., line 513,
note
7), he makes merry over the blunder of the
Edinburgh
reviewer, who, in an article on Payne Knight's
Principles of Taste
, severely criticized some Greek lines which he attributed to Knight, but which, in fact, were by Pindar:—
"And when he frown'd on Kn — 's erroneous Greek, Bad him in Pindar's page that error seek."
Like Byron also, he attributes the blunder to Hallam, and speaks of "Hallam's baffled art." The article was written by Lord Holland's physician, Dr. Allen, who, according to Sydney Smith, had "the creed of a philosopher and the legs of a clergyman." Like Byron also (see
English Bards, etc