[232]. Ver. 124. Ellipsis—A curve, the revolution of which on its axis produces an ellipsoid, or solid resembling the eggs of birds, particularly those of the gallinaceous tribe. Ellipsis is the only curve that embraces the cone.
[233]. [“Romantic Ashbourn.” The road down Ashbourn Hill winds in front of Ashbourn Hall, then the residence of the Rev. Mr. Leigh, who married a relation of Canning’s, and to whom the latter was a frequent visitor. A clever parodical application of this couplet was made by O’Connell to Lord Stanley’s section of a party of six, who wished to hold the balance of power, during Peel’s short administration in 1835. He altered it to “The Derby Dilly,” carrying six insides.—See the Greville Memoirs, vol. 3, pp. 236, &c.—Ed.]
[234]. [Thus sings Dr. Darwin of the Loves of the Plants:
“Two brother swains, of Collins’ gentle name,
The same their features, and their forms the same,
With rival love for fair Collinia sigh,
Knit the dark brow, and roll the unsteady eye.
With sweet concern the pitying beauty mourns,
And soothes with smiles the jealous pair by turns.
“Woo’d with long care, Curcuma, cold and shy,