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grip of poverty in Königsberg seems
The grip of poverty in Königsberg seems to have strangled the voice of Wagner's muse.
— from Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work by W. J. (William James) Henderson

game of people I know she
‘Why, you see,’ said Jonas, ‘her way always being to make game of people, I know she’ll laugh, or pretend to—I know that, beforehand.
— from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

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