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you want a receipt for that popular mystery, Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon, Take all the remarkable people in history. Rattle them off to a popular tune! The pluck of on board of the Victory— Genius of devising a plan; The humour of (which sounds contradictory) Coolness of about to trepan— The grace of, that unparalleled musico— Wit of, who wrote of — The pathos of, as rendered by — Style of the — The dash of a, divested of quackery— Narrative powers of and —