Everybody around her was gay and busy, prosperous and important; each had their object of interest, their part, their dress, their favourite scene, their friends and confederates: all were finding employment in consultations and
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“The fox condemns the trap, not himself.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“... I revere you! I esteem and admire you above all human beings! you are the friend to whom my soul is attached as to its better half! you are the most amiable, the most perfect of women! and you are dearer to me than language has the power of telling.”
― Evelina
― Evelina
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“One rule for the lion and ox is oppression.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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