Who, in your book, of Doctor Johnson begs

Most seriously to know if cats laid eggs!"

MADAME PIOZZI.

"Who told of Mistress Montagu the lie—

So palpable a falsehood?—Bozzy, fie!"

BOZZY.

"Who, madd'ning with an anecdotic itch,

Declar'd that Johnson call'd his mother b-tch?"

MADAME PIOZZI.

"Who, from M'Donald's rage to save his snout,