TOEFL PRIMARY STEP 2 BOOK 1

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... of amusing the hunter by the sight of his living prey; giving the watcher the hope of the smoking and boiling blood about to flow; of amusing the bird-catcher by the credulity of the uselessly-winged ... dare not avow In the completely wicked man this exists in hideous perfection So much the worse for others, signifies so much the better for himself The shadows of the caverns of man' s mind Josiana, ... root, such was the influence of Barkilphedro over the queen There is nothing more difficult than to drag up these bad grasses of the court they take a deep root, and offer no hold above the surface...

... on the table, and those with their paws under it, and the insolent who give and the idiots who accept, and to spit it all back again in the face of Providence, and fling all the earth to the ... stupidity, and absurdity to the pitch of believing that we are grateful! The bread is the bread of servitude, the shelter is a footman's bedroom, the clothes are a livery, the employment is ridiculous, ... it by the four corners, and to throw pell-mell to the ceiling the damask tablecloth, and the festival, and the orgies, and the tippling and drunkenness, and the guests, and those with their elbows...