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Page 85
... fool . It is evident in his remarks in chapter 33 that Melville thought his readers would take Goodman for a fool . The narrator anticipates objection to the " antics " of the cos- mopolitan and fancies that a reader might complain ...
... fool . It is evident in his remarks in chapter 33 that Melville thought his readers would take Goodman for a fool . The narrator anticipates objection to the " antics " of the cos- mopolitan and fancies that a reader might complain ...
Page 86
... fools were never simpletons . It takes a wise man to play the fool ; and Viola's estimation of Feste might apply equally to the confidence man : This fellow's wise enough to play the fool ; And , to do that well , craves a kind of wit ...
... fools were never simpletons . It takes a wise man to play the fool ; and Viola's estimation of Feste might apply equally to the confidence man : This fellow's wise enough to play the fool ; And , to do that well , craves a kind of wit ...
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... fool of virtue , but is told to the sympathetic Mr. Roberts , who proves him- self a fool by giving a " large bill " out of pity to the man with the weed . The story of " A Soldier of Fortune " in chapter 19 ( told by himself ) also ...
... fool of virtue , but is told to the sympathetic Mr. Roberts , who proves him- self a fool by giving a " large bill " out of pity to the man with the weed . The story of " A Soldier of Fortune " in chapter 19 ( told by himself ) also ...
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