In Hodgson's defence, it must be stated that in large parts this was a vibrant, energetic performance with the emphasis almost exclusively on attack.

Would I injure your admirable balmorality, my dear friend ?

Some of that mastodon meat is in the essays—tennis, teens, television—and some of its manner, too—foot-notery, abbreviations, acronymania.

No more dams I’ll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing At requiring […]