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6/26/2025, 1:12:44 AM
I want to appreciate him, but every sentence he writes goes something like
>Elizabeth, who, notwithstanding the fragility of her sex, carried on ignoring the gentleman's advances, was nevertheless curious of his intentions—he, with an eye to, if one might condescend to name it thus, her decency, having hidden them so well—and resolved to put the matter plainly to him, whatever the effect of such a course—for, she should bethink herself, this may certainly be a matter of course—to wit: that she was not to be won so easily.
>Elizabeth, who, notwithstanding the fragility of her sex, carried on ignoring the gentleman's advances, was nevertheless curious of his intentions—he, with an eye to, if one might condescend to name it thus, her decency, having hidden them so well—and resolved to put the matter plainly to him, whatever the effect of such a course—for, she should bethink herself, this may certainly be a matter of course—to wit: that she was not to be won so easily.
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