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The two sentences in the above excerpt which are examples of verbal irony are “San Francisco is one eight populous as New York” and “there are sixty deaths a week in the former and 500 a week in the latter- if they have luck”.
These two sentences are verbal ironies as they showcases the ironical point of view in the excerpt of the Mark Twain. These two sentences are very important in the entire story of Mark Twain.
The Erie railroad kills 23 to 46; the other 845 railroads kill an average of one-third of a man each; and the rest of that million, amounting in the aggregate to that appalling figure of 987,631 corpses, die naturally in their beds!
And my advice to all people is, Don't stay at home any more than you can help: but when you have GOT to stay at home a while, buy a package of those insurance tickets and sit up nights. You cannot be too cautious.
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