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Quote by Henry Fielding
Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;Let other hours be set a

Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. – 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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