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Ulysses

the brief outline of the sinews or whatever you like to call
them behind the right knee, were utterly powerless from
sitting that way so long cramped up, being adored as gods.
There’s an example again of simple souls.

However reverting to friend Sinbad and his horrifying
adventures (who reminded him a bit of Ludwig, alias
Ledwidge, when he occupied the boards of the Gaiety
when Michael Gunn was identified with the management
in the Flying Dutchman, a stupendous success, and his host
of admirers came in large numbers, everyone simply
flocking to hear him though ships of any sort, phantom or
the reverse, on the stage usually fell a bit flat as also did
trains) there was nothing intrinsically incompatible about
it, he conceded. On the contrary that stab in the back
touch was quite in keeping with those italianos though
candidly he was none the less free to admit those
icecreamers and friers in the fish way not to mention the
chip potato variety and so forth over in little Italy there
near the Coombe were sober thrifty hardworking fellows
except perhaps a bit too given to pothunting the harmless
necessary animal of the feline persuasion of others at night
so as to have a good old succulent tuckin with garlic de
rigueur off him or her next day on the quiet and, he added,
on the cheap.

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