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There is, in fact, no law or government at all [in Italy]; and it is wonderful how well things go on without them.
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As to Don Juan, confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good English? It may be profligate, but is it not life, is it not the thing? Could any man have written it who has not lived in the world? and tooled in a post-chaise? in a hackney coach? in a Gondola? against a wall? in a court carriage? in a vis a vis? on a table? and under it?
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I love not man the less, but Nature more.
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Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart!...
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For what were all these country patriots born? / To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
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