Nikolai Gogol: there is no word so perk and quick, which bursts from the heart with such spontaneity, which seethes and bubbles with su

there is no word so perk and quick, which bursts from the heart with such spontaneity, which seethes and bubbles with such vitality, as the aptly spoken Russian word

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