 | John Thomas Smith - 1829 - 508 pages
...said to have been written by Peter Pindar : — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on : But here...For the Lion's without — and the Monkey's within !" Cosway, though a well-made little man, was certainly very much like a monkey in his face ; and therefore,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 292 pages
...had offended, stuck these Hnes on his door : — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 1' is usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here...fit it up in a style of uncommon elegance. " His new house," says Smith, "he fitted up in so picturesque, and, indeed, so princely a style, that I regret... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1859 - 368 pages
...not much unlike a monkey in the face : " — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here...For the lion's without, and the monkey's within," i The artist left the house in consequence of this foolish joke, and fitted up another in the same... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1859 - 398 pages
...the face :" " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tic on ; But here the old custom reversed is seen, For the lion's without, and the monkey's within." The artist left the house in consequence of this foolish joke, and fitted up another in the same street,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1859 - 284 pages
...usnal a monkey the sign-post to tie on,• Bui here tile old custom reversed is seen. For the lion.s without and the monkey's within." To take the sting from this dull conceit, the artis removed to No. 20 in the same street, and proceeded to fit it up in a style of uncommon elegance.... | |
 | 1868 - 284 pages
..." When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'T is usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on/ Bui here the old custom reversed is seen, For the lion's...within." To take the sting from this dull conceit, the artis removed to No. 20 in the same street, and proceeded to fit it up in a style of uncommon elegance.... | |
 | Frederick William Fairholt - 1873 - 288 pages
...outside his residence, in these rhymes : — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here...is seen, For the lion's without, and the monkey's within.1' Cosway was not happy in all his splendour. He felt the sneers of his brother artists, who,... | |
 | Ellen Creathorne Clayton - 1876 - 370 pages
...painter inside and the royal animals without — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here...For the lion's without, and the monkey's within." Enraged and mortified by this stinging epigram, the artist removed once more — to No. 20 in the same... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1887 - 648 pages
...sculptured lions (still in existence) near his doorway : When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, Tis usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here the old custom reversed is seen, Forthe lion 's without, and the monkey 'a within. The lines, posted on his door, ar« supposed to have... | |
 | Frances A. Gerard - 1892 - 470 pages
...malicious Peter Pindar, was affixed outside : — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 'Tis usual a monkey the signpost to tie on. But here the...seen, For the lion's without and the monkey's within." Cosway, who was as sensitive as he was vain, was so annoyed at this sorry jest, that he moved to the... | |
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not much unlike a monkey in the face," some wag, whom he had offended, stuck these Hnes on his door : — " When a man to a fair for a show brings a lion, 1' is usual a monkey the sign-post to tie on ; But here the old custom reversed is seen, For the... 
