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    Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.392
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The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level. - Samuel Richardson
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