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Origin of ruffianism1
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His son and successor, Taha, has inherited all his ruffianism without the stronger qualities.
With his natural ruffianism complicated by drunkenness, he went rapidly down the hill into the valley of humiliation.
In these days the introduction of gas light and the posting of constables on the highway have greatly checked such ruffianism.
Italian vice stopped short of real life; poisoning and hired ruffianism flourished only on the stage.
The actual perpetrators of this unique act of ruffianism were nine in number.
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