Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

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Chapter One
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How early he already could disturb the hearts of the professed coquettes!

Or when he wanted to annihilate 4 his rivals, how bitingly he'd tattle! What snares prepare for them!

But you, blest husbands, 8 you remained friends with him: him petted the sly spouse, Faublas' disciple of long standing, and the distrustful oldster, 12 and the majestical cornuto, always pleased with himself, his dinner, and his wife.