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Excerpt from Salmagundi, or the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. And Others, Vol. 2 of 2 It is a mighty agreeable thing, Asem, to be a bashaw in the East, where they understand the true origin, nature, and object of all government but, by the head of the Prophet, the great bashaw of this nation is the greatest slave in the whole country. He is obliged to turn his hand to every thing and what is worse, is blamed for every thing that goes wrong, although he may have had no hand in it whatever. They choose him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.