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The felicities of rapid motion
It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind; — … Continue reading
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Human nature is well disposed to laugh at this line…
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. –Jane Austen, in Emma
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Do you recognize this man?
“Hear the truth, therefore, now, while you are unprejudiced. [He] is a man without heart or conscience; a designing, wary, cold-blooded being, who thinks only of himself; who, for his own interest or ease, would be guilty of any cruelty, … Continue reading
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