...kest. He is careful to tell us, for example, that there are instances of the use of shine as a substantive in Spenser, Ben Jonson, and other poets. It is but another way of spelling sheen, and if Mr. Masson never heard a shoeblack in the street say, Shall I give you a shine, sir? his experience has been singular. His notes in general are very good (though too long). Those on the astronomy of Milton ...