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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: Vitriol, sal-tartre, argaile, alkaly,
Cinoper: I know all.--This fellow, Captain,
Will come in time to be a great distiller,
And give a say (I will not say directly,
But very near) at the philosopher's stone. THE ALCHEMIST.
Tressilian and his attendants pressed their route with all
dispatch. He had asked the smith, indeed, when their departure
was resolved on, whether he would not rather choose to avoid
Berkshire, in which he had played a part so conspicuous? But
Wayland returned a confident answer. He had employed the short
interval they passed at Lidcote Hall in transforming himself in a
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