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Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
说，有两个人上殿里去祷告。一个是法利赛人，一个是税吏。
In the year 1800 the chief constable was a publican, and the head gaoler sold rum and brandy opposite the prison gates.
举1800年的例子来说吧：警察局长的第二职业是酒馆老板，总监狱长则在监狱大门的正对面开了个朗姆酒和白兰地的专卖店。
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
这事以后，耶稣出去，看见一个税吏，名叫利未，坐在税关上，就对他说，你跟从我来。

In Kinsale, I know an eccentric publican with an intimate and exquisite bar below his own living quarters.
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