Sherry's Lamentation The parliamentary candidate Paull stands, arm raised, proclaiming: "I do not say one thing and do another. No Hocus - Pocus tricks! No political Legerdemain!!" Sheridan kneels, on the floor, hands clasped, a paper inscribed 'The Election or a plot for a Pantomime', in his pocket, saying : "Paull - Paull, why persecutest thou me?" [1806]