[A toad-eater] is a metaphor taken from a mountebank's boy who eats toads in order to show his master's skill in expelling poison.
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The day will come when thou shalt wish for me
To help thee curse this poisonous bunch-backed toad.
To help thee curse this poisonous bunch-backed toad.
Even a toad has four ounces of strength.
After three leaps, even a toad needs a rest.
Squats on a toad-stool under a tree
A bodiless childfull of life in the gloom, ...
A bodiless childfull of life in the gloom, ...
Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man t
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"Please your honors," said he, "I'm able,
By means of a secret charm, to draw ...
By means of a secret charm, to draw ...
Do not fear to put thy feet
Naked in the river sweet; ...
Naked in the river sweet; ...
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed. ...
Know all that there is to be knowed. ...
The world has held great Heroes,
As history books have showed; ...
As history books have showed; ...
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