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act._n 12_o 23_o at_o the_o meager_a satisfaction_n of_o be_v admire_v into_o destruction_n of_o be_v kill_v by_o caress_n and_o commendation_n of_o be_v tickle_v and_o eat_v up_o both_o with_o the_o pleasantness_n and_o the_o pain_n of_o applause_n and_o worm_n §_o 5._o but_o that_o twelve_o despise_a villager_n draw_v by_o the_o pencil_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n in_o the_o lively_a colour_n of_o humane_a baseness_n a_o kennel_n of_o clownish_a illiterate_a ill_o breed_v idiot_n a_o crew_n of_o vagabund_n in_o cuerpo_fw-es without_o house_n or_o home_n as_o we_o say_v in_o english_a so_o far_o from_o be_v furnish_v with_o two_o coat_n a_o piece_n that_o all_o the_o twelve_o renown_a doctor_n be_v not_o worth_a one_o pair_n of_o shoe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 46._o so_o st._n chrysostom_n run_v on_o in_o his_o career_n of_o rail_a rhetoric_n at_o least_o in_o the_o the_o account_n of_o a_o loathsome_a world_n which_o think_v it_o worse_o to_o be_v a_o beggar_n than_o in_o a_o state_n of_o damnation_n i_o say_v that_o a_o dozen_o of_o such_o ignaro_n eminent_a only_a for_o their_o ignobleness_n and_o all_o of_o galilee_n from_o whence_o arise_v no_o prophet_n with_o a_o seriously-majestick_a simplicity_n of_o word_n and_o a_o control_a sanctity_n of_o action_n shall_v by_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o one_o open_v the_o ear_n of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o other_o inform_v their_o eye_n too_o that_o they_o shall_v real_o be_v able_a to_o turn_v the_o world_n upside_o down_o as_o the_o jew_n of_o thessalonica_n do_v fit_o word_n it_o act_n 17_o 6_o that_o they_o shall_v break-down_a the_o idol_n and_o silence_v the_o oracle_n and_o raze_v the_o temple_n and_o level_v the_o altar_n and_o even_o sacrifice_v the_o priest_n and_o preach_v down_o the_o poet_n and_o
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