Both instances occur in dialogue about discourse.
“A truce to your everlasting pratings of old Bardianna,” said King Media; “why not speak your own thoughts, Babbalanja: then would your discourse possess more completeness; whereas, its warp and woof are of all sorts, Bardianna, Alla-Malolla, Vavona, and all the writers that ever have written. Speak for yourself, mortal." --Mardi: And a Voyage Thither
"I find you guilty of 'carelessness' certainly; and, by-the-by, you have not a word of our detour over the beautiful plain of Chouteau's Island! Then, indeed, your everlasting 'Memories' seemed strong enough; and what was better, almost tangibly real; I could almost see the five hundred painted and yelling Camanches charging at full speed to surprise your camp. And then an inexperienced youth of twenty years." --August 1853 Scenes Beyond the Western Border; and Scenes and Adventures in the Army
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