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There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.

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It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant.

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I'm very fond of experimental housekeeping.

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You are very fond of bending little minds; but where little minds belong to rich people in authority, I think they have a knack of swelling out, till ...more

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It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly dressed---the two bridemaids were duly inferior---her father gave her away---her mother stood wi...more

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...it is indeed a street of so impertinent a nature, so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads, and the principal inn of the c...more

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You judge very properly, and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions ...more

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Well, well," said he, "do not make yourself unhappy. If you are a good girl for the next ten years, I will take you to a review at the end of them.

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There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.""And y...more

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This was a lucky recollection -- it saved her from something like regret.

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He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe...more