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Rh himself, who is still living, and, fiction-like as it appears, it is strictly and literally true."

One of the poems found in the chair is "The Ladies' Petition to the House of Commons," the suffragettes of the day. It is founded on the old ballad of "Nice Young Maidens."

There is a Scottish version of the same, "Puir auld Maidens," borrowed from England.

Gay wrote:—

As Mr. Chanter has pointed out, Gay has scarcely received due credit for the number of proverbial couplets and sayings which have entwined themselves in our daily language ; for instance:—