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It had never occurred to him that he should live in any other than what he would have called an ordinary way, with green glasses for hock, and excelle...more

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In poor Rosamond’s mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.

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Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

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I’ve always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.

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Mrs. Bulstrode's naïve way of conciliating piety and worldliness, the nothingness of this life and desirability of cut glass, the consciousness at onc...more