“ 'Your beauty was the first that won the place, And scal'd the walls of my undaunted heart, Which, captive now, pines in a caitive case, Unkindly met with rigour for desert;— Yet not the less your servant shall abide, In spite of rude repulse or silent pride.' WILLIAM FOWLER.”
― North and South
― North and South
“Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!'
'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.”
― North and South
'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.”
― North and South
“Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.”
― The Scarlet Pimpernel
― The Scarlet Pimpernel
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