FINNEGANS WAKE

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Faber and Faber (London: 1939) II.3§5

First edition, first printing (details)

butt and taffº (desprot slave wager and foeman feodalº unsheckled, now one and the same person, their fight upheld to right for a wee while being baffled and tottered, umbraged by theº shadow of Old Erssia'sº magisquammythical mulattomilitiaman, the living by owning over the surfers of the glebeº whose sway craven minnionsº had caused to revile, as, too foul for hell, under boiling Mauses' burning brand, he falls by Goll's gillie, but keenheartened by the circuminsistence of the Parkes O'Rarelys in a hurdly gurdlyº Cicilian concertone of their fonngeenaº barney brawl,º shaken everybothy's hands, while S. E. Morehampton makes leave to E. N. Sheilmartin after Meetinghouse Lanigan has embaraced Vergemoutº Hall, and, without falter or mormor or blathrehootº of sophsterliness, pugnate the pledge of fiannaship,º dook to dook, with a commonturn oudchdº of fest man and best manº astoutsalliesemoutiounº palms it off like commodity tokens against a cococancancacacanotiounº). When old the wormd was a gadden and Anthea first unfoiled her limbs wanderloot was the way the wood wagged where opter and apter were samuraised twimbs. They had their mutthering ivies and their murdhering idies and their mouldhering iries in that muskat grove but there'll be bright plinnyflowersº in Calomella's cool bowersº when the magpyre's babble towersº scorching and screeching from the ravenindove.º If thees lobed the sex of his head and mees ates the seep of his traublers he's dancing figgies to the spittle side and shoving outs the soord. And he'll be buying buys and go gulling gells with his flossim and jessim of carm, silk and honey while myandthys playing lancifer lucifug and what's duff as a bettle for usses makes coy cosyn corollanes' moues weeter to wee. So till butagain budly shoots thon rising germinal let bodley chow the fatt of his anger and badley bide the toil of his tubb.
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[The pump and pipe pingersº are ideally reconstituted. The putther and bowls are peterpacked up. All the presents are determining as regards for the future the howabouts of their past absences which they might see on at hearing could they once smell of tastes from touch. To ought find a values for. The must overlistingness. When ex what is ungiven. As ad where. Stillhead. Blunk.]