Ah, I
was looking in the right story, just not thoroughly enough at first! Now I found it:
Quote:
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He is failing, I do believe. Sad after all these centuries to see a man going off his magic; but lucky for you, perhaps.
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The Man-in-the-Moon, speaking of Artaxerxes to
Roverandom.
I had recognized "centuries" a couple of posts ago, and knew it couldn't be found in too many minor works, but finding it took time!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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