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  1. Love and scandal are the best sweeteneers of tea.
  2. Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. Today it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen …
  3. Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
  4. When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough; I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
  5. A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs,…
  6. Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.
  7. 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.
  8. Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets, With a third dog one of the two dogs meets; With angry teeth he bites him to the bone, And t…

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