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FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.
That and the other circumstance to proveSo great a prodigy surprised the world?Needs must thou prove me fable can be factOr ere thou coax one piece from out my pouch!'"
"There we agree, Sir: neither of us knows,Neither accepts that tale on evidenceWorthy to warrant the large word—belief.Now I get near thee! Why didst pause abrupt,Disabled by emotion at a taleMight match—be frank!—for credibilityThe figment of the spider and the cup?—To wit, thy roll's concerning Ali's life,Unevidenced—thine own word! Little bootsOur sympathy with fiction! When I read
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