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  1. Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, 'Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.'
  2. The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon…
  3. Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys be…
  4. This I set down as a positive truth. A woman with fair opportunities, and without a positive hump, may marry whom she likes.
  5. Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter.
  6. Here was a man who could not spell, and did not care to read - who had the habits and the cunning of a boor: whose aim in life was pettifog…
  7. Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.
  8. But oh, Mesdames, if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you all know the di…

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