Melville's Confidence Man: From Knave to Knight |
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From Knave to Knight Tom Quirk. Similarly , Mark Winsome quotes a passage from Eccle- siasticus in support of his doctrine of labels : " Hence that significant passage in Scripture , ' Who will pity the charmer that is bitten with a ...
From Knave to Knight Tom Quirk. Similarly , Mark Winsome quotes a passage from Eccle- siasticus in support of his doctrine of labels : " Hence that significant passage in Scripture , ' Who will pity the charmer that is bitten with a ...
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... passages by suggesting the possible madness of their speaker . Although Melville expressed his personal views through many ... passage , I have laid down the volume , and said : ' This Shakespeare is a queer man . ' At times seeming irre ...
... passages by suggesting the possible madness of their speaker . Although Melville expressed his personal views through many ... passage , I have laid down the volume , and said : ' This Shakespeare is a queer man . ' At times seeming irre ...
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... passages preach distrust of man , learns that these passages as well as others to the same effect are indeed in the Bible . He is distressed by this until the old man relieves his mind by explaining that these passages are from the ...
... passages preach distrust of man , learns that these passages as well as others to the same effect are indeed in the Bible . He is distressed by this until the old man relieves his mind by explaining that these passages are from the ...
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