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Rh thorn attached to his right hand, and a cup in the other, as if ready to puncture the first person whose blood he might fancy, like Satan prowling about to seek whom he could devour. Blake said of the flea, that were that lively little fellow the size of an elephant, he was quite sure, from the calculations he had made of his wonderful strength, that he could bound from Dover to Calais in one leap. Whatever may be the public opinion hereafter of Blake's talents, when his enemies are dead, I will not presume to predict; but this I am certain of, that on the score of industry at least, many artists must