I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!

A singer must be a fool indeed if you do not hear through Sullivan's notes the exact language of any song. Take, for example, the well-known Sentry song in Iolanthe and attempt to unwed the wit of the air from the wit of the thought and words; […]

1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot,[…], published 1717, OCLC 43265629:

While this was happening, Juan Carlos lay on his back unconscious as I gave him two tremendous punches to each eyebrow so each time he looks in a mirror he will remember not to take a shitty stick to the lone Brit.