A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

'So bright its folding canopy withdrawn,

Glides the gilt landau o'er the velvet lawn,

Of beaux and belles displays the glittering throng,

And soft airs fan them as they glide along.'

[68] The Nymph of the Wheel, supposed to be in love with Smoke-Jack.

[69] 'A figure which has one angle, or more, of ninety degrees.'—Johnson's Dictionary. It here means a Right-angled Triangle, which is therefore incapable of having more than one angle of ninety degrees, but which may, according to our author's Prosopopœia, be supposed to be in love with Three or any greater number of Nymphs.

[70] Supposed to be the same with Satan.

[71] The Eastern name for Genii.—Vide Tales of Ditto.

[72] A submarine palace near Tunis, where Zatanai usually held his Court.

[73] The Indian Caucasus.