“Self-respect, Obadiah, very strong,
Would compel me any offer from the Tories, Obadiah,
To reject, Obadiah, as most wrong!”
The Tory Obadiah merely winked with his left eye,
And the Union Obadiah, with one glance at his ally,
Fell back laughing in his chair so that he’d scarcely strength to cry,
“Go along, Obadiah, go along!”
Truth, Christmas Number. 1886.
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Our Dear Old Church of England.