him with Not, still.”

An imitation of the quarrel between Bacchus and the Frogs in Aristophanes:—

“Χορός. ἀλλὰ μὴν κεκραξόμεσθά γ’, ὁπόσον ἡ φάρυνξ ἂν ἡμῶν χανδάνη δι’ ἡμέρας, βρεκεκεκὲξ, κοὰξ, κοὰξ.

Διόνυσος. τούτω γὰρ οὐ νικήσετε.

Χορός. οὐδὲ μὴν ἡμᾶς σὺ τάντως.

Διόνυσος. οὐδὲ μὴν ὑμεῖς γε δή μ’ οὐδέποτε.”

“The Devil Is An Ass.”