Word: raiments
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...neither speak ill of him that is more powerful than thyself"; "Bow down before the great and the strong, and let the poor and the weak bow down before thee"; "Smile upon the face of thine enemy, and take thy vengeance in a secret place"; "Let gold and gaudy raiment* be ever before thine eyes"; "Let thy life be a life of revelry and of joy, but declare unto the world that thy days are full of care and of toil...
...called Cute. And Square arose, and said unto his brother, "I will go unto the shores of the great river, that I may mingle with men; and I will take with me of the fruit of the land, that I may barter it for gold and for gaudy raiment, and give praise unto the great parents, Munnee and Boshor. All men will I treat with fairness, that with fairness all men may treat me. And when I wax wealthy, I will come back and I will share my gains with thee, and we shall be happy forevermore...
...Square answered and said, " I would barter this fruit of the land for gold and for gaudy raiment, that I may praise the great parents...
...said unto him, "Give unto me the fruit of the land, and I will give unto thee this piece of gold; and come unto my house on the morrow, for there will I give thee gaudy raiment...
After a change to a more unpretending style of raiment, I again entered the dusky room, and thence, together with a fat old gentleman, I passed to the first bath-room. The other-world feeling was at first too much for me, and I sank into a chair and gasped for breath, while the fat old gentleman smiled sarcastically. He explained that he was an old bather; had taken a bath every week for years; had got rid of several diseases already through its means, and was now trying it for baldness. He seemed not to mind the heat...