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IX -- THAT THE WORST PUNS ARE THE BEST

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        An Oxford sg a porter s, accosts raordinary question: "Prit t;

        ting it. A man migen sides of paper in attempting a defence of it against a critic self is not siderable. It is only a neurn given, by a little false pronunciation, to a very on, t very courteous inquiry. Put by oleman to anot a dinner-party, it ress of t    take in totality of time, place, and person; t look of ter; topping at leisure, t t tendency of t member of tion, ter and iricable irrelevancy of treet, not favourable to frivolous iigations; tive quality of tive inquiry (tion) invidiously transferred to tive (turn given to it) in tire; namely, t fe tribe are expected [p 259] to eat of t tries sidered ratemporary trustees ties,and; but t: all put togetitute a picture:    intelligible on vass.

        Yet    of ten critics iveness in ts very beauty, and stitutes t t is made out in all its parts and leaves noto tion. e veo call it cold; because of t, it o find one . As appealing to t merely (setting ty aside,)    pronou a mo of curious felicity. But as some stories are said to be too good to be true, it may ruted of t it is too good to be natural. One ot ing t t ed to fit t er    been less perfect. Like some Virgilian ic er. It is in fact a double pun; and ation in t of    is dangerous.    is seldom politic to follo up. e do not care to be ced a sed time; or, per spoken) is not capacious enougo lodge t a time. to be forcible, must be simultaneous and undivided.
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