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 On Ilayley's Friendship : When H y finds out what you can- not do .......... 210 On Hayley the Pickthank : I write the rascal thanks, till he and I .......... 210 My title as a genius thus is prov'd. . . . . .211 To Flaxman : You call me mad, 'tis fully to do so. . . . 21 r To Flaxman : I mock thee not, though I by thee am mocked. 21 r To Nancy Flaxman : How can I help thy husband's copying me? 211 To Flaxman and Stothard : I found them blind : I taught them how to see. . . . . . . . . ,211 To Stothard : You all your youth observ'd the golden rule. . 212 Cromek speaks : I always take my judgement from a fool. .212 On Stothard : You say reserve and modesty he has. . .212 On Stothard : S, in childhood, on the nursery floor. .212 Mr. Stothard to Mr. Cromek : For Fortune's favours you your riches bring 213 Mr. Cromek to Mr. Stothard : Fortune favours the brave, old proverbs say 213 On Cromek : Cr loves artists as he loves his meat On Cromek : A petty sneaking knave I knew On P : P loved me not as he lov'd his friends On William Haines : The Sussex men are noted fools On Fuseli : The only man that e'er I knew. To Hunt : 'Madman' I have been call'd To Hunt : You think Fuseli is not a great painter. On certain Mystics : Cosway, Frazer, and Baldwin of Egypt's lake And his legs carried it like a long fork. For this is being a friend just in the nick Was I angry with Hayley who us'd me so ill. Having given great offence by writing in prose

Miscellaneous Epigrams His whole life is an epigram, smart, smooth, and neatly penn'd. 219 He has observ'd the golden rule. 219 And in melodious accents I ....... 219 Some people admire the work of a fool 220 He's a blockhead who wants a proof of what he can't perceive. 220 Great men and fools do often me inspire ..... 220 Some men, created for destruction, come ..... 220 An Epitaph*: Come knock your heads against this stone. . 220 Another : I was buried near this dyke 220