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(referring to the practice of newspapers removing all intermediate vowels from the names of people about whom they were making potentially libelous statements, as eg Fl-r-o, compare 1714 cite of past participle, below) For he to keep him from the vapours, /Subscribed at Hookham's, saw the papers; /Was deep in poet's-corner wit; /Knew what was in italics writ; /Explain'd fictitious names at will, /Each gutted syllable cou'd fill; /There oft, in paragraphs, his name /Gave symptom sweet of growing fame.
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(referring
to
the
practice
of
newspapers
removing
all
intermediate
vowels
from
the
names
of
people
about
whom
they
were
making
potentially
libelous
statements,
as
eg
Fl-r-o,
compare
1714
cite
of
past
participle,
below)
For
he
to
keep
him
from
the
vapours,
/Subscribed
at
Hookham's,
saw
the
papers;
/Was
deep
in
poet's-corner
wit;
/Knew
what
was
in
italics
writ;
/Explain'd
fictitious
names
at
will,
/Each
gutted
syllable
cou'd
fill;
/There
oft,
in
paragraphs,
his
name
/Gave
symptom
sweet
of
growing
fame.