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The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1

Note 33 — XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.) (continued 2)

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It seems that Herod made changes so vast—certainly in the surmounting works, and also probably in one place as to the foundations, that it could not be called the same Temple with that of the Captivity, except under an abuse of ideas as to matter and form, of which all nations have furnished illustrations, from the ship Argo to that of old Drake, from Sir John Cutler's stockings to the Highlander's (or Irishman's) musket.

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