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Although it mought be somewhat dangerous, just hereabouts, to confess yourself a sodger of King George -- let me tell you, that, being against you, I am not the person to mislest you on that head, by spreading the news abroad, or setting a few dozen of whigs upon your scent, which is a thing easily done.
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I’ve as much my due as another person, but I dares to say I shall have it when it’s convenient, and I’d scorn for to mislest a gentleman when he’s taking his pleasure.”
Cecilia 2008
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I've as much my due as another person, but I dares to say I shall have it when it's convenient, and I'd scorn for to mislest a gentleman when he's taking his pleasure. "
Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 Fanny Burney 1796
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