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Culture is the best society has to offer...How can we pass on civilization to those who do not value civilization. (Terrence Rattigan)
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― The Picaresque of Imagine Purple
― The Picaresque of Imagine Purple
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Good heavens!” I said. “Strychnine and vitriol in beer?”
“And in gin too. Enough to impart hallucinations and a nasty disruption of the bowels. And I have seen far worse: indianberry – very toxic – added to beer to make it more intoxicating. Custard flavoured with laurel – a mortal poison; pepper made from floor sweepings, comfits from china clay. Double Gloucester cheese coloured with red lead. Lead, copper, mercury, arsenic – deadly, all – they are everywhere. I myself can attest that lead sa
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― The Devil's Feast
― The Devil's Feast
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