It seems as if Nature had curiously plann'd That men's name… - Theodore Hook

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It seems as if Nature had curiously plann'd
That men's names with their trades should agree;
There's Twining the Tea-man, who lives in the Strand,
Would be whining, if robb'd of his T.

Theodore Hook

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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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Alternative Names: Theodore Edward Hook

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Plaintiff's—gone!

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