He then had a speech of H——t’s to do,
Where, mirabile dictu! a word or
Two of his Latin Mr. H. recollected;
And he called that a “Horrible Murder.”
A Joke, too, by C——r, came into his hands,
But it was too witty a brevity
To be C——r’s own; so he headed it
“Extraordinary Longevity.”
However, he thought at a heading like that,
Some persons might kick up a bobbery;