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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 by Various
page 52 of 54 (96%)

Epigram on the publication by Dr. Wordsworth, master of Trinity College,
Cambridge, of his inquiry, "Who wrote Eikon Basilike?" published by
Rivington. (A parody.)

Who wrote "Who wrote Eikon Basilike?"
I, says the master of trinity,--
I am a doctor o' divinity,
And I wrote "Who wrote Eikon Basilike?"


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TIME.


Sir William Jones, so well known for his great acquisitions in oriental
literature, was no less remarkable for his piety.--A friend reciting Sir
Edward Coke's couplet of

"Six hours to sleep, in law's grave study six,
Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix,"


he subjoined, rather say,

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven,
Ten to the world allot, and _all to Heav'n_.

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