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RAILWAY DIALOGUE by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: IN THE TRAIN A LORD CHANCELLOR, TAKING HIS SEAT
Last Line: "TO FIND MYSELF SEATED SO NEAR THE GREAT SEAL."
Subject(s): RAILROADS; TALK; RAILWAYS; TRAINS;

IN the train a Lord Chancellor, taking his seat,
Thus address'd an old friend whom he happen'd to meet:
"You, Serjeant, are double the man you once were,
You are grown quite a porpoise of late, I declare."
"Much pleasure, my lord, as a porpoise, I feel
To find myself seated so near the Great Seal."



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