The whole tone of the writer is that of a laudator temporis acti, who can but scoff at all that has come into fashion in his own day. [Please select]
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The laudator temperis acti is out of favour just now: the world is on the move. [Please select]
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When or where this laudator temporis acti closed his wanderings, the author never heard with certainty; but most probably, as Burns says, --he died a cadger-powny's death, At some dike side. [Please select]
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