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the leader of all the world against me

[...] It need not be any particular enemy that is provoked to pursue me, it may very well be some chance innocent little creature, some disgusting little creature, some disgusting little beast which follows me out of curiosity, and thus, without knowing it, becomes the leader of all the world again…

—p.361 The Complete Short Stories The Burrow (349) by Franz Kafka
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variegated

emitting their variegated and mingled smells

—p.355 The Burrow (349) by Franz Kafka
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desuetude

Why do they hover up there, letting their legs, the pride of dogs, fall into desuetude

I think this was the part when I realised that this dog thought every other creature was also a dog

—p.317 Investigations of a Dog (300) by Franz Kafka
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inimical

premature independence is inimical to systematic learning

(says the dog)

—p.315 Investigations of a Dog (300) by Franz Kafka
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