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His son Luigi certainly distressed him; but it was even worse to think that -- whilst Luigi, with his great intelligence and many remaining fine qualities, was nothing at all -- Sacco, on the other hand, Sacco, blunderhead and ever-famished battener that he was, had not merely slipped into parliament, but was now, it seemed, on the point of securing office!
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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His son Luigi certainly distressed him; but it was even worse to think that -- whilst Luigi, with his great intelligence and many remaining fine qualities, was nothing at all -- Sacco, on the other hand, Sacco, blunderhead and ever-famished battener that he was, had not merely slipped into parliament, but was now, it seemed, on the point of securing office!
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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His son Luigi certainly distressed him; but it was even worse to think that -- whilst Luigi, with his great intelligence and many remaining fine qualities, was nothing at all -- Sacco, on the other hand, Sacco, blunderhead and ever-famished battener that he was, had not merely slipped into parliament, but was now, it seemed, on the point of securing office!
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2 ��mile Zola 1871
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