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AN EPIGRAM ON SCOLDING by JONATHAN SWIFT

First Line: GREAT FOLKS ARE OF A FINER MOULD
Last Line: FOR WHORE AND ROGUE; AND DOG AND BITCH.
Subject(s): LANGUAGE; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
Great folks are of a finer mould;
Lord! how politely they can scold.
While a coarse English tongue will itch
For whore and rogue; and dog and bitch.




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