"And whistled as he went for want of thought."

DRYDEN's _Cymon and Iphigenia_.

"Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide."

DRYDEN's _Absalom and Achitophel_, st. i. I. 163.

"The tenth transmitter of a foolish face."

SAVAGE.

"When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war."

NAT. LEE.

The real line in Lee is--

"When Greeks join Greeks then was the tug of war."

LEE's _Alexander the Great_.

J.W.G. GUTCH

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I wish to ask a few questions, referring to these lines, if you do not
think the subject already exhausted by Mr. Rimbault's curious and
interesting communication.