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She decided that her wisest c...

She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.

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I will not listen to your ver...

I will not listen to your verse on an empty stomach!" declared the Vicomte. "You have no soul," said Philippe sadly. "But I have a stomach, and it cries aloud for sustenance." "I weep for you," said Philip. "Why do I waste my poetic gems upon you?

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As for the fan, she agreed th...

As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had not been so excessively ugly!

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I was under the impression th...

I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!” “You did!” she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!” “Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments!

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And that reminds me, Mama! I ...

And that reminds me, Mama! I have just intercepted another of that puppy’s floral offerings to my sister. This billet was attached to it.” (Charles)

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His Grace was at her side, an...

His Grace was at her side, and lifted her down from the chair. "My enfant," he said , "duchesses do not dance on chairs, nor do they call their brothers 'imb?cile'." L?onie's twinkled irrepressibly. "I do," she said firmly.

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The charm of your society, My...

The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst!

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Horatia said eagerly: "Oh, yo...

Horatia said eagerly: "Oh, you will take m-me instead?" "No," said Rule, with a faint smile. "I won't do that. But I will engage not to marry your sister. It's not necessary to offer me an exchange, my poor child." "B-but it is!" said Horatia vigorously. "One of us m-must marry you!

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Miss Grantham gave a shriek. ...

Miss Grantham gave a shriek. 'You have trifled with me!' she said, into the folds of her handkerchief. 'You promised me marriage, and now you mean to cast me off for Another!

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I liked that young man, did no...

I liked that young man, did not you? There was something particularly pleasing about his manners, which I thought very easy and frank. He has an air of honest manliness, too, which, in these days of fribbles and counter-coxcombs, I own I find refreshing!

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I have seen what comes of bein...

I have seen what comes of being patient,' Amanda said with a boding look. 'And I have no opinion of it.' 'What does come of it?' Inquired Sir Gareth. 'Nothing!

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[He was aware] of the value of...

[He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment; and he would have thought himself extremely stupid to withhold what cost him so little and was productive of such desirable results.

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Eccentricity may be diverting,...

Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife!

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You don't feel you could marry...

You don't feel you could marry me instead? Got no brains, of course, and I ain't a handsome fellow, like Jack, but I love you. Don't think I could ever love anyone else.

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And don't you say that it is v...

And don't you say that it is very kind and obliging of him, sir, like Jessamy, because if you don't like a person, you don't wish to be obliged to him!

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I daresay Freddy might not be ...

I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!

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She succumbed to the eternal f...

She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.

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You will allow that one's curi...

You will allow that one's curiosity must be aroused when one learns that a lady is prepared to elope to escape from advances one had not the least intention of making!

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You will like her,' he persis...

You will like her,' he persisted. 'Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm.' 'Voyons, do you think that is what I like?

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Talking to you is like -- like...

Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!' 'No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?' 'Not such a waste of time as talking to you!

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