ground, the monkey picked it up, clambered on his master's shoulder, and
gave it into his keeping, then descended, and repeated his pantomimic
entreaties for more. His little, old, ugly, wrinkled face had an
earnestness that looked just as if it came from the love of money deep
within his soul. He peered round, searching for filthy lucre on all
sides. With his tail and all, he might be taken for the Mammon of
copper coin,--a symbol of covetousness of small gains,--the lowest form
of the love of money.

Baby was with us, holding by my forefinger, and walking decorously along
the pavement. She stopped to contemplate the monkey, and after a while,
shocked by his horrible ugliness, began to cry.

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A disquisition or a discussion between two or more persons, on the
manner in which the Wandering Jew has spent his life. One period,
perhaps, trying over and over again to grasp domestic happiness; then a
soldier, then a statesman, &c., at last realizing some truth.

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The most graceful way in which a man can signify that he feels that he
is growing old, and acquiesces in it, is by adhering to the fashion of
dress which chances to be in vogue when the conviction comes upon him.
Thus, in a few years, he will find himself quietly apart from the crowd
of young men.

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