But who is this, what thing of sea or land,--
Female of sex it seems.
701
MILTON: _Samson Agonistes,_ Line 710.


=Fickleness.=

Who o'er the herd would wish to reign,
Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain!
Vain as the leaf upon the stream,
And fickle as a changeful dream.
702
SCOTT: _Lady of the Lake,_ Canto v., St. 10.


=Fiction.=

When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,
Men will believe, because they love the lie;
But truth herself, if clouded with a frown,
Must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
703
CHURCHILL: _Epis. to Hogarth,_ Line 291.

And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest.
704
GRAY: _The Bard,_ Pt. iii., St. 3.