The Greeks have sent the marble for Mr Woolner’s bust of Mr Gladstone, the following appears from the pen of a Tory bard : Employed by London, Woolner’s art To shape the Premier’s pate is ; Hellas, to take a graceful part,_ Sends over Glad—stone gratis. Well might Great Britain, stone for stone, Return the gift genteelly, And doubly grateful send her own Gladstone to Hellas freely. Who says there is no wit “ extant,” as Falstaff would say ?
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2844, 6 May 1882, Page 3
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76Untitled South Canterbury Times, Issue 2844, 6 May 1882, Page 3
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