The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-30 00:00:00

'LITERARY CURIOSITY.

A literary, Frenchman bring in company hats the ccle
bested Dr. Wallis, was boasting, with characteristic vanit‘,
of the superiority of the French hairnet. wills vcgaiii to
euphony ; and challenged the Doctor to isruduce any thing
in English equal to the follow log lines :
Qnand un cordier, cordatet, vent corder itnecorile,
Peur as conk corder, truis 'cordons it 'cronies
Blois si on des cordons de Is riteile descocate,
Le cordon detcortlatst fait desc,irtler la tovde.

The Ductile immediately translated the very words into
English, only anbstiinting for the French word condo, the
pure English word hoist. The render will trod that the first
four of the following lines exactly correspond to those of
the Prencliman; the next four were added by the Dollar, by
way of completing his triumph. The rvenai aaaa lindguet•
not written till some time afterward. The great Dr. Johnson
was so planed with the above anecdote, that he hives the
whole twelve lines is his folio Dictionary; 1., alt..*
bow weeny meanings and bearings the word 'Ulster ma) be
twisted :
When a twister, a-twisting, will twist him a twist,
For the twisting his twist he three twines 'loth intrvist
Hot if one of the twists of the twist doth tint wist,
The twine that 'untwisted, untwisteth the twist.
tintwirling The twine that untwisteth between,
He twirls with his twister the two in a twine;
Then twice having twisted the twines of the twine,
He twitehetb the twine he bad twined in twain.
The twain, that is twining before in the twine
As twins were intwisted, he an* doth
4Twiat the twain intertwisting a twine store between,
He, twirling his twister, mikes a twist of the twine.

The PRIMER REGENT dined with the Duke of
WELLotioTow yesterday at Al,ley Witte.
Prince LsoroLD visited the Dukr and Duellist
of KENT yesterday at Kensington Palace.
Yesterday the Duke and Ditellesp of YORK and
a numerous party dined with Prince Lyerimis at
Marlborough Home.
Ou Sunday the Duke of ‘l'Et.t.tricros had a
family • party at dinner, cousiEting of Mat 941,1
WELLEALRY, Mr. WELLEGLEY POLE. tile Rev.
Wst.t.ssutV, Mr. LONG Wk1.1.1471.ET, &C..

The Bishopof F —MITER gave tt grand 1-I.trriain-
messt on Monday, at his residence in Coutpulght.
place, to his Royal Highness the Pat•tE lt trc.ENT.
Prince ESTEIIHAZY, the Duke of U'Et.t.txaTute.
and a large party of distinguished persoto.gcs. 1.1
the evening, the Hon. Mrs. Pr.t.nata had ts concert.
which was very fashionably attend.d.
Mr. and Lady CATUECINE WUITE MELVILLE
arrived yesterday at their house in Lower Grosvenor-
street, front their seat in Bucks.
There was a time when the first question asked
by a prison !sadists! et Dover from CAA* was, who
is Minister now ? Thud uncertainty of Conneds now
prevails in Spain. There have been ricerusrive
chooses since the return of FERDINAND.
The number of applications roe the Opera of
t it
000 k
aannterseirmian,
moillortideoweluirziecoTeistsbeormiwillis of
A stocking istwaking at Cosiner eara. in which
the skeleton ni the huge whole, lately token in that
by, is to be enelswed. and resented to i Wink-
mins in the neighbourhood.

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