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... Positive At - all , " a foolish Knight , that pretends to understand every thing in the world , and will suffer no man to under- stand any thing in his Company ; so foolishly Positive , that he will never be convinced of an Error ...
... Positive At - all , " a foolish Knight , that pretends to understand every thing in the world , and will suffer no man to under- stand any thing in his Company ; so foolishly Positive , that he will never be convinced of an Error ...
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... Positive's expertise becomes even more absurd when he professes to know matters which are certainly not to his credit . When Ninny mentions the word pimp , Sir Positive declares himself a master of the profession : " Why there is not a ...
... Positive's expertise becomes even more absurd when he professes to know matters which are certainly not to his credit . When Ninny mentions the word pimp , Sir Positive declares himself a master of the profession : " Why there is not a ...
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... Positive is driven to distraction and , after he recites frenziedly an absurd catalog of subjects he knows to per- fection , he leaves the amused company . Sir Positive cannot bear even the suggestion of criticism or correc- tion . His ...
... Positive is driven to distraction and , after he recites frenziedly an absurd catalog of subjects he knows to per- fection , he leaves the amused company . Sir Positive cannot bear even the suggestion of criticism or correc- tion . His ...
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A Theory of Comic Character | 7 |
Degrees of Ignorance and Knowledge | 37 |
Fields of Ignorance and Knowledge I | 72 |
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