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..."when I had taken up what I supposed a fallen star, I found I had been cozened with a jelly, nothing but a cold, dull mass which glittered no longer than...poetry and true nonsense ; or, at best, a scantling wit which lay gasping for VOL. II. - 34 idle fellow gazes on the sky, fancying the speck he sees an...

...when I had taken up what I supposed a fallen star, I found I had been cozened with a jelly, nothing but a cold, dull mass which glittered no longer than...poetry and true nonsense ; or, at best, a scantling wit which lay gasping for VOL. II. 34 idle fellow gazes on the sky, fancying the speck he sees an eagle,...

...dull mass, which glittered no longer than it was shooting. A dwarfish thought dressed up in gigantic words, repetition in abundance, looseness of expression,...one line expanded prodigiously into ten ; and, to wind up all, incorrect English, and a hideous mingle of false poetry and true nonsense, or, at best,...