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1 He let the thought sink in, until the very lees of shame tasted like ashes in his mouth.
2 And in this poverty-stricken world, where the very lees of experience amounted to a sensation-herehe wasted his days.
3 Topmost evanescent froth, he is churned up from the very lees , and from all intermediate regions of the liquor.
4 Need I say that the girl who made the remark just quoted had drunk of life's cup to the very lees ?
5 But Lorenzo, although not a vicious, was a pleasure-loving man, and he had drained the cup of enjoyment to the very lees .
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