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1868–1955

To smoke a herring is to make...

Robert Williams Wood

To smoke a herring is to make A most lamentable mistake, Particularly since there are The Pipe-fish and the long Sea-gar:

Bear this in mind when next you wish To smoke your after-dinner fish.

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