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There hath been but one cause for all these evils, my lord, and it resolves itself into the mysterious duplicity with which you, have been induced to surround yourself. Extricate yourself at once, my lord, from the tyranny of these disgraceful trammels. Be like a true English gentleman, knight, and earl, who holds that truth is the foundation of honour, and that honour is dear to him as the breath of his nostrils.
Feb 17, 2025 09:39PM
Kenilworth (Penguin Classics)

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Jim is on page 229 of 528
But I fear for thee, Walter [Raleigh]” (and he wiped his honest eye), “I fear for thee with all my heart. These court-tricks, and gambols, and flashes of fine women's favour are the tricks and trinkets that bring fair fortunes to
farthings, and fine faces and witty coxcombs to the acquaintance of dull
block and sharp axes.”
Feb 15, 2025 09:11PM
Kenilworth (Penguin Classics)


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Jim is on page 125 of 528
Be not so rash, good sir, and cast not yourself away because a woman -- to be brief -- is a woman, and changes her lovers like her suit of ribands, with no better reason than mere phantasy.
Feb 13, 2025 08:49PM
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Jim is on page 76 of 528
I name to you freely the engines, the springs, the screws, the tackle, and braces, by which great men rise in stirring times.... He has the more need to have those about him who are unscrupulous in his service, and who, because they know that his fall will overwhelm and crush them, must wager both blood and brain, soul and body, in order to keep him aloft.
Feb 12, 2025 08:12PM
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