Show small only in stature lack of inches has been a common peculiarity among great britain s mentally nen tally great pope and gray were of the tiny ones flaxman the father of english sculpture was shorter and misshapen than pope de quin cey and douglas jen old sir charles james napier and lord chief just ce cockburn add luster to the list of the lack inches crofton croker who gave the fair legends and folklore of ire land a literature was described by scott his admirer as little as a dwarf lord john russell was so slight of stature as to have it said of him that he had barely sufficient body to cover his brain napoleon wel langton and eselson form a triumvirate of warriors stature was in in verse ratio to their celebrity |