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Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2)

CHAPTER LVII
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Thou art overtopped all round.

Bear thyself discreetly and not haughtily, Taji.

It will not answer to give thyself airs.

Abstain from all consequential allusions to the other world, and the genteel deities among whom thou hast circled.

Sport not too jauntily thy raiment, because it is novel in Mardi; nor boast of the fleetness of thy Chamois, because it is unlike a canoe.


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