Word: epicurcan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jamaica Inn," Laughton is an epicurcan squire who supports his expensive tastes by wrecking ships and plundering them. His finery does not smother his heartiness, and he has some rich speeches about his own good taste and the inequality of man. Content here is in the pure wonder of a brimming glass of brandy. For his associates, Laughton has only his half-lidded contemptuous glance and a derisive sneer: "there is no one like me." He was right...
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