A wide terrace then led to large iron gates,' over which were
placed the two celebrated figures of Raving and Melancholy Madness, executed
by the elder Cibber, and commemorated by Pope in the Dunciad, in the wellknown lines:—
"Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne,
And laughs to think Monroe would take her down,
Where, o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand,
Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand. ‘If you imagine you’re going
to use one ungentlemanly act to manipulate me, you very much mistake the
matter. Sheppard from his elevated position. "Lend a hand with the ruffles, Blueskin!" he shouted, as that personage, who had
just recovered from the stunning effects of the blow, contrived to pick himself
up.
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