Dom Casmurro 92.2 · 92.2

A primeira polêmica da vida

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Também senti não sei que melancolia ao recordar a primeira polêmica da vida, o gosto com que ele recebia os meus papéis e se propunha a refutá-los, não contando o gosto do carro...

I also felt I know not what melancholy upon recalling the first polemic of life, the pleasure with which he received my papers and proposed to refute them, not counting the pleasure of the carriage...

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The narrator recalls a first polemic and the pleasure of being refuted.

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The narrator feels a vague melancholy when remembering his first polemic and the pleasure his opponent took in receiving and refuting his papers, not to mention the pleasure of the carriage ride.

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