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From the May 2012 Print Edition

No one now expects the rough Hilarity of Cruikshank ”The flight of hands like larks Beneath the high sprig of mistletoe From lacy wrists surrounding Pinchwaisted beauties’ Bosoms like Devon cream Spilling out as they bend Over the hairy boar’s Head’s mouth in its idiot grin . . . . Continue Reading »