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Nevertheless, she did not weep...

Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.

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I will not listen to your vers...

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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Judging from the letters I've ...

Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot cakes.

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There is nothing so mortifying...

There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.

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I remember only what interests...

I remember only what interests me.

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Spread the glad tidings that i...

Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who do so wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot cakes. I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense, but it's questionably good escapist literature and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter, or recovering from flu. Its period detail is good; my husband says it's witty---and without go

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But it is only in epic tragedi...

But it is only in epic tragedies that gloom is unrelieved. In real life tragedy and comedy are so intermingled that when one is most wretched ridiculous things happen to make one laugh in spite of oneself.

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When fate is got it in for you...

When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

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Randall laid his hand on Stell...

Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. 'My precious, you really must have some regard for my clothes,' he said with gentle reproach. 'Much as I love you, I cannot permit you to maul this particular coat.

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The more enchanted the idyll, ...

The more enchanted the idyll, greater must be the pain of its ending.

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You're only a man! You've not ...

You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!

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I feel an almost overwhelming ...

I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.

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It was growing late, and thoug...

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.

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I comfort myself with the refl...

I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.

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No one could have called Mr. S...

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

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My dear girl, don't talk nonse...

My dear girl, don't talk nonsense to me! You're lazy, that's all that's wrong with you. Why don't you take up social work?

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As for the fan, she agreed tha...

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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speed is the curse of the age....

speed is the curse of the age.

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You may have married her, but ...

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

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Miss Grantham's sense of humou...

Miss Grantham's sense of humour got the better of her at this point, and, tottering towards a chair, she sank into it, exclaiming in tragic accents:'Oh Heavens! I am betrayed!' His lordship blenched; both he and miss Laxton regarded her with guilty dismay. Miss Grantham buried her face in her handkerchief, and uttered one shattering word: 'Wretch!

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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