Chapter 1553 of 1964 · 57 words · ~1 min read

XXXIV.

There also was of course in Adeline That calm patrician polish in the address, Which ne'er can pass the equinoctial line Of anything which Nature would express; Just as a Mandarin finds nothing fine,-- At least his manner suffers not to guess, That anything he views can greatly please: Perhaps we have borrowed this from the Chinese--[ma]