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Possessing, as you notoriously possess, your pick among the women of gentle degree -- for none of them would her guardians nor her good taste permit to refuse the great Duke of Ormskirk, -- any choice must therefore be a too robustious affrontment to all the others.
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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