models of Aristotle and Longinus, but had rather struck out _a
new original plan of criticism_, which should unite the
virtues of each of them. This experiment was made on the two
greatest of our own poets--Shakspeare and Pope. Still (he
adds, addressing Warburton) _you went farther_, by joining to
those powers a perfect insight into human nature; and so
ennobling the exercise of literary by the justest moral
censure, _you have now, at length, advanced criticism to its
full glory_."

A perpetual intercourse of mutual adulation animated the
sovereign and his viceroy, and, by mutual support, each
obtained the same reward: two mitres crowned the greater and
the minor critic. This intercourse was humorously detected by
the lively author of "Confusion Worse Confounded."--"When the
late Duke of R.," says he, "kept wild beasts, it was a common
diversion to make two of his bears drunk (not metaphorically
with flattery, but literally with strong ale), and then daub
them over with honey. It was excellent sport to see how
lovingly (like a couple of critics) they would lick and claw
one another." It is almost amazing to observe how Hurd, who
naturally was of the most frigid temperament, and the most
subdued feelings, warmed, heated, and blazed in the
progressive stages "of that pageantry of praise spread over
the Rev. Mr. Warburton, when the latter was advancing fast
towards a bishoprick," to use the words of Dr. Parr, a
sagacious observer of man. However, notwithstanding the
despotic mandates of our Pichrocole and his dapper minister,
there were who did not fear to meet the greater bear of the
two so facetiously described above. And the author of
"Confusion Worse Confounded" tells a familiar story, which
will enliven the history of our great critic. "One of the
bears mentioned above happened to get loose, and was running
along the street in which a tinker was gravely walking. The
people all cried, 'Tinker! tinker! beware of the bear!' Upon
this Magnano faced about with great composure; and raising his
staff, knocked down Bruin, then setting his arms a-kimbo,
walked off very sedately; only saying, 'Let the bear beware of
the tinker,' whic