Fame waned & left me like a fallen star
Because I told the evil what they are
Better than an almanac?
"This curiosity often made him forget the corns which he was constantly troubled with & which he considered better than an almanack to tell the changes of the weather"
Pet MS A45 R14
In 'The Vicar's Sermon' from Clare's aborted novel "Memoirs of Uncle Barnaby" (Arbour Editions, 2017)
Avarice...
Image "Ignorance is bliss" by George Cruikshank
"Avarice is never without cunning & that cunning that is never at a loss to invent a plausibility for every trick she causes to make trumps so that she can pocket the money"
Pet MS A53 p17r
Our rulers...
A timely warning..."To live by one mans will would be the cause of many mens misery"
Pet MS A45 p38
"Mount such on horseback & theyll ride to hell"
(The Parish, line 1295)
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