(1) Here is W. S. Gilbert's spoof line, u2018I would as lief be thrust through a thicket hedge as cry Pooh to a callow throstleu2019.(2) I figgered, anu2019 we had the stuff, we'd jist as lief knock together somethinu2019 thau2019 didnu2019 take an expert tu2019 aim.(3) he would just as lief eat a pincushion(4) he would just as lief eat a pincushion(5) As for the first, I would as lief pray with him as with any man.(6) Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.(7) u2018I had as lief be a Brownist as a politician,u2019 said bibulous Sir Andrew Ague-cheek.
