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<h4>DCCLXIX.—HOW TO MAKE A MAN OF CONSEQUENCE.</h4>
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<span class="i0"><span class="smcap">A brow</span> austere, a circumspective eye,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A frequent shrug of the <i>os humeri</i>,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A nod significant, a stately gait,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A blustering manner, and a tone of weight,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A smile sarcastic, an expressive stare,—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Adopt all these, as time and place will bear:<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Then rest assured that those of little sense<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Will deem you, sure, <i>a man of consequence</i>.<br/></span></div>
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