Note 105 — MONODY ON THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. R. B. SHERIDAN.
Reading edition
[It has often been pointed out (e.g. Notes and Queries, 1855, Series I. xi. 472) that this fine metaphor may be traced to Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. The subject is Zerbino, the son of the King of Scotland—
"Non è vu si bello in tante altre persone: Natura il fece e poi ruppe la stampa."
Canto X. stanza lxxxiv. lines 5, 6.]