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He would die of shame if
anyone
were to call him 'cultured' and he would be as unlikely to quote Shakespeare as Pater would have been to talk cockney.
Он сгорел бы со стыда, назови его кто-нибудь культурным человеком. В его устах цитата из Шекспира была бы столь же невероятна, как в устах высоколобого критика — уличный жаргон.
(J. Krutch)
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