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There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.

William Cowper, John Smythe MEMES (1861). “The Letters of William Cowper. Edited by Rev. J. S. Memes. [With a Portrait.]”, p.82
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.