Rise to meet him in a pretty disorder - yes- O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.
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Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure, Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
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A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.
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You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
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