Latin verses to a brother “wig,” who did not appear to understand them. “Don’t yon know the lines?” said he; “they are in Martial.” “ Marshall,” replied his friend, “ Marshall —oh ! I know—the Marshall who wrote on underwriting.” When this anecdote was related to a certain judge of the Court of Review, he is reported to have said, “ Why, after all, there is not much difference between an underwriter and a minor poet,”
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2106, 4 February 1870, Page 2
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72Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2106, 4 February 1870, Page 2
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