Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

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Chapter Five
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Eight rubbers have already played whist's heroes j eight times they have changed their seats- 4 and tea is brought. I like defining the hour by dinner, tea, and supper. In the country we know the time without great fuss: 8 the stomach is our accurate Breguet; and, apropos, I'll parenthetically note that in my strophes I discourse as frequently on feasts, on various 12 dishes and corks, as you, divine Homer, you, idol of thirty centuries!