Vulgar words in Men of Invention and Industry (Page 1)
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A local poet commemorated his failure in the following lines, which were remembered long after his steamboat experiment had been forgotten:-- "Jonathan Hull, With his paper skull, Tried hard to make a machine That should go against wind and tide; But he, like an ass, Couldn't bring it to pass, So at last was ashamed to be seen."
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"A little more of this hurrying and vexation," he said, "will knock me up altogether."