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 1 1|     the sight of a piece of shagreen which hung on the wall behind
 2 1|    he pointed to the bit of shagreen; "there are your social
 3 1|  pouncing upon the piece of shagreen. ~"Young man, beware!" cried
 4 1| flexibility of the piece of shagreen, which coiled itself up,
 5 2|     Emile with the piece of shagreen as if he meant to draw electric
 6 2|    cigars, with this bit of shagreen: always with this skin,
 7 2|   skin, this supreme bit of shagreen. It is a cure for corns,
 8 2|     measure of the piece of shagreen. He heeded nothing as he
 9 3|     for covering boxes. The shagreen is very old. They prefer
10 3|     whatsoever. ~"It is not shagreen at all!" the chemist cried. "