Note 159 — HOGARTH ILLUSTRATED. (continued 3)
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The inscription must remind every reader of Pope's lines,—
"Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully rears its head, and lies," etc.
The Duke of Buckingham's epigram on this magnificent pillar is not so generally known:
"Here stand I, The Lord knows why; But if I fall— Have at ye all!"