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rtountil I accidentally loosened the
clasps; whento my utter astonishmentthe little book gave two or
three yawnslike one awaking from a deep sleep; then a husky hem; and
at length began to talk. At first its voice was very hoarse and
20100516124342764/09714literature/THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE.TXT[2010-5-17 15:45:34]
brokenbeing much troubled by a cobweb which some studious spider had
woven across it; and having probably contracted a cold from long
exposure to the chills and damps of the abbey. In a short time
howeverit became more distinctand I soon found it an exceedingly
fluent conversable little tome. Its languageto be surewas rather
quaint and obsoleteand its pronunciationwhatin the present
daywould be deemed barbarous; but I shall endeavoras far as I am
ableto render it in modern parlance.
It began with railings about the neglect of the world- about merit
being suffered to languish in obscurityand other such commonplace
topics of literary repiningand complained bitterly that it had not
been opened for more than two centuries. That the dean only looked now
and then into the librarysometimes took down a volume or two
trifled with them for a few momentsand then ryilai：
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