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Adown the long, steep slope of One Tree Hill have I rolled from top to foot, while laughing maidens of the East stood round and clapped their hands and yelled; and, in the old world garden of that pleasant Court, where played the fair haired children of the ill starred Stuarts, have I wandered long through many paths, my arm entwined about the waist of one of Eve's sweet daughters, while her mother raged around indignantly on the other side of the hedge, and never seemed to get any nearer to us. ADOWN THE LONG STEEP SLOPE OF ONE TREE HILL HAVE I ROLLED FROM TOP TO FOOT WHILE LAUGHING MAIDENS OF THE EAST STOOD ROUND AND CLAPPED THEIR HANDS AND YELLED AND IN THE OLD WORLD GARDEN OF THAT PLEASANT COURT WHERE PLAYED THE FAIR HAIRED CHILDREN OF THE ILL STARRED STUARTS HAVE I WANDERED LONG THROUGH MANY PATHS MY ARM ENTWINED ABOUT THE WAIST OF ONE OF EVE'S SWEET DAUGHTERS WHILE HER MOTHER RAGED AROUND INDIGNANTLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE AND NEVER SEEMED TO GET ANY NEARER TO US
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. 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. On the back of the strangely-moving ass I have urged--or, to speak more correctly, the proprietor of the ass, or his agent, from behind has urged--my wild career across the sandy heaths of Hampstead, and my canoe has startled the screaming wild-fowl from their lonely haunts amid the sub-tropical regions of Battersea. E 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 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 ON THE BACK OF THE STRANGELY MOVING ASS I HAVE URGED OR TO SPEAK MORE CORRECTLY THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ASS OR HIS AGENT FROM BEHIND HAS URGED MY WILD CAREER ACROSS THE SANDY HEATHS OF HAMPSTEAD AND MY CANOE HAS STARTLED THE SCREAMING WILD FOWL FROM THEIR LONELY HAUNTS AMID THE SUB TROPICAL REGIONS OF BATTERSEA
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