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...many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet he was kind ; or if severe in aught,...Lands he could measure ; terms and tides presage ; And e'en the story ran that he could — guage. In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill ; For, e'en...