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To a gentleman, who, at the close of a fierce dispute with Porson, exclaimed, "My opinion of you is most contemptible, Sir"; he retorted, "I never knew an opinion of yours that was not contemptible."

— Richard Porson

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"Who's up ?" inquired Burke of a friend at the door,
"Oh, no one," says Paddy, "tho' Pitt's on the floor."

A little garden little Jowett made,
And fenced it with a little palisade;
A little taste hath little Dr. Jowett;
This little garden doth a little show it.

Here lies a Doctor of Divinity,
Who was a Fellow too of Trinity;
He knew as much about Divinity
As other Fellows do of Trinity.

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