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<p>“To fifty chosen sylphs of special note,</p>
<p>We trust the important charge, the petticoat.</p>
<p>Oft have we known that seven-fold fence to fail,</p>
<p>Tho’ stuffed with hoops and armed with ribs of whale."</p>
<p class="source-rw">     —RAPE OF THE LOCK.</p></div>
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<p>“If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude, with those that take up their abode in the deep, we shall find they will appear contemptible in the comparison. The whale is doubtless t