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Quote by Henry Fielding
He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would

He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. – Henry Fielding

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When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. – Henry Fielding

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wedding
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Henry Fielding
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. – Henry Fielding

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Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. – John Donne

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I stalk about her door like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks staying for wattage. – William Shakespeare

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One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love — any love — reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness. – Cesare Pavese

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Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid? – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Robopocalypse explores the intertwined fates of regular people who face a future filled with murderous machines. It follows them as humanity foments the robot uprising, fails to recognize the coming storm, and then is rocked to the core by methodical, crippling attacks. – Daniel H. Wilson

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Time was when I despised the body:
But then I saw the God within.
The Body I relaised is the Lords temple;
And so I began preserving it with care infinite. – Thirumoolar

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