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It never happens: said Dr. Slop , but the man’s wife may have come before her time naturally enough⁠⸺⁠Prithee has the child hair upon his head?⁠—added Dr. Slop ⁠⸻

⸺⁠It is as hairy as I am; said Obadiah .⁠⸺⁠ Obadiah had not been shaved for three weeks⁠⸺⁠Wheu - - u - - - - u - - - - - - - - cried my father; beginning the sentence with an exclamatory whistle⁠⸺⁠and so, brother Toby , this poor Bull of mine, who is as good a Bull as ever p⁠⸺⁠ss’d, and might have done for Europa herself in purer times⁠⸺⁠had he but two legs less, might have been driven into Doctors Commons and lost his character⁠⸺⁠which to a Town Bull, brother Toby , is the very same thing as his life⁠⸻

L⁠⸺⁠d! said my mother, what is all this story about?⁠⸺⁠

A cock and a bull , said Yorick ⁠⸺⁠And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard.

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