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H — Hundred Miles to Hurlo-Thrumbo (Part 3 of 3)

Samuel Johnson, a half-mad dancing master, who put this motto on the title-page when the burlesque was printed: -

"Ye sons of fire, read my Hurlo-Thrumbo,
Turn it betwixt your finger and your thumbo,
And being quite undone, be quite struck dumbo."