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are put in competition with one another
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or in juxtaposition with one another,
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and I think you see who has the upper hand here.
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This is an account of Skiffington's bookcase,
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which Augustus made.
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In Winifred and John Skiffington's parlor there was a
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wondrous-looking bookcase,
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lovely oak, a lion's growling face
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at each edge of the top ends, three shelves,
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a secondhand item made by Augustus Townsend not long after
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Augustus bought his freedom.
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He had first thought