Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
The Finest Story in the World http://www.telelib.com/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/ManyInventions/fineststory.html (1893). <br class="br">Other works
“He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”
— Rudyard Kipling, book Many Inventions
The Finest Story in the World http://www.telelib.com/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/ManyInventions/fineststory.html (1893). <br class="br">Other works <br class="br">Source: Many Inventions <br class="br">Context: When next he came to me he was drunk—royally drunk on many poets for the first time revealed to him. His pupils were dilated, his words tumbled over each other, and he wrapped himself in quotations—as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors.
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