But packs of cards—made up of sundry packs.”[[88]]

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‘“Fresh were his features, his attire was new;

Clean was his linen, and his jacket blue:

Of finest jean, his trowsers, tight and trim,

Brush’d the large buckle at the silver rim.”[[89]]

‘To compare small things with great, this last touch of minute description is not unlike that in Theseus’s description of his hounds:

‘“With ears that sweep away the morning dew.”[[90]]

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‘“Alas! your reverence, wanton thoughts, I grant,