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pauper |
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pauper (formerly) a destitute person supported by public charity |
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True, he is a pauper, and nothing but a pauper; but, at least he is an HONOURABLE pauper. Yes, he said; nearly everybody is a pauper who is not a ruler. And, an admirable contrast, the article ended with a description of the middle-class, ordinary, prosaic funeral of him who should have been buried like a prince or like a pauper. |
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