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“For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke; His hooke was such as heads the end of pole To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole; The hook was baited with a dragon's tale,-- And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 916a3c3d6bbfefbf419d232e6c300e77a45403b479ff7116697e97029a7e0725
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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