I and My Chimney

Melville, Herman · 1891

I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country. We are, I may say, old settlers here; particularly my old chimney, which settles more and more every day. Though I always say, _I and my chimney_, as Cardinal Wolsey used to say, “_I and my King_,” yet this egotistic way of speaking, wherein I take precedence of my chimney, is hardly borne out by the facts; in everything, except the above phrase, my chimney taking precedence of me.…

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