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BYP AND NOP

Promotion BY Purchase and by NO Purchase; or a Dialogue between Captain A. and Colonel Q.

Quoth Byp to Nop, “I made my hop
By paying for promotion:”—
Quoth Nop to Byp, “I made my skip
By aid of petticoatian.”
Quoth Nop to Byp, “You'll never trip
Ascending steps of Gold by:”—
Quoth Byp to Nop, “You'll never drop
With such a tail to hold by.”
 

[N.B.—Byp, for by purchase, and Nop, for no purchase, are the common official abbreviations in all returns of promotions, and ring the changes through long columns of Parliamentary papers.]