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Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
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Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.
Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Our similarities are different.
Our similarities are different.
To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.
To liken them to your auld-warld squad,
I must needs say comparisons are odd.
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
