This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...and ink. As for paper--no matter; out of the most beautiful, yet costly bravado, I will write my Dedication on the back of a 50 note, which--the words enshrined in type--be it known, remains the perquisite of the printer. May he make the most he can of it! And now to begin my Dedication in good earnest ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...and ink. As for paper--no matter; out of the most beautiful, yet costly bravado, I will write my Dedication on the back of a 50 note, which--the words enshrined in type--be it known, remains the perquisite of the printer. May he make the most he can of it! And now to begin my Dedication in good earnest. Mr Dear, --I perceive from the works of those daily law-breakers, the reporters of Parliamentary speeches, that you have the right--a right solemnised by law--to burglariously break and enter into every package, bundle, letter, note, or billet-doux, sent through the Post-office. Yes; you are permitted this high privilege by the Act of 1 Victoria (whom God preserve!) I protest, that henceforth I shall never think of that crowning pile of St. Martin's-le-Grand, without in imagination seeing you work away with a crowbar, smashing red and black wax--or, by the more subtle agency of steam, softening wafers, that the letter may open its lips, and yield up the contents of its very heart to the Secretary of the Home Department. I am not a squeamish creature, . I have not what is called by the world false modesty: a modesty, I presume, to be classed with false ringlets and false teeth, and therefore never used but when the real thing is wholly departed. No; I have seen too much of the world to care a great deal for its turned-up noses and the ugly mouths it may make at me. Nevertheless, there is a point between philosophy and apathy. Yes; the rhinoceros has his tender part--I have mine: so tender, and withal so vital, that I cannot get rid of it. Were I, like Aehilles, vulnerable only in one heel, I would instantly cheat Fate of its malice, have my limb amputated, and laugh securely at destiny on a wooden leg. This, I would do: but a man...
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