Never take hold of the poker by the wrong end. Go forth into the streets
and gather a bushel of March dust; it is worth a king's ransom. Take it
to the Goldsmiths' Hall, and they will pay you for it—(a king's ransom
is 30,000_l._, which will be at once handed to you). Spring commences.
Cut the pearl buttons off your shirts and sow them in the flower-pot;
they will come up oysters. Avoid the vanities of dress, but do not go
abroad without your pantaloons.
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