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"Mam, architecture youre not skilld in, I dont approve your way of building; In this theres nothing like design, Pray learn the use of Gunters line."
Christopher SmartThus when a barber and collier fight, — Christopher Smart
"Thus when a barber and collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier—white; The dusty collier heaves his ponderous sack, And, big with vengeance, beats the barber—black. In comes the brick-dust man, with grime o’erspread, And beats the collier and the barber—red; Black, red, and white, in various clouds are toss’d, And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost."
Christopher Smart
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Christopher Smart was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student, and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout London.
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"For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary. For the flowers have their angels even the words of Gods Creation."
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