A Regular Stand-Still
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Astronomy, Animal Behaviour, Politics |
Responds to an astronomer's claim that the 1812 solar eclipse brought horses 'to a stand-still' and forced oxen to form a circle. Likens the immobility of 'some political parties' to a 'moral eclipse' and wonders why oxen have not formed a circle to protest against the threatened closure of Smithfield Market. | |
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