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Updated: June 21, 2025

"Jealous of a statter!" sez Josiah skornfully. "Not at all," sez I. "But Poppea Sabina wuz a pagan, and no better than she should be, and her folks wuzn't likely and " "Jest like a woman!" sez Josiah, "a man can't praise up another female, dead or alive, without his pardner picking flaws in 'em." Well, I drawed his attention off onto the Cæsars, Augustus and Domitian, and quite a few on 'em.

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