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Lowest of the Low
What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then … Continue reading
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Nicholas Hawksmoor
For when I trace back the years I have liv’d, gathering them up in my Memory… … I see what a chequer’d Work Of Nature my life has been. If I were now to inscribe my own History with its … Continue reading
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Brentford
O’er all the land of Brentford I’m lord, and eke of Kew: I’ve three-per-cents and five-per-cents; My debts are but a few; And to inherit after me I have but children two. From William Makepeace Thackeray’s The King of Brentford’s … Continue reading
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