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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...t at with bows and arrows, not having pluck enough to make a rush—but were game men; all young, strong, rich, and in most cases techni- cally “noble;”... ...mmon vegetables. No fish, even as a regular part of the fare; no soups, no game; nor, except on some very rare festivity, did I ever see a variation f... ...ccasions would be rare in which much dis- 144 Memorials, and Other Papers simulation would be needed. Until Lord Byron had begun to pilfer from Words... ...ecame diffi- cult to dissemble. For my part, hating the necessity for dis- simulation as much as the dissimulation itself, I drew from this peculiarit... ...here was at Falkenberg a store of all the 270 Memorials, and Other Papers game in season, constantly kept up for the use of the Landgrave’s household... ...o singulaque curiosius contrectando, lente me promovi et testudineo gradu. Video enim ingenium humanum ita comparatum esse—ut facilius longe quid cons...

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