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“But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at duck or plover, Bear wide, and kick their owners over.”
Provenance
- Source:
- M^cFingal. Canto i. Line 93.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 8953e8d7c246260e7de6767ff0df25074118bb8e151404b8c3cd86c355f8ce37
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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