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DR. BUSBY, whose figure was beneath the common size, was one day
accosted in a public coffee-room by an Irish baronet of colossal
stature, with, May I pass to my seat, O Giant? When the doctor,
politely making way, replied, Pass, O Pigmy!--O, sir, said the
baronet, my expression alluded to the size of your intellect.--And
my expression, sir, said the doctor, to the size of yours.
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