... in a tone of serio-comicality, "you have heard of a copper-coloured gentleman called 'Horned Lizard.' If I mistake not, you have the honour of his acquaintance. And, unless I'm astray in my reckoning, you'll have the pleasure of seeing him here this evening, or at an early ... — The Lone Ranche • Captain Mayne Reid
... as I have related, was in some estimation for his comicality; but he was a dure hand at an argument, and would not see the plainest truth when it was not on his side of the debate. No occasion or cause, however, had come to pass by which this inherent cross-grainedness ... — The Provost • John Galt
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