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The lean and slippered pantaloon, / With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; / His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice / Turning again towards childish treble, pipes / And whistles in his sound.

The lean and slippered pantaloon, / With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; / His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice / Turning again towards childish treble, pipes / And whistles in his sound.
Unresolved attribution · printed work: As You Like It

In print by 1893 AD · industrial

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Unresolved attribution · printed work: As You Like It
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In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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Printed citation: As You Like It · page_438

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