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On Mr Thos Onslow breaking his collar bone | |||
by a fall against the | by a fall against the crane of this Phaeton | ||
[underlined: by Mr Jekyll] | [underlined: by Mr Jekyll] | ||
Dear Tom, | Dear Tom, how is your collar? In story we're told | ||
That the | That the cranes were at war with the Pigmies of Old; | ||
But I thought that our | But I thought that our Pigmies to day, had more brains | ||
Than to wage any war with such things as the [ | Than to wage any war with such things as the Cranes. | ||
[flouishes] | |||
Epitaph on Mr Toup translated from the Greek | |||
by Bp [bishop] Lowth | |||
Of stale Mouldy leavings, scraps, payments & orts | |||
Of Lumber, & trump'ry, & trash of all Sorts; | |||
Of Ballads & Jests, such as Catamites use | |||
Strains of Vile Poetasters, the dregs of the Stews | |||
See Toup for a Bishop his medly set forth | |||
See the Critic's respect for high station & worth | |||
or | |||
Toup forms a choice Medly nor blushes to dick up | |||
An Archcritic's rank mess for a Revd. Archbishop. | |||
Latest revision as of 06:39, 22 July 2017
On Mr Thos Onslow breaking his collar bone by a fall against the crane of this Phaeton [underlined: by Mr Jekyll]
Dear Tom, how is your collar? In story we're told That the cranes were at war with the Pigmies of Old; But I thought that our Pigmies to day, had more brains Than to wage any war with such things as the Cranes. [flouishes]
Epitaph on Mr Toup translated from the Greek by Bp [bishop] Lowth
Of stale Mouldy leavings, scraps, payments & orts Of Lumber, & trump'ry, & trash of all Sorts; Of Ballads & Jests, such as Catamites use Strains of Vile Poetasters, the dregs of the Stews See Toup for a Bishop his medly set forth See the Critic's respect for high station & worth
or
Toup forms a choice Medly nor blushes to dick up An Archcritic's rank mess for a Revd. Archbishop.