Vulgar words in A Critic in Pall Mall - Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies (Page 1)
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The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is p. 78 a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.
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Literature, one's sole craft and staff of life, lies broken in abeyance; what room for music amid the braying of innumerable jackasses, the howling of innumerable hyænas whetting the tooth to eat them up?
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Their chief occupations are feasting, fighting, making love, and playing the most beautiful music.