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rist imagined the honourable personage was merelyturning the wheels of his carriage, he might be allthe while turning a thought, and therefore not bedeserving the sarcastic allusion in the followinglines, which were affixed to the print:

What can little T— O— do?Why, drive a Phaeton and two :Can little T— O— do no more ?Yes—drive a Phaeton and four.

As well might the lines in " Hints on a Horse-race," apply to the profound and calculatingthinkers on the turf, when proposing or hedging aa bet :—

" In this harlequin jumble,Where great men are humble,A groom for a dukeIs easy mistook;But whichever you choose,The same are their views:To be talked of aud praisedFor the steeds they have raised.Should the good of the landEver be at a stand,They are ready to betOn the national debt;But the whip and the spurThey at all times prefer