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Excerpt from Dictionnaire des Métaphores de Victor Hugo
Eh bien, je n'ai que ce que je mérite. Vous avez courageusement fini votre livre, et moi, je dois tenir ma promesse. Quel travail le vous admire, mon cher ami. Vous ave{ dénombre l'innombrable, tout simplement. L'armée de Xerxes a de'file' devant vous et vous l'ave{passe'e en revue, depuis les pre miers satrapes mitre's d'or jusqu'au dernier goujat de l'orriere - garde, sans oublier un seul elephant de combat, un seul dromadaire charge' de bagages.
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