VIPER bit a Cappadocian's hide;
But 'twas the viper, not the man, that died.
Anon., from the Greek.
HE merits of a certain American diplomatist being on the tapis, [Washington Irving] said, in allusion to his pomposity, "Ah, he is a great man; and, in his own estimation, a very great man—a man of great weight. When he goes to the West, the East tips up."
J. C. Young, Diary.
HEN a rapt audience has encored "Fra Poco"
Or "Casta Diva," I have heard that then
The Prima Donna, smiling herself out,
Recruits her flagging powers with bottled stout.
C. S. Calverley, Verses and Translations.