...and, perhaps, somewhat (A, C) 7. Compare Milton, Comus, lines 171-173: ". . . riot and ill managed merriment Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the base unlettered hinds . . ." 8. David Hume (1711-1776) was the great Scottish historian and empiric...

...comes to a topical allusion is the Lady's indignant response to the sound Of riot, and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the loose unlettered hinds, When for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton danee they praise the...

...was, if mine ear be true, 170 My best guide now, methought it was the sound Of riot, and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe Stirs up among the loose unlettered hinds,0 When for their teeming flocks, and granges full,0 In wanton dance they praise the...