Note 423 — RAPE OF THE LOCK.
Reading edition
From Congreve.—Warton.
A repulsive and unfounded couplet. Judges never sign sentences, and if a juryman is in haste to dine it is at least as easy to acquit as to condemn.—Croker.
Reading edition
From Congreve.—Warton.
A repulsive and unfounded couplet. Judges never sign sentences, and if a juryman is in haste to dine it is at least as easy to acquit as to condemn.—Croker.