Dom Casmurro 39.5 · 39.5

José Dias's speech

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Como desse a este, duas vezes em cinco minutos, o título de protonotário, José Dias, para se desforrar da concorrência, fez um pequeno discurso em honra ao coração paternal e augustíssimo de Pio IX.— Você é um grande prosa, disse tio Cosme, quando ele acabou. José Dias sorriu sem vexame.

As he gave to this, two times in five minutes, the title of protonotary, José Dias, to get back from the competition, made a small speech in honor to the paternal and most august heart of Pius IX. — You are a great prose, said uncle Cosme, when he finished. José Dias smiled without embarrassment.

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José Dias, to get back at the competition, gives a small speech in honor of Pius IX's paternal and most august heart.

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José Dias, feeling competitive, gives a speech praising Pius IX, but uncle Cosme dismisses him as a 'great prose', and José Dias smiles without being embarrassed.

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