Lionnerie - Edgar Allan Poe

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[Ebook reader of Lionnerie]Lionnerie (Lionizing) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published for the first time in May 1835.
Translated into French by Charles Baudelaire, it is part of the collection Nouvelles histoireSummary :A nose, father?, I replied, lowering my tone, has been defined variously by a thousand authors (here I took out my watch.) It is now midday, or almost, so we have the time, between now and midnight, to review them all.
So I begin: The nose, according to Bartholinus, is this protuberance?
this bump?
this growth?
this...
?
Are you well, Robert?, interrupted the good old gentleman, I am struck by the immensity of your knowledge, positively I am, yes, on my soul!
(here he closed his eyes and placed his hand on his heart.) Come closer!
(then he took me by the arm.) Your education can now be considered complete, it is high time that you pushed yourself into the world, and you have nothing better to do than simply follow your nose...
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