. . . she would have despised the modern idea of women being equal to men. Equal, indeed she knew they were superior.
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The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.Elizabeth Gaskell
My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.
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He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.
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We looked into the darkness of futurity as a child gazes after a rocket up in the cloudy sky, full of wondering expectation of the rattle, the discharge, and the brilliant shower of sparks and light.
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How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!
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A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
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