[Gutenberg 2075] • Crotchet Castle
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- Authors
- Peacock, Thomas Love
- Publisher
- Borgo Press
- Tags
- philosophy -- fiction , england -- fiction , humour , classics , authors -- fiction
- ISBN
- 9781587156670
- Date
- 1831-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.12 MB
- Lang
- en
Mr. Crotchet found it essential to furnish himself with a coat of arms, videlicet: Crest, a crotchet rampant, in A sharp: Arms, three empty bladders, turgescent, to show how opinions are formed; three bags of gold, pendent, to show why they are maintained; three naked swords, trenchant, to show how they are administered; and three barbers' blocks, gaspant, to show how they are swallowed.