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Unmatched in Billingsgate, for black abuse,—
Grossness in port, and baseness in his eye,
I see the Punch of hustings dangle by,—
The farmer's Alfred,—brazen-visaged Hunt,
Whom Baron Leatherbrains can scarce confront;
Embalm'd in dunghills,—figur'd on the wall,—
In universal fame, Hunt beats them all!
Those who are partial to “character” must admire Mr. Orator Hunt. There is no man in this kingdom that lies so magnanimously —so unrelentingly bold—so like a “genuine” John Bull. He is none of your half hinters—drawling, whining, suppositionists; he will lie in the face of thousands; and batter with falsehoods the plainest proof. Those who have heard him enunciate his most celebrated falsehoods, and marked the flashing impudence of his eye, will join with me in awarding him unrivalled fame for mendacity. In this respect—
“His name will be his epitaph alone.”
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