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“Sherry…a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.”

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George Borrow книга Wild Wales

Wild Wales (1862), ch. 38.

“He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is, good ale.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 68

“There's the wind on the heath, brother; if I could only feel that, I would gladly live for ever.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 25

“I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 23

“There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.”

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George Borrow книга The Bible in Spain

The Bible in Spain, ch. 2.

“The author of Amelia, the most singular genius which their island ever produced, whose works it has long been the fashion to abuse in public and to read in secret.”

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George Borrow книга The Bible in Spain

The Bible in Spain (1843), ch. 1.

“If you must commit suicide – and there is no knowing to what people may be brought – always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 23

“There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Preface
Lavengro (1851)

“Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 23

“Translation is at best an echo.”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 25

“There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?”

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George Borrow книга Lavengro

Источник: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 25

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Чарлз Дарвин39

английский натуралист и путешественник None

Джозеф Конрад19

английский писатель польского происхождения None

Томас Харди21

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Чарльз Диккенс40

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Льюис Кэрролл45

английский писатель, математик, логик, философ и фотограф None

Джон Рёскин30

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Джордж Элиот37

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Джейн Остин92

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Оскар Уайльд422

ирландский поэт, драматург, писатель, эссеист None

Мэри Шелли3

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Чарлз Дарвин39

английский натуралист и путешественник None

Джозеф Конрад19

английский писатель польского происхождения None

Томас Харди21

английский писатель None

Чарльз Диккенс40

Английский писатель, романист и очеркист None

Льюис Кэрролл45

английский писатель, математик, логик, философ и фотограф None