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A Satire Anthology

by Carolyn Wells

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How to Make a Man of Consequence

A BROW austere, a circumspective eye.
A frequent shrug of the os humeri;
A nod significant, a stately gait,
A blustering manner, and a tone of weight,
A smile sarcastic, an expressive stare:
Adopt all these, as time and place will bear;
Then rest assur’d that those of little sense
Will deem you sure a man of consequence.

Mark Lemon.

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