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 Jackso’nian Professor.Jacob’s Ladder. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jacob the Scourge of Grammar.
 
Giles Jacob, master of Romsey, in Hampshire, brought up for an attorney. A poetaster in the time of Pope. (See Dunciad, iii.)   1
 


 Jackso’nian Professor.Jacob’s Ladder. 

 
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