MODERN LUXURY.
TfiE extravagance .of the I ancients is thrown' completely into^ the jshaderby the ! luxury of modern" t^faes^.%. 'the following instance amply provesf An ' Englishman of the name of Sheephead wrote a couple of .tragedies, each of ■which was worth £100,000, but never breathed a word to any one. The manuscript of the one he gave to a young 'woman -who could not read, to be used by her as curl papers. The manuscript of the second he cut up into squills for lighting his cigars. But as he had a good memory he was afraid lest he might betray certain beautiful passages from his works when asleep or in liqudr, and therefore went and hanged hjmself, thus depriving the world of two immbrtal masterpieces.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVII, Issue 2954, 17 October 1891, Page 4
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126MODERN LUXURY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVII, Issue 2954, 17 October 1891, Page 4
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