Source: Sirius (1944), Chapter XII Farmer Sirius (an answer to Plaxy's rant about democracy).
“Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ninety-seven thousand million sheep before falling asleep again a second later.”
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The Education of Henry Adams (1907)

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Leaves of Morya’s Garden: Book Two: Illumination (1925)

“Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then yet another thousand, then a hundred.”
Da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
V, lines 8–7
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