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 WH.LTAM AND JONATHAN. WILLIAM BxId Jonathan car to town together, William brought learning, and Jooathan some leather; Said William to Jonathan, what d'ye mean.to do Said Jotrot%an to William, 1 can sole a hoe,. With my leather, lap-stone, hmer, nippers, peg- ging-awl, ond bristles. Said Jonathan to William, pray, what is your intntion. William tatk'd of .things far above h/ omprehension, He meant to wr/te poetry, pamphlets, songss and plays, Epitaphs, epigrams, and puffs, the wind to Wth his Latin, Greek, grsar, rntaxs .livesealy, and logic. it chanced that they lodged ia th same house together, Will stuck close to books, and Jonathan to leather; While Johnny in the cellar as any hog grow fat, Poor Will in the garret w/s s thin as a starved cat. With'their leather,. Latin, hmmer, grammar, peg- ging-aw] and When they hail ]ved in town, for years nearly twenty; Will was very poor, but Jonathan had plenty; When meeting one day, they compar'd notes together, And clearly proved that learning wasn't haft zo good as loather. Sing, leather, lap-stone, hamme/, nippe, pging- awl, and bristles, 8AID A FOX TO A GOOSE." SxI a fox to a goose,. '(From a farm-house let loose,) And thancod to be oluming a feather, "Dear goo, low d'y,

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