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"If I understand you rightly, you had formed a surmise of such horror as I have hardly words to-- Dear Miss Morland, consider the dreadful nature of th...
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"With a book he was regardless of time.
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"They danced again, and when the assembly closed, parted, on the lady’s side at least, with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. Wheth...
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"but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
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