verb. sap.

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Latin: a word is enough to the wise

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Hell has its price! verb. sap.

"Verb. sap., sir," said the Bengali.

Verb. sap.—you are sapient, I know, like your Sire— And—you'll take this strange "kettle of fish" off the fire!

I make the profound reflection that no two sunsets are alike; this remark, however, does not extend to descriptions of sunsets—verb. sap.

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