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“No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I 'm pious when I 'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Ode to Rae Wilson.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 86e905995bb2f6d6810548b19a375975cc070e6514add40cf9f56a961fb22811
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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