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_Parl. Hist._ xxx. 1563. For _Unitarians_, see _ante_, ii. 408, note I.
[402] Taken from Herodotus. [Bk. ii. ch. 104.] BOSWELL.
[403] 'The mummies,' says Blakesley, 'have straight hair, and in the
paintings the Egyptians are represented as red, not black.' _Ib_. note.
[404] See _ante_, i. 441, and _post_, March 28, and June 3, 1782.
[405] Mr. Dawkins visited Palmyra in 1751. He had 'an escort of the Aga
of Hassia's best Arab horsemen.' Johnson was perhaps astonished at the
size of their caravan, 'which was increased to about 200 persons.' The
writer treats the whole matter with great brevity. Wood's _Ruins of
Palmyra_, p. 33. On their return the travellers discovered a party of
Arab horsemen, who gave them an alarm. Happily these Arabs were still
more afraid of them, and were at once plundered by the escort, 'who
laughed at our remonstrances against their injustice.' Wood's _Ruins of
Balbec_, p. 2.
[406] He wrote a _Life of Watts_, which Johnson quoted. _Works_, viii.
382.
[407] See _ante_, iii. 422, note 6.
[408] In the first two editions _formal_.
[409] Johnson maintains this in _The Idler_, No.
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