It is simply expression as Harry says that gives reality to things.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.
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You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a girl brought up with the utmost care - to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel?
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