"Cease your humming; The case is "on"; Defendant's Cumming, Plaintiff's—gone!"
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On a certain Nobleman Deserting his Cause against a Mr. Cumming
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Theodore Hook
Theodore Edward Hook (22 September 1788 – 24 August 1841) was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius.
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