May we take my uncle's letter to read to her? Take whatever you like, and get away.
("Pride and Prejudice")
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As a brother, a landlord, a master, she considered how many people's happiness were in his guardianship! -- How much of pleasure or pain it was in his power to bestow! -- How much of good or evil must be done by him!
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In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among the sexes.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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