XLII.

But Juan was received with much "empressement:"

These phrases of refinement I must borrow

From our next neighbours' land, where, like a chessman,

There is a move set down for joy or sorrow,

Not only in mere talking, but the press. Man

In Islands is, it seems, downright and thorough,

More than on Continents—as if the Sea

(See Billingsgate) made even the tongue more free.

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