All the talents' garland or, A few rockets let off at a celebrated ministry. Including Elijah's mantle, the Uti Possidetis, and other poems of the same author. By eminent political characters. The third edition, greatly enlarged [by E. A. Barrett] |
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AN UNCLE'S ADVICE TO HIS NEPHEW,
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AN UNCLE'S ADVICE TO HIS NEPHEW,
RESPECTING THE PROPER USE OF GOVERNMENT PAPER.
BY PAPIRIUS CURSOR.
Templum a me quam dilectum,
Grenville to his Nephew said,
Eheu perdidisti tectum!
Temple sigh'd, and shook his head.
Grenville to his Nephew said,
Eheu perdidisti tectum!
Temple sigh'd, and shook his head.
Why did'st order, tantum chartæ:
Cousin! wer't thou like Scriblerus,
Doctus in scribendi arte,
With Freemantle for thy clerus?
Cousin! wer't thou like Scriblerus,
Doctus in scribendi arte,
With Freemantle for thy clerus?
Eighty reams were plusquam satis;
They would serve you sine fine;
Send one half (thou'st had them gratis),
Temple! templo Cloacinæ.
They would serve you sine fine;
Send one half (thou'st had them gratis),
Temple! templo Cloacinæ.
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Foolscap, post, or thickest crown, Sir,
Suit the heads of half our party;
But for bottom like my own, Sir,
Why not cut up Magna Charta?
Suit the heads of half our party;
But for bottom like my own, Sir,
Why not cut up Magna Charta?
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