What does it mean?
44 10. were dispersed. Note the variety of phrases in the following
ten lines used to indicate separation.
46 16. Hetman. Chief. Compare Germ. _Hauptmann_, Eng. _captain_, Fr.
_chef_.
47 1. evasion. See previous note on p. 33, l. 7.
48 2. carabines. Old-fashioned spelling. Short rifles adapted to the
use of mounted troops.
49 13. without a parallel. As has been seen, De Quincey is fond of
superlative statements. A writer may or may not be true in his claims;
the habitual assumption, however, predisposes his reader to doubt his
judgment.
49 16. Desultors. This word is not in common use, but _desultory_
is. Look up the derivation and note the metaphor concealed in the
latter word.
49 19. at the rate of 200 miles. Compare preceding note on p. 24, 1. 26.
50 27. "more fell," etc. From the last speech in Shakespeare's
Othello, addressed to Iago:
O Spartan dog,
More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea!
Look on the tragic loading of this bed;
This is thy work.
51 17. "fierce varieties." Misquoted. See _Paradise Lost_, II, 599;
VII, 272.
51 19. post equitem, etc.:
Behind the horseman sits black care.
--Horace's _Odes_, III, 1, 40.
51 20. undying worm. _Isaiah_, lxvi, 24.
51 29. "from morn till dewy eve." Paradise Lost, I, 742.
52 33. On a fine morning. Study this paragraph carefully with
reference to the rhetorical effect. The entire scene is the product of
De Quincey's imagination; do you consider it truthful?
53 24.
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