...consider an extravagant conceit, an hyperbole, and a built as synonymous, which we cannot admit. . " A painted vest prince Vortigern had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandaire won ;" Here we have a genuine bull : but the following couplet, •' He roar'd so loud, and...

...english blunders of this description. Do not you remember Blackmore's famous lines ifl prince Arthur ? ' A painted vest prince Vortigern had on, . ' Which from a naked Pict hii grandsire won,' Have not we here a laughable confusion of ideas? and in another passage, where...

...its absurdity, and in particular pointed out the following couplet as a genuine bull: A coat of mail Prince Vortigern had on. Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. Who does not see, adds Dryden, the absurdity of winning a coat from a naked man ? Allied to this species...

...never vere waistcoats and pantaloons so facetious. The aiathor of thosjs famous lints, A painted vc:-t Prince Vortigern had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won, might have completely justified thorn, had Mr. Fuseli been the tailor of those days ; for his figures...

...to clothing ! never were waistcoats and pantaloons so facetious. The author of those famous lines, A painted vest Prince Vortigern had on, Which from a naked Pict his gnwdsire woo, might have completely justified them, had Mr. Fuseli been the tailor of those days ;...

...it glowered BULLER. And significantly smote its thigh. TICKLER. Methought I met Sir Henry Hardinge in Bond Street without his coat— arm in arm with...Pict his grandsire won." SHEPHERD. Haw ! haw ! haw I TICKLER. Funerals were no more black-jobs. SHEPHERD. Gude again. TICKLER. See that chief mourner...

...indeed, being a patron at the expense of the papacy. There is a curious couplet in Blackmore's Arthur : A painted vest prince Vortigern had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. Bishop Warburton, in his Notes on Shaksn«are, says, the story of Measure for Measure is taken from...

...laughable confusion of ideas in our Engfigh poet Blackmore's famous lines in prince Arthur ? — '• A painted vest prince Vortigern had on, " Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won." We are sensible that to many people the most vulgar Irish bull would appear more laughable merely from...

...laughable confusion of ideas in our English poet Blackmore's famous lines in prince Arthur ? — " A painted vest prince Vortigern had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won." We are sensible that, to many people, the most vulgar Irish bull would appear more laughable merely...

...made himself immortal by two memorable lines, which will suffice as a specimen of his merits : — " A. painted vest Prince Vortigern had on, Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won !" The authenticity of the Poems ascribed to Ossian, is a subject full of doubt and intricacy, into...