Something lingering with boiling oil in it…. something humorous but lingering—with either boiling oil or melted lead.
My object all sublimeI shall achieve in time—To let the punishment fit the crime,The punishment fit the crime. The Mikado (1885)
The Law is the true embodimentOf everything that’s excellent.It has no kind of fault or flaw,And I, my Lords, embody the Law. Iolanthe (1882)