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It's depressing that the council is going to listen to these hideous monsters of spoiled brattery, and that the city attorney is going to twist the law to benefit them.
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I should esteem myself in luck, were the nuisances of this seaport confined only to two senses; but, alas! the apartment above my head proves a squalling brattery, and the sounds which proceed from it are so loud and frequent, that a person might think himself in limbo, without any extravagance.
Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents Beckford, William 1891
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I should esteem myself in luck, were the nuisances of this seaport confined only to two senses; but, alas! the apartment above my head proves a squalling brattery, and the sounds which proceed from it are so loud and frequent, that a person might think himself in limbo, without any extravagance.
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents William Beckford 1801
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