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"Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain."
"I love it, I love it, and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?"
"Joint-stools were then created; on three legs Upborne they stood. Three legs upholding firm A massy slab, in fashion square or round. On such a stool immortal Alfred sat."
"Ingenious Fancy, never better pleased Than when employ'd t' accommodate the fair, Heard the sweet moan of pity, and devised The soft settee; one elbow at each end, And in the midst an elbow it received, United yet divided, twain at once."
"Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs, And Luxury the accomplish'd Sofa last."
"A three-legged table, O ye fates!"
"When on my three-foot stool I sit."