"Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid."
"Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and the grace, Which fools neglect; so that we find, If all the requisites are join'd, From whence a perfect joke must spring, A joke's a very serious thing."
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Source: Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1804). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.200
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