The digressions of V., written for his own fun and that of his friends (1910)
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. · leaf 146
e. Thiswas done so clumsily that itis perfectly evident thosethings are of a different date,as was proved on my showingthe amulet to two of the bestold antiquarians in Rome atthat time — Odelli and De-polletti —- who both declaredthat the body was of old Arab workmanship, but that the finimenti… … AMULET A VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH in which all could join, and when I was unsuccessful I used alwaysto get one of my Japanese nitchkas, which I called an amulet,and it did indeed seem to give me luck; so much so that Stillman,the famous correspondent, one evening as he joined the gamesaid, Ill play,…
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