shootingstar
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Of all visitors, I believe I preferred Emperor Norton: the very mention of whose name reminds me I am doing scanty justice to the folks of San Francisco. In what other city would a harmless madman who supposed himself emperor of the two Americas have been so fostered and encouraged? Where else would even the people of the streets have respected the poor soul's illusion? Where else would bankers and merchants have received his visits, cashed his cheques, and submitted to his small assessments? Where else would he have been suffered to attend and address the exhibition days of schools and colleges? Where else, in God's green earth, have taken his pick of restaurants, ransacked the bill of fare and departed scatheless? They tell me he was even an exacting patron, threatening to withdraw his custom when dissatisfied; . . .
(The Wrecker by R. L. Stevenson and L. Osborne, chapter vii, published 1892)
I don't really realize how this sentence is connected to the preceding sentences regarding to the form or structure. With regards to content, though, I understand the sentence.
(The Wrecker by R. L. Stevenson and L. Osborne, chapter vii, published 1892)
I don't really realize how this sentence is connected to the preceding sentences regarding to the form or structure. With regards to content, though, I understand the sentence.
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