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'No! lord and king, replied the obsequious envoy, 'thou hast no equal in the world! 'Thou art right, said Opocco, 'God in heaven does not much surpass me! The king drank some English beer from a bottle, and then handed it to the Dane; the latter took a little, and excused himself by saying that the liquor would intoxicate him.
'It is not the beer that confounds thee, said Opocco; 'it is the brightness of my countenance which throws the universe into a state of inebriety! This same king conquered the brave prince Oorsoock, chief of the Akims, who slew himself.
MR. WILTON. "They are a more civilized set than the people of Dahomey; and the Danes have furnished us with a portrait of one of their kings, whose name was Opocco. Here is the account: 'The monarch was seated on a throne of massive gold, under the shade of an artificial tree with golden leaves. His body, extremely lean, and inordinately tall, was smeared over with tallow mixed up with gold dust.
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