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Mangez-vous bien, Monsieur? Oui, et bois encore mieux. -- Mons. de Porceaugnac.
My pamphlet took prodigiously. The authorship was attributed to the most talented member of the Opposition; and though there were many errors in style, and (I now think) many sophisms in the reasoning, yet it carried the end proposed by all ambition of whatever species -- and imposed upon the taste of the public.