6. Avoid all simple language.

7. Patronise all titled sportsmen, and pat wealthy bookmakers on the

back.

8. Never miss an opportunity of showing that you are on familiar terms

with the sun, moon, rain, wind, and weather in general. Do this, as

a rule, by means of classical tags vulgarised down to the level of a

costermonger's cart.

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