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

— George Borrow Lavengro (1851)

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

Lavengro (1851)

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

Lavengro (1851)

I never saw such a place for merched anllad [wanton women] as Northampton.

Wild Wales (1862)

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

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.

Lavengro (1851)

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