He lived in a period prehistoric, When all was absurd and phantasmagor… — The Devil's Dictionary
SAPIR 861
He lived in a period prehistoric, When all was absurd and phantasmagoric. Born later, when Clio, celestial recorder, Set down great events in succession and order, He surely had seen nothing droll or fortuitous In anything here but the lies that she threw at us.
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