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    For he push'd the decent man in black Out of the door-way in a crack , And in furious mood his way he took , To consult his lawyer —Mi ( Snook , Said Rigge— " I was not quite collected At a demand so unexpected , But snatch'd and threw the Bill away , And spat upon it where it lay , "" Then "—said the lawyer— " I surmise You were not taken by surprise ; For if there ' s truth in what you state , 'Tis clear you did—Expect-a-rate "

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    Apqixo , by the Grace of Jove , King of the Universe , Lord of Light and Poetry , Defender of the Faith in the good and beautiful , &c . &c . To all whom it may concern , Greeting .

    Whereas it hath been represented to us , in consequence of the light and trivial way in which our late visit to earth hath been recorded by a certain giddy-pated retainer to our Court , that an equally slight impression may have been made as to the wishes

    then and there expressed by Us relating to the substitution of the word Violet for Blue in all mentions hereafter to be made of such of our well-beloved and Fair Cousins as are

    privileged to enjoy the title—TI | IS IS TO GIVE NOTICI 2 , That we are most $ erious in the ordaining of that

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    substitution ; and that on pain af our displeasure , and at the . horrible peril of being called Livid for the envious neglect thereof , all persons are enjoined not simply to avoid designating fey the word Blue any lady tliat

    hath right and title to the designation of Violet , but to take every pains now and henceforward so to designate het , that is to say , by the said name , style , and title of Violet , iii all and every such instance as would have occasioned her to

    be called Blue , had she not more worthily deserved . And it will give us pleasure to hear through the medium of any of our numerous

    Secretaries of State , by private information conveyed to the said Secretaries , tnat such injunction hath been loyally attd zealously attended to ; and the word Violet become common in all mouths worthy to jbavjs the utterance thereof .

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    Blues and Violets—a Proclamation . 263

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    BLUES AND VIOLETS . —A PROCLAMATION

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 1, 1837, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1836/page/38/