The Works of Lord Byron
Chapter 119 : But after toil-inked thumbs and bitten nails Scratched head, ten quires--the easy scri

'But after toil-inked thumbs and bitten nails Scratched head, ten quires--the easy scribbler fails'.--

['MS. L'. ('a').]

[Footnote lix:

'The one too rustic, t'other too refined'.

['MS. L'. ('a' and 'b').]]

[Footnotes lx:

'Offensive most to men with house and land Possessed of Pedigree and b.l.o.o.d.y hand'.

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Footnote lxi:

'Composed for any but the lightest strain'.

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Footnote lxii:

'And must I then my'--

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[Footnote lxiii:

'Ye who require Improvement'.

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[Footnote lxiv:

'And Tragedy, whatever stuff he spoke Now wants high heels, long sword and velvet cloak'.--

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[Footnote lxv:

'Curtail or silence the offensive jest'.

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'Curtail the personal or s.m.u.tty jest'.

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[Footnote lxvi:

'Overthrow whole books with all their hosts of faults'.--

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[Footnotes lxvii:

'So that not h.e.l.lebore with all its juice'.

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[Footnote lxviii:

'I'll act instead of whetstone--blunted, but Of use to make another's razor cut'.

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[Footnote lxix:

'From Horace show the better arts of song'.

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[Footnote lxx:

'To Trade, but gave their hours to arms and arts'.

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'With traffic'.

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[Footnote lxxi: