To his rank among created beings, 



The power of reasoning is denied. 



Caesar manifested joy 



For days before his master 



Arrived at Encombe : 



Caesar manifested grief 



For days before his master left it. 



What name shall be given 



To that faculty, 



Which thus made expectation 



A source of joy, 



Which thus made expectation 



A source of grief? 



Lord Eldon. 



The Dealer and Clerk <i>- *o ^ 



HPHERE watch'd a cur before the Miser's 

 -*- gate — 

 A very cur, whom all men seem'd to hate ; 

 Gaunt, savage, shaggy, with an eye that shone 

 Like a live coal, and he possess'd but one ; 

 His bark was wild and eager, and became 

 That meagre body and that eye of flame ; 

 His master prized him much, and Fang his name. 

 His master fed him largely ; but not that, 

 Nor aught of kindness, made the snarler fat. 



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