Note 66.Page 250.
This fable has crept in our story-books.
Note 67.Page 273.
We have here a new version of an Æsopian fable.
Note 68.Page 280.
"This is the fable of Parnell's Hermit, which that elegant and original writer has heightened with many masterly touches of poetical colouring, and a happier arrangement of circumstances. Among other proofs which might be mentioned of Parnell's genius and address in treating this subject, by reserving the discovery of the angel to a critical period at the close of the fable, he has found means to introduce a beautiful description, and an interesting surprise."—Warton.
That the reader may compare the two stories the more readily, it is inserted here.
"THE HERMIT.
"Far in a wild, unknown to public view,
From youth to age a reverend hermit grew,
