When a woman gives me a present I have always two surprises:
first is the present, and afterward, having to pay for it.
-- Donnay
first is the present, and afterward, having to pay for it.
-- Donnay
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And we have a marvelous present for her. When we find...
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Famous Last... - He hated to set precedents; those who did so were sometimes promoted,
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In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to probability...
