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"Yes, sir Malcrowder, sir, as you say, sir hard names the Scots have, sir, for an English mouth. Sir Munko is a handsome person, sir perhaps you know him bating the loss of his fingers, and the lameness of his leg, and the length of his chin. Sir, it takes me one minute, twelve seconds, more time to trim that chin of his, than any chin that I know in the town of Greenwich, sir.
The Prince had a patch the other day, and so had the Duke: and, if you will believe me, there are seventeen yards three quarters of black taffeta already cut into patches for the courtiers." "But Sir Mungo Malagrowther?" again interjected Nigel, with difficulty. "Ay, ay, sir Sir Munko, as you say; a pleasant, good-humoured gentleman as ever To be spoken with, did you say?
The gold of Manding, so far as I could learn, is never found in any matrix or vein, but always in small grains, nearly in a pure state, from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea; scattered through a large body of sand or clay; and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko, "gold powder," It is, however, extremely probable, by what I could learn of the situation of the ground, that most of it has originally been washed down by repeated torrents from the neighbouring hills.
I know the last cut dress several of the courtiers one valet-of-the-chamber, two pages of the body, the clerk of the kitchen, three running footmen, two dog-boys, and an honourable Scottish knight, Sir Munko Malgrowler." "Malagrowther, I suppose?" said Nigel, thrusting in his conjectural emendation, with infinite difficulty, betwixt two clauses of the barber's text.
Hope I have given no offence; it is my duty to entertain customers my duty, sir, and my pleasure Sir Munko Malcrowther? yes, sir, I dare say he is at this moment in Ned's eating-house, for few folks ask him out, now Lord Huntinglen is gone to London.