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For Gladstone's portrait five thousand pounds
Were paid, 'tis said, to Sir John Millais.
I cannot help thinking that such fine pay
Transcended reason's uttermost bounds.
Were paid, 'tis said, to Sir John Millais.
I cannot help thinking that such fine pay
Transcended reason's uttermost bounds.
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For it seems to me uncommonly queer
That a painted British statesman's price
Exceeds the established value thrice
Of a living statesman over here.
That a painted British statesman's price
Exceeds the established value thrice
Of a living statesman over here.
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