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 êîíöå êîíöîâ, ÿ çíàþ, êòî ÿ òàêîé è êàêîé ÿ ÷òî.
ß âûòàùèë ñàìûé ñ÷àñòëèâûé áèëåò â ëîòåðåå æèçíè è ïîòåðÿë åãî, íå óñïåâ ïîëó÷èòü ïðèç. Íè÷åãî óæàñíîãî íå ïðîèçîøëî: íè îãðàáëåíèå, íè ïîæàð, íè êàðòî÷íûé ïðîèãðûø òóò íå ïðè ÷¸ì. Ïðîñòî êàðìàí áûë íåãëóáîê, à ÿ ñëèøêîì ìíîãî ïðûãàë îò ðàäîñòè.
È âîò òåïåðü ÿ íàõîæóñü â ãëóïîì ïîëîæåíèè ÷åëîâåêà, ïðî êîòîðîãî âñå çíàþò, êàê åìó ïîâåçëî, íî íèêòî íå ïîíèìàåò, ïî÷åìó îí ñòîèò â ñòîðîíå, òàêîé ðàñòåðÿííûé. È, áûòü ìîæåò, ìíå áûëî áû äîñòàòî÷íî ïðîñòî ïîìíèòü î ñâîåé íåâåðîÿòíîé óäà÷å, êîòîðàÿ, êàê íè âåðòè, íàâñåãäà îñòàíåòñÿ ñî ìíîé, íî âîò ýòî îáùåå íåäîóìåíèå, íàâåðíîå, ñâåä¸ò ìåíÿ ñ óìà. Êàê æå ìíå óáåäèòü èõ è ñåáÿ, ÷òî äàæå òîãî, ÷òî ýòîò áèëåòèê âîîáùå áûë, âïîëíå äîâîëüíî äëÿ îäíîãî?

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[Hannah] More and her co-workers cleverly disguised the Tracts to look like the immoral and seditious literature the books were expected to replace, and like the others were to be sold by hawkers in the streets; to that end they were given racy titles and decked out with attractive woodcuts. Because of the money Clapham had raised the prices were as low as a half-penny each, and in quantity much less. The sales were unprecedented. In the first six weeks three hundred thousand copies flew out the door; by the end of the first year two million had been sold.
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Âàëüòåð Ñêîòò ðàññêàçûâàë, êàê åãî äâîþðîäíàÿ áàáêà íà ñòàðîñòè ëåò ðåøèëà ïåðå÷èòàòü ëþáîâíûå ðîìàíû, êîòîðûå îíà òàê îáîæàëà â þíîñòè, è êîòîðûå â âûñøåì îáùåñòâå âîñåìíàäöàòîãî âåêà áûëî ïðèíÿòî ÷èòàòü âñëóõ, áîëüøèìè êîìïàíèÿìè. Òàê âîò, ñïóñòÿ ãîäû, îíà áûëà âîçìóùåíà è øîêèðîâàíà ñîäåðæàíèåì ýòèõ êíèã, î íåñêðîìíîñòè êîòîðûõ îíà ñîâñåì çàïàìÿòîâàëà. Çà ïîëâåêà èç ë¸ãêîãî, ïðèãîäíîãî äëÿ ãëàç äåâóøåê, ÷òåíèÿ, ýòè ðîìàíû ïðåâðàòèëèñü äëÿ àíãëè÷àí â ïðåçèðàåìóþ è íåïðèñòîéíóþ ïîðíîãðàôèþ.

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When R.W. Church, disciple of Newman who remained with the established Church and later became dean of St. Paul's, left Oxford to take up a parish at Whatley, it used to be said in the town that "a man durstn't any longer beat his wife, else the parson would be down on him."