A Sequel to Don Juan — page 171: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

162 A SEQUEL 'TO X VIII. But now enough of this. The Morning Post, (Likening her Majesty to J uggernaut ) * Says that, if she required it, a whole host Of her most faithful subjects could be brought To throw themselves beneath her wheels—a boast Which, although hyperbolic, must be ‘Menai A new refinement upon insolence, Revolting to our dignity and‘sense. XIX. And I suppose the same ephemeris W hose flattery pleases royalty so well, Will seize an opportunity like this To vent its spite Sn one who dares to tell Truths which great people always take amiss :— No doubt its critique will be terrible: But never mind—’twill serve p’rhaps for a puff ;— As to reviews I am already tough. * Upon the occasion of one of the numerous attempts at assassination which have been made upon Queen Victoria, the Morning Post actually declared in a leading article, that if it were any consolation to her Majesty, her loving subjects would throw themselves beneath her carriage-wheels in her progress through the land! A more execrable piece of flattery could not be invented. Conn choo <SnGOmM