...that he ever wrote, the Legion Club. It is an explosion of wrath tinged with madness: — "Could I from the building's top Hear the rattling thunder...drop, While the devil upon the roof (If the devil be thunder-proof) Should with poker fiery red Crack the stones and melt the lead, Drive them down on every...

...that he ever wrote, the Legion Club. It is an explosion of wrath tinged with madness : — "Could I from the building's top Hear the rattling thunder...drop, While the devil upon the roof (If the devil be thunder-proof) Should with poker fiery red Crack the stones and melt the lead, Drive them down on every...

...the Dean had a fit and wrote no more verse. Here is a specimen of his sceva indignatio : ' Could I from the building's top Hear the rattling thunder drop, While the devil upon the roof (Tf the devil be thunder-proof) Should with poker fiery red Crack the stones and melt the lead ; Drive...

...condemned criminal (at whom people throw their rubbish) is far less guilty than these men. Could I from the Building's Top Hear the rattling Thunder...If the Devil be Thunder Proof, Should, with Poker fiery-red Crack the Stones, and melt the Lead; Drive them down on every Skull, While the Den of Thieves*...

...hear Jackpudden gabble: 0 Such a crowd their ordure throws On a far less villain's nose. 0 20 Could I from the building's top Hear the rattling thunder...drop, While the devil upon the roof (If the devil be thunder-proof) Should, with poker fiery-red, Crack the stones, and melt the lead; Drive them down on...

...gabble 5 Such a crowd their ordure throw! On a far lefi villain'« n. .'. — Could I from the building top Hear the rattling thunder drop. While the devil...the devil be thunder- proof) •' Should with poker fiery-red Crack the floors and melt the lead} Drive them down on every fcull, W hile the den of thieves...