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... character . Myriads of books have been written - verily , the number would form a pile more huge by half than forty pyramids to prove that patriots are enormous scoundrels , and honest men the most insidious of rogues ; that ...
... character . Myriads of books have been written - verily , the number would form a pile more huge by half than forty pyramids to prove that patriots are enormous scoundrels , and honest men the most insidious of rogues ; that ...
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... character was , by common consent of authorship , age after age , held sacred . It has been an established rule that one personage , and only one , should always be left alone . That personage is the Reader ! But Authors have not at all ...
... character was , by common consent of authorship , age after age , held sacred . It has been an established rule that one personage , and only one , should always be left alone . That personage is the Reader ! But Authors have not at all ...
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... character in a manner that may command , we hope , no unwilling recognition even from himself . mountain - cheeks , is innocent of learning's spectacles ! those cheeks , moreover , they are not lean and sunken ! no line betrays the care ...
... character in a manner that may command , we hope , no unwilling recognition even from himself . mountain - cheeks , is innocent of learning's spectacles ! those cheeks , moreover , they are not lean and sunken ! no line betrays the care ...
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... character without distinction - a trivial mind and a vulgar education . A noisy , clamorous voice , never belongs to a person of good breeding . A trilling , squeaky voice indicates , in a man , a narrow , pitiful mind , or a niggardly ...
... character without distinction - a trivial mind and a vulgar education . A noisy , clamorous voice , never belongs to a person of good breeding . A trilling , squeaky voice indicates , in a man , a narrow , pitiful mind , or a niggardly ...
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... characters of this sable tale -the innocent cause of endless woe . Heigh ho ! never was a bull more innocent than he . No , not even the holy Pope's . He was pure in heart as the natural whiteness of his skin - but not white - livered ...
... characters of this sable tale -the innocent cause of endless woe . Heigh ho ! never was a bull more innocent than he . No , not even the holy Pope's . He was pure in heart as the natural whiteness of his skin - but not white - livered ...
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