Word: titular
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...curiously called "The Ad," which runs throughout the volume and which is credited to Everett, is conducted with much spirit through its long course. I cannot describe it; it is rambling and incoherent and professedly a local satire. It is in heroic couplets, and Mr. J. Lowbard is its titular author. To display its character I need only quote parts of the argument of one book, which treats of "The arts of rising in the world - Marriage - Poetry - Dolphins - Geese - British Cruisers - Spithead - Aphorisms of two kinds, sharp and flat...