CURIOUS PHILOLOGICAL FACT.
Says iEgles (hi the Australasian) — The Reverend Mr Spout (who is unknown to Victorian fame) produced a philological curiosity from the Epistle for the day, wherein the letter s.t. occurred repeatedly. It was demonstrated how this was the root of all words implying strength and liability, so that to f stand steadfast and wrestle’ was an art only to be acquired by the vertebrate order of Christians. Said a Churchwarden afterwards, ‘ Do You know, Mr Spout, I was thinking, if your theory be true, the English cricketers will give us work to beat them, Steal and the Ntudds, you may be sure, will stand stiffly, and strike stoutly.’ c You forget, Mr Bagabob,’ was the reply, ‘ that our boys showed them that there is also an st in the heart of Australia 1’ which certainly scores one for Mr Spout, who is himself a bit of a bowler.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1057, 20 January 1883, Page 3
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151CURIOUS PHILOLOGICAL FACT. Temuka Leader, Issue 1057, 20 January 1883, Page 3
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