And lapse into our old inaction.
The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, February, 1884.
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The Weekly Dispatch Parody Competition, No. 197.
The prize of two guineas for the best original parody of Hamlet’s soliloquy, with reference to the Suez Canal question, was awarded to Mr. Jesse H. Wheeler, 96, Gore Road, Victoria Park, for the following:—
Gladstone’s Soliloquy.
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis prudent for the House to suffer
The fierce, protracted, venomous discussion,
Or to shake off the coils of this agreement,