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But not now dare I longer discourse of this, waiting for a loftier mood, and a nobler subject, warned from within and from without, that it is profanation to speak of these mysteries tois maede phantasteisin, os kalon to taes dikaiosynaes kai sophrosynaes prosopon, kai oute hesperos oute eoos outo kala.
"Oh, a lot else " the Toyman replied, "for one thing, the door-knobs in all the castles are silver but then that's nothin' silver's so common even their frying-pans are made outo' that. But you ought to see their lamp-posts in the street. Their poles are built of ivory from the tusks of elephants of the first water; an' the glass on top is nothing but rubies "
As yet unacquainted with the coin of the country, I had none that was current about me, and was leaving the articles; but the poor young woman pressed them on me with a ready confidence, repeating in broken Portuguese, outo tempo.
"Oh, let me see wh-h-y, I'd say they were all cut outo' agate like your shooters leastways they look like that at this distance. An' the sidewalks, of course, are of gold a blind man could tell that " "What else?" demanded Marmaduke, a little out of breath, and dazzled by all this sudden glory.
What I want to say to ye, stranger, is that this yer skunk which his name is Wiles hez bin tryin' his d dest to get a bribe onto Josh, and Josh, outo respect for his constituents, is jist waitin' for some stranger to waltz in and stop the d dest fight " "But, my dear Mr. Sibblee, there must be some mistake," said Wiles earnestly. "Mistake? Strip me!" "No!
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