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 which has, only nothing in it, with respect; and considering what worse things there are in the world—That it is no way a proper subject for satire

Why then was it left so? And here, without staying for my reply, shall I be call'd as many blockheads, numsculs, doddypoles, dunderheads, ninny-hammers, goosecaps, joltheads, nincompoops, and sh--t-a-bedsand other unsavory appellations, as ever the cake-bakers of Lernè, cast in the teeth of King Gargantua's shepherds—And I'll let them do it, as Bridget said, as much as they please; for how was it possible they should foresee the necessity I