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W.D. Clarke
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This allusion to brandy-and-water suggested to Miss Gibbs the introduction of the liquor decanters, now that the tea was cleared away; for in bucolic society five-and-twenty years ago, the human animal of the male sex was understood to be perpetually athirst, and ‘something to drink’ was as necessary a ‘condition of thought’* as Time and Space.
*Immanuel Kant
— Aug 30, 2026 12:00PM
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*Immanuel Kant
W.D. Clarke
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As for the clergyman, Mr Gilfil, an excellent old gentleman, who smoked very long pipes and preached very short sermons, I must not speak of him, or I might be tempted to tell the story of his life, which had its little romance, as most lives have between the ages of teetotum and tobacco.
— Aug 29, 2026 07:56AM
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Lindenblatt
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Finished Mr Gilfil's Love-Story. A story about love, but not a love story for me.
— Aug 15, 2026 06:53AM
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Mathew
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Finished Mr. Gilfil's love story AKA book II of this mini trilogy.
— Aug 14, 2026 02:23AM
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