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" You are all white — a sheet of spotless paper — when you first are born ; but you are to be scrawled and blotted by every goose's quill. "
The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies ... - Page 407
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray ..., Volume 23

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 414 pages
...Angelica. Do you know me, Valentine ? " Valentine. Oh, very well. " Angelica. Who am I ? " Valentine. You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...leaps at you is sunk. You are all white — a sheet of spotless paper — when you first are born ; but you are to be scrawled and blotted by every goose's...
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The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar

William Wycherley - 1875 - 770 pages
...roses on a briar. You are the reflection of Ьеатеп in a pond, and he that leaps at you is sank. You are all white, a sheet of lovely, spotless paper, when you first are born ; but you are to be scrawled and blotted by every gooee'e quill. I know you ; for I...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 pages
...You may be sure 'tis she." " Valentine.— Ob, very well. " Angelica. — Who am I ? " Valentine. — You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...in a pond ; and he that leaps at you is sunk. You are-all white— a sheet of spotless paper — when you first are born : but you are to be scrawled...
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Complete Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...know me, Valtntinet " Vnlfiitint. — Oh, very well. " Ant/tlira. — Who am I ? " Viilentine. — You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...roses on a brier. You are the reflection of Heaven in H pond; and he that leaps at you is sunk. You are all white — a sheet of spoilt** r — when you...
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Something to read, ed. by E.J. Brett. [With] Something to read novelette

Edwin John Brett - 632 pages
...for your trust. I would take Congreve's remark as a definition of all pretty women, at least. ' They are the reflection of Heaven in a pond, and he that leaps at them is sunk.'" " Is that tlio reason you never entered the bonds of matrimony, Melton?" "Bonds, indeed,'...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...you know me, Valentine t " Valentine. — Oh, very well. " Angelica. — Who am I * " Valentine. — You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...leaps at you is sunk. You are all white — a sheet of spotless paper — when you first are born ; but you are to be scrawled and blotted at Billingsgate...
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Roundabout Papers: (From the Cornhill Magazine) To which is Added, The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 pages
...you know me, Valentine! " Valentine. — Oh, very well. " Angelica.— Who am I ? M Valentine. — You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...grafted roses on a brier. You are the reflection of Jleaven in a pond ; and he that leaps at ments at Billingsgate; but some of his verses — they were...
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Lectures on the English humourists of the eighteenth century: Mit ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1885 - 572 pages
...— Do you know me, Valentine? Valentine. — Oh, very well. Angelica. — Who am 1? Valentine. — You're a woman; one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...leaps at you is sunk. You are all white — a sheet of spotless paper — when you first are born; but you are to be scrawled and blotted by every goose's...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 416 pages
..." Angelica. Who am I ? " Valentine. You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when it prafted roses on a brier. You are the reflection of Heaven...leaps at you is sunk. You are all white -a sheet of spotless paper— when you first are born ; but you are to be scrawled and blotted by every goose's...
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Roundabout Papers, to which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...you know me, Valentine f " Valentine. — Oh, very well. " Angelica. — Who am I 7 " Valentine. — You're a woman, one to whom Heaven gave beauty when...leaps at you is sunk. You are all white — a sheet of spotless paper — when you first are born; but you are to be scrawled and blotted at Billingsgate;...
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