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вЄЇвБ†WeвАЩll not stop two moments, my dear Sir,вБ†вАФonly, as we have got through these five volumes, (do, Sir, sit down upon a setвБ†вЄЇвБ†they are better than nothing) let us just look back upon the country we have passвАЩd through.вБ†вЄЇвБ†
вЄЇвБ†What a wilderness has it been! and what a mercy that we have not both of us been lost, or devoured by wild beasts in it!
Did you think the world itself, Sir, had contained such a number of Jack Asses?вБ†вЄЇвБ†How they viewвАЩd and reviewвАЩd us as we passed over the rivulet at the bottom of that little valley!вБ†вЄЇвБ†and when we climbed over that hill, and were just getting out of sightвБ†вАФgood God! what a braying did they all set up together!
вЄЇвБ†Prithee, shepherd! who keeps all those Jack Asses? * * *
вЄЇвБ†Heaven be their comforterвБ†вЄЇвБ†What! are they never curried?вБ†вЄЇвБ†Are they never taken in in winter?вБ†вЄЇвБ†Bray brayвБ†вАФbray. Bray on,вБ†вАФthe world is deeply your debtor;вБ†вЄЇвБ†louder stillвБ†вАФthatвАЩs nothing:вБ†вАФin good sooth, you are ill-used:вБ†вЄЇвБ†Was I a Jack Asse, I solemnly declare, I would bray in G-fol-re-ut from morning, even unto night.