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Page 73
... answer : Echo answered Nay : This may be Nonsense , but it sounds Sublime . Nimbly remote from Dollar and from Dime , Tuning ( O deft ! ) thy febrile roundelay , Oblivious of the greasy paradigm Squat Orchis carved in the insensate clay ...
... answer : Echo answered Nay : This may be Nonsense , but it sounds Sublime . Nimbly remote from Dollar and from Dime , Tuning ( O deft ! ) thy febrile roundelay , Oblivious of the greasy paradigm Squat Orchis carved in the insensate clay ...
Page 101
... answer kindly , Ma'am ? Are you hollow or a mine ? One remembers Shakespeare's line : ' Sermons lie concealed in Stein . ' Gertrude answers , slightly bored : ' Gertrude is her own reward . ' MELVILLE CANE Rigid Body Sings Gin a body ...
... answer kindly , Ma'am ? Are you hollow or a mine ? One remembers Shakespeare's line : ' Sermons lie concealed in Stein . ' Gertrude answers , slightly bored : ' Gertrude is her own reward . ' MELVILLE CANE Rigid Body Sings Gin a body ...
Page 312
... answered , ' you Tom - fool ! There's no come - up - and - kiss - me here for you . I love another and why shouldn't I too ? Better than you , by Jesu , Absalon ! Take yourself off or I shall throw a stone . I want to get some sleep ...
... answered , ' you Tom - fool ! There's no come - up - and - kiss - me here for you . I love another and why shouldn't I too ? Better than you , by Jesu , Absalon ! Take yourself off or I shall throw a stone . I want to get some sleep ...
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