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0DV: "semiparalysed his face & trousers changing colour every time a rifle spoke. [...] Nabuchadonosor himself had not such a high & mighty opinion of himself as had this mental defective who bragged in a bar that he was aware of no other person either exactly unlike or precisely the same as what I know or imagine I am myself."

1DV: "semiparalysed by all the shemozzle where under the sacred shield of coward with his face & trousers changed colour every time a gat croaked. [...] Nabuchadonosor himself had not such a high & mighty opinion of himself as had this mental defective who bragged on one occasion to an interlocutor in a bar that he was aware of no other person either exactly unlike or precisely the same as what I know or imagine I am myself."

FDV2: "hemiparalysed by all the shemozzle, his face & trousers changing colour every time a gat croaked. How is that low, ladies and gentlemen? Why, whole continents rang with his lowness! But would anyone believe it out of a madhouse? Nero or Nabuchadonosor himself never nursed such a spoiled opinion of his marvellosity as did this mental defective who bragged on one occasion to an interlocutor in a gipsy's bar that he was aware of no other person either exactly unlike or precisely the same as what he fancied or guessed he was himself."

FDV3: "moaning feebly that his punishment was more than a nigger man could bear, and hemiparalysed by all the shemozzle, his cheeks & trousers changing colour every time a gat croaked. How is that for low, ladies and laymen? Why, whole continents rang with his lowness! But would anyone short of a madhouse believe it? Nero or Nabuchadonosor himself never nursed such a spoiled opinion of his monster marvellosity as did this mental defective who was known to brag on one occasion to an interlocutor he used to pal around with in a gipsy's bar that he was aware of no other person either exactly unlike or precisely the same as what he fancied or guessed he himself was."

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