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Quote by George Eliot
Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would

Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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And when a womans will is as strong as the mans who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. – George Eliot

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Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on. – Anthony Powell

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