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As one who proudlier to a falling fortune cleaves.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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"Pharaoh's poorest brick-maker lies proudlier in his rags than the Emperor of all the Russias in his hollands," oracularly said the stranger; "for death, though in a worm, is majestic; while life, though in a king, is contemptible.
The Confidence-Man 1857
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"Pharaoh's poorest brick-maker lies proudlier in his rags than the
The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855
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