His father was an ass and he is an ass. I imagine sooner than I should like I shall be playing uncle to a litter of asses.

T.A. Miles
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In his poem, "The Ass," Robert Browning described his own family. His father was an ass and he is an ass. I imagine sooner than I should like I shall be playing uncle to a litter of asses.

Source: Raventide

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