[…] The Defendant never vvas acknovvledged by the Sieur Harrouard’s Family, nor by that of his VVife. Thus, granting him to have been in Poſſeſſion of his Son’s Eſtate, it vvould only be a furtive and clandeſtine, not a public and avovved Poſſeſſion; and conſequently ſuch a Poſſeſſion as is incapable of founding a juſt and legal Title.

At the edge of my kingdom scurry / ⁠Creatures in feathers and furs— / Crows in a furtive hurry— / ⁠Hungry and cringing curs— […]

Gluttonous, hoarding jay; he should have hedge-hopped and lurched from tree to tree in his usual furtive manner.

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