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... perhaps this emphasis hints that the confidence man is a " manifestation of an original or primal force in the universe " —namely , the " evil at the heart of things . " John Shroeder argues that the occasional snake imagery ...
... perhaps this emphasis hints that the confidence man is a " manifestation of an original or primal force in the universe " —namely , the " evil at the heart of things . " John Shroeder argues that the occasional snake imagery ...
Page 100
... perhaps . ( 191 ) And the barber also quotes from the Apocrypha in sup- port of his distrust : " I recalled what the son of Sirach says in the True Book : ' An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips ; ' and so I did what the son of Sirach ...
... perhaps . ( 191 ) And the barber also quotes from the Apocrypha in sup- port of his distrust : " I recalled what the son of Sirach says in the True Book : ' An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips ; ' and so I did what the son of Sirach ...
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... perhaps a mad one . And , in his story meant to recall the juvenile journal the China Aster , he had introduced into the ordinarily jejune moral tale certain ambiguities that made the plight of a " fool of virtue " infinitely more ...
... perhaps a mad one . And , in his story meant to recall the juvenile journal the China Aster , he had introduced into the ordinarily jejune moral tale certain ambiguities that made the plight of a " fool of virtue " infinitely more ...
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