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" Puck Mulligan footed featly, trilling:

I HARDLY HEAR THE PURLIEU CRY
OR A TOMMY TALK AS I PASS ONE BY
BEFORE MY THOUGHTS BEGIN TO RUN
ON F. M'CURDY ATKINSON,
THE SAME THAT HAD THE WOODEN LEG
AND THAT FILIBUSTERING FILIBEG
THAT NEVER DARED TO SLAKE HIS DROUTH,
MAGEE THAT HAD THE CHINLESS MOUTH.
BEING AFRAID TO MARRY ON EARTH
THEY MASTURBATED FOR ALL THEY WERE WORTH.

Jest on. Know thyself. "

James Joyce , Ulysses


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James Joyce quote : Puck Mulligan footed featly, trilling:<br /><br /> I HARDLY HEAR THE PURLIEU CRY<br /> OR A TOMMY TALK AS I PASS ONE BY<br /> BEFORE MY THOUGHTS BEGIN TO RUN<br /> ON F. M'CURDY ATKINSON,<br /> THE SAME THAT HAD THE WOODEN LEG<br /> AND THAT FILIBUSTERING FILIBEG<br /> THAT NEVER DARED TO SLAKE HIS DROUTH,<br /> MAGEE THAT HAD THE CHINLESS MOUTH.<br /> BEING AFRAID TO MARRY ON EARTH<br /> THEY MASTURBATED FOR ALL THEY WERE WORTH.<br /><br />Jest on. Know thyself.