The old man laughed loud and joyously, shook up the details of his ana…

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The old man laughed loud and joyously, shook up the details of his anatomy from head to foot, and ended by saying that such a laugh was money in a man's pocket, because it cut down the doctor's bills like everything. ✨ Mark Twain (1876). Mississippi Writings, p.181, Library of America
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The old man laughed loud and joyously, shook up the details of his anatomy from head to foot, and ended by saying that such a laugh was money in a man's pocket, because it cut down the doctor's bills like everything. ✨ Mark Twain (1876). Mississippi Writings, p.181, Library of America

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