ter L," and afterwards, in the spring of 1757, at No. 6, Rue du
Grand Chene.--_Historic Studies_, ii. 210, 218, 219.

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) finished (1788) _The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire_ at "La Grotte, an ancient and spacious mansion behind the
church of St. Francis, at Lausanne," which was demolished by the Swiss
authorities in 1879. Not only has the mansion ceased to exist, but the
garden has been almost entirely changed. The wall of the Hotel Gibbon
occupies the site of the famous wooden pavilion, or summer-house, and of
the "berceau of plum trees, which formed a verdant gallery completely
arched overhead," and which "were called after Gibbon, La
Gibboniere."--_Historic Studies_, i. I; ii. 493.

In 1816 the pavilion was "utterly decayed," and the garden neglected,
but Byron gathered "a sprig of _Gibbon's acacia_," and some rose leaves
from his garden and enclosed them in a letter to Murray (June 27, 1816).
Shelley, on the contrary, "refrained from doing so, fearing to outrage
the greater and more sacred name of Rousseau; the contemplation of whose
imperishable creations had left no vacancy in my heart for mortal
things. Gibbon had a cold and unimpassioned spirit."--_Essays, etc._,
1840, ii. 76.]

23.

Had I not filed my mind, which thus itself subdued.
Stanza cxiii. line 9.

"----If't be so,
For Banquo's issue have I _filed_ my mind."
_Macbeth_, [act iii. sc. 1, line 64].

24.

O'er others' griefs that some sincerely grieve.
Stanza cxiv. line 7.

It is said by Rochefoucault, that "there is _always_ something in the
misfortunes of men's best friends not displeasing to them."

["Dans l'adversite de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque
chose qui ne nous deplait pas."--_Appendice aux Maximes de La
Rochefoucauld, Pantheon Litteraire_, Paris, 1836, p. 460.]

FOOTNOTES:

[356] {303} [_Julie, ou La Nouvelle Heloise_: _Oeuvres Completes de J.
J. Rousseau_, Paris, 1837, ii. 262.]

[357] [The Clef, is now a cafe on the Grande Place, and still
distinguished by the sign of the Key. But Vevey had other associations
for Rousseau, more powerful and more persuasive than a solitary visit to
an inn. "Madame Warens," says General Read, "possessed a charming
count