His head with quotations, in fact, seemed so filled full
That when condescending he happened to speak,
You would nearly be smothered with Latin and Greek.
But as my fair readers may chance to know neither,
I will not here tax their sweet patience with either.
Not because when I was a young one at school
I neglected declension, and grammar, and rule;
But just for this reason, I would not perplex
A specimen fair of the feminine sex,
Who, not fond of skipping, might feel rather vexed