Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.

I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

I am a child of Nature, and take after my mother.

To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.