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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 282, November 10, 1827

Note 9 — THE GATHERER.

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All the tragedies are in rhyme, and that of the very worst description for elocutionary effect. It is the anapestic, like, as Hannah More remarks, "A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall!"

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