“In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.”
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Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
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Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
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They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.
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I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
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