Trip 4093 of 4200 collection book3
He had studied mankind with incredible diligence and knew perfectly well how far he could dependbook51 on the passions and foibles of human nature. On the road he feasted his eyesight with the verdant hills covered with flocks of sheep the fruitful vales parcelled out into cultivated enclosures the very cattle seemed to profit by the wealth of their masters being large sturdy and sleek and every peasant breathed the insolence of liberty and independence. He was not however long amused by these vain chimeras which soon vanished before other reflections of more importance and solidity.... read all
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