In his mouth clapp'd the muzzle and drew back the trigger.
Then the beaks tumbled in, black and bistre and yellow,
And found Hook in great horror beside the poor fellow.
His own bullet of course perforated the floor—
And the peacher could now be cross-questioned no more."
[9] "Sayings and Doings" provoked a rather pungent satirical pamphlet, entitled "Sayings and Doings Considered, with On Dits, Family Memoirs, etc., etc., etc. London: Allman, 1825," p. 46.
[10] The Vatican.
[11] Annibale Caracci.
[12] Giorgione.
[13] Gray's Inn.