Show laughable mixed Meta metaphors S among historic bulls that have hanc added Al letl to the gayety gaiety of nations those of sir boyle are arc probably best remembered for some soine curious and ered reason a ridiculous don in terms Is called an irish bull the phrase long ions ngo 1190 passed into literature and lui lins s 1 consta constant nt repetition yet III the e fact of the matt mutter C r la 1 s th hint a t the people e of evin erin lire are no moro more addicted to such tills nils takes than other races Inde indeed eld critics repeatedly have noticed that hint the H v cage 1 irishman Is a good deal of tin nn artist in ili its ills management of language and it lias has been said that nowhere else in europe la Is it pos possible sIbio to find a moro more vigorous or folk than in tile islo isle where tho the influence of the poetry of callic still survives kut but no one will care to deny that somo joint of the best 11 bulls hulls current in times glinca have been or of irish origin there is tho the classic about the two cent leinen who that they wore were acquainted pressed crossed the street to shake hands on Hs dis covering their errol i one cried 11 1 I beg your and the other re barked oh dont mention it its A mistake 0 you see I 1 thought thou glit it was yo you u ani and you thought it was me arid really it was neither of Us Is and a second ts Is cited concerning two men who were discussing flip alie illness of a friend oil oh lies hes rot got so thin declare declared the one and the other rejoined falth faith he lias has im thin and youre thin hut but lies thinner than both of us its put together anecdotes anecdote of the mixed metaphors of sir boyle roche member of the irish parliament are legion in number mr speaker lie declared on one occasion it to Is the duty of every true lover laver of ills his country to rive give his last guinea to save the remainder of his fortunes again lie he said that single misfortunes never conic come clone alone and the greatest of natures calamities Is generally followed by one much gr greater oater to him also Is attributed the gern gem why should we do anything for posterity what has posterity over ever lone done for us its but sir boyles unparalleled genius reached its apelin his denunciation of nf the french jacobins mr speaker it if we once permitted the villainous french to meddle with the buttresses and walls of our ancient constitution they would never stop nor stay sir air until they brought the foundation stones tumbling down upon the ears of the nation it if those galilean villains should invade us on that table maybe those honorable members might see their own destinies lying in heaps atop of one another here perhaps perli aps sir the murderous crew would break in and cut us to pieces and throw our bleeding heads upon that table to stare attire us in III tile the face HoN however veyer the irish statesman was not tile tiie fool lie ho sometimes pretended to be lie ile usef used hta his skill to ridicule politics of which ho disapproved fini find it was tin an abundantly elli clent device for that purpose hut but tho the unnamed lawyer hall had no such strategic objective objects V 0 in ili mind when lio lie uttered the famous s appeal to tho jury which began gentlemen it will be for you to de eldo aldo whether the lie defendant defend uit shall bi be e it allowed to come into court with unblushing unit footsteps with a cloak of 0 hypocrisy in n his mouth nud and draw three bullocks out of ully my clients pocket impunity alls performance demonstrated th that attIle the bull Is nt it an exclusively irish production and the scots too are not ne tn alie cel dent nt for it la is recorded thane alint n glasgow attorney one once on e paid to ills his clerk instead p yere pre always breal brealon better make no promises nt at nil all an keep the thein it would seem Is 13 a tricky affair it should lie be handled with etli care lint but it now arid again a really humorous error Is ia made it may inn help if it is remembered that lint it Is rood good to prompt innocent laughter in the he world even een unintentionally ashington post |