Source: University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley([CU-MARK])
Cue: "Receive my benediction, Mark—my very choicest! I breathe it toward you—that particular doxalogic & hallelujah formula thereof which I use on occasions which but for the sake of propriety I should celebrate by a smiting of my thigh, a grand <i>pas seul</i> & three cheers with a tiger!"