Old Friends, Epistolary Parody by Andrew Lang
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Skimpole's. It will be noticed that, quite without intending it,
Mr. Skimpole was the founder of our New Cyrenaic School. {17} Mr. Skimpole's recollections of classical ritual are a little mixed hereabouts. He refers to Mr. Honeyman's projected union with the widow of Mr. Bromley, the famous hatter. {18} Colonel Newcome, indeed. {19} Non, Monsieur, je ne cite ni "Woodsworth" ni "le vieux Williams." {20} Mr. Potts ought to have consulted the edition of 1833, where he would have found the verse as quoted by Mr. Gandish. {21} And a nice mixture it must have been!--A. L. {22} The wooden bed fastened in an ox-waggon. {23} Mr. Quatermain has just said that the donga was filled by a roaring torrent. Is there not some inconsistency here? {24} At the HIGH HOLE, indeed.--A. L. |
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