Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 232
BEN ALI THE EGYPTIAN. 699 How they crowded on the balustrade that ran around the palace,When Ben Ali was before His Royal Majesty the King!And when Ali rose to meet him, how the cheers burst forth to greet him — Sail in, Benny ! You re the boy! — until they made the welkin ring ! … It would be the sheerest folly, great Rameses, said Ben Ali, To pretend to buy the finest precious stone upon the earthWithout going at it coolly, and approximating duly, Without fear and without favor, its indubitable worth. I confess, and likewise shall you, that this stones intrinsic value Is…
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