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The Devil . Then snaps This lady raves , and that looks down And weeps , and wails her spatter'd gown ; One spark bemoans his spatter'd waistcoat ; One , “ Rot him , he has spoild my lac'd coat . ” Amidst the rout , the farmer long The ...
And pray how was the Devil drest ? Oh , he was drest in his Sunday's best ; His coat was red , and his breeches blue , And a hole behind for his tail to come through . He passed by a lawyer , killing a viper On a dunghill behind his own ...
This stopped Santeuil's mouth ; he stared , with his arms stretched , imagining it was no other than the devil . Dominic , having stood for some time in a posture correspondent to the poet's terror , began to trip it about the room with ...