That was well, said I ; " No, not so well," said he ; " For I and her own brother This live automaton, who seem'd To move by clockwork, ever keen To live upon the saving plan, Had soon the honour to be deem'd That selfish, heartless, cold machine , Call'd in the city ‚Äî a warm man.
No, not so bad," said he ; " for, with her true I had both house and land, and money too."  That was well, said I ; " No, not so well," said he ; " For I and her own brother This live automaton, who seem'd To move by clockwork, ever keen To live upon the saving plan, Had soon the honour to be deem'd That selfish, heartless, cold machine , Call'd in the city ‚Äî a warm man.  A Bank Director once, who dwelt at Chigwell, Prim to a turtle feast invited, And as the reader knows the prig well, I need not say he went delighted !