Mason & Dixon

by Thomas Pynchon

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Mediatrix,

Dispens

Mauritian

sinuous

Combers

gallant

Dagga,

Ardent

Counterpane,

dorsal

contrive

Pygmies,

“It may content us, as unhappy grown Englishmen, to think that somewhere in the World, Innocence may yet abide,— yet ’tis not among these people. All is struggle,— and all but occasionally in vain.”

Balinese

Sakti.

Draught,

Grotto

Philtre,

ubiquitous

Velleity.

Phiz?

Deists’

Servility?

Dissolution

Salient

Doxies

Constantia

karis

carousing

Dowse

passim,

advert

Ridottoes,—

Gala

Ketjap?”

Gloucestershire

Blight,

terre mauvais

Shaula,

‘Whom better to bore with the unabridg’d tale of your woeful treatment by the World you so desperately wish to be lov’d by, aye, unto Ravishment, than this unreflective Geordie here? At least he understands some Astronomy,’ is usually how it goes.”

collier’s

Nervus Probandi

Wallah!”

Stuffata,

Stalwarts,

Piggotts,

adjutor