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Oh, I Am A Cook And A Captain Bold, And The Mate Of The Nancybrig, And A Bos'sun Tight, And A Midshipmite, And The Crew Of The Captain's Gig!

Love, Unrequited, Robs Me Of My Rest: Love, Hopeless Love, My Ardent Soul Encumbers: Love, Nightmare-like, Lies Heavy On My Chest, And Weaves Itself Into My Midnight Slumbers!

In The Discovery Of Secret Things And In The Investigation Of Hidden Causes, Stronger Reasons Are Obtained From Sure Experiments And Demonstrated Arguments Than From Probable Conjectures And The Opinions Of Philosophical Speculators Of The Common Sort.

Merely Corroborative Detail, Intended To Give Artistic Verisimilitude To An Otherwise Bald And Unconvincing Narrative.

Utopia's Quite Another Land; In Her Enterprising Movements, She Is England--with Improvements