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“My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well.”
“I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.”
“Many a one has been comforted in their sorrow by seeing a good dish come upon the table.”
“In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappe...”
“Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would have despised the modern idea of women being equal ...”
“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly better than always doubting and doubting and seeing difficulties and disagreeables in everything.”
“My father once made us," she began, "keep a diary, in two columns; on one side we were to put down in the morning what we thought would be the course and events of the coming day, and at night we w...”