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He said:   "I could go on like that without having been outside England at all. I should say: "I have smoked my fourpenny shag in the sanded bars of Fleet Street, and I have puffed my twopenny Manilla in the gilded balls of the Criterion; I have quaffed my foaming beer of Burton where Islington's famed Angel gathers the little thirsty ones beneath her shadowing wings, and I have sipped my tenpenny _ordinaire_ in many a garlic scented salon of Soho. HE SAID I COULD GO ON LIKE THAT WITHOUT HAVING BEEN OUTSIDE ENGLAND AT ALL I SHOULD SAY I HAVE SMOKED MY FOURPENNY SHAG IN THE SANDED BARS OF FLEET STREET AND I HAVE PUFFED MY TWOPENNY MANILLA IN THE GILDED BALLS OF THE CRITERION I HAVE QUAFFED MY FOAMING BEER OF BURTON WHERE ISLINGTON'S FAMED ANGEL GATHERS THE LITTLE THIRSTY ONES BENEATH HER SHADOWING WINGS AND I HAVE SIPPED MY TENPENNY ORDINAIRE IN MANY A GARLIC SCENTED SALON OF SOHO
aucy, wanton glances of the black-eyed girls of Jedo; I have wandered where 'good'--but not too good--Haroun Alraschid crept disguised at nightfall, with his faithful Mesrour by his side; I have stood upon the bridge where Dante watched the sainted Beatrice pass by; I have floated on the waters that once bore the barge of Cleopatra; I have stood where Caesar fell; I have heard the soft rustle of rich, rare robes in the drawing-rooms of Mayfair, and I have heard the teeth-necklaces rattle around the ebony throats of the belles of Tongataboo; I have panted beneath the sun's fierce rays in India, and frozen under the icy blasts of Greenland; I have mingled with the teeming hordes of old Cathay, and, deep in the great pine forests of the Western World, I have lain, wrapped in my blanket, a thousand miles beyond the shores of human life." B., to whom I explained my leaning towards this style of diction, said that exactly the same effect could be produced by writing about places quite handy. ONG OF ME TO DO SO AT THE SAUCY WANTON GLANCES OF THE BLACK EYED GIRLS OF JEDO I HAVE WANDERED WHERE GOOD BUT NOT TOO GOOD HAROON AL RASHID CREPT DISGUISED AT NIGHTFALL WITH HIS FAITHFUL MISRUER BY HIS SIDE I HAVE STOOD UPON THE BRIDGE WHERE DANTE WATCHED THE SAINTED BEATRICE PASS BY I HAVE FLOATED ON THE WATERS THAT ONCE BORE THE BARGE OF CLEOPATRA I HAVE STOOD WHERE CAESAR FELL I HAVE HEARD THE SOFT RUSTLE OF RICH RARE ROBES IN THE DRAWING ROOMS OF MAYFAIR AND I HAVE HEARD THE TEETH NECKLACES RATTLE AROUND THE EBONY THROATS OF THE BELLES OF TONGATABOO I HAVE PANTED BENEATH THE SUN'S FIERCE RAYS IN INDIA AND FROZEN UNDER THE ICY BLASTS OF GREENLAND I HAVE MINGLED WITH THE TEEMING HORDES OF OLD CATHAY AND DEEP IN THE GREAT PINE FORESTS OF THE WESTERN WORLD I HAVE LAIN WRAPPED IN MY BLANKET A THOUSAND MILES BEYOND THE SHORES OF HUMAN LIFE B TO WHOM I EXPLAINED MY LEANING TOWARDS THIS STYLE OF DICTION SAID THAT EXACTLY THE SAME EFFECT COULD BE PRODUCED BY WRITING ABOUT PLACES QUITE HANDY
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