Ask her forgiveness?
KL 2.4
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Ask her forgiveness?
KL 2.4
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If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive,
Lo, here I lend thee this sharp-pointed sword.
R3 1.2
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How shall I be revenged on him? for revenged I will be.
MWW 2.1
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God Pardon him! I do, with all my heart;
And yet no man like he doth grieve my heart.
RJ 3.5
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I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you.
Exit
TN 5.1
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Forget, forgive; conclude and be agreed.
R2 1.1
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His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother's reproach prevented his feeling any regret.
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I'm neither a graffiti enthusiast nor a churchgoer, but I must say I like this installation better than those lurid hellmouth paintings sometimes found on medieval walls. And, perhaps more importantly, why should everything be so divisive? Where's love gone? π€
10.10.2025 20:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mr Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed. He thought too well of himself to comprehend on what motive his cousin could refuse him; and though his pride was hurt, he suffered in no other way.
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10.10.2025 00:59 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Not yet, however, in spite of her disappointment in her husband, did Mrs Bennet give up the point.
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'My dear,' replied her husband, 'I have two small favours to request. First, that you will allow me the free use of my understanding on the present occasion; and secondly, of my room. I shall be glad to have the library to myself as soon as may be.'
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What do you mean, Mr Bennet, by talking in this way? You promised me to insist upon her marrying him.
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Don't let's forget Fanny Dashwood π
07.10.2025 01:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That'd be fun π
06.10.2025 22:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The kindly Badger thrust them down on a settle to toast themselves at the fire, and bade them remove their wet coats and boots.
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Happy #NationalBadgerDay! π¦‘
He looked kindly down on them and patted both their heads. 'This is not the sort of night for small animals to be out,' he said paternally. 'I'm afraid you've been up to some of your pranks again, Ratty. But come along; come into the kitchen.'
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An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.
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Or you may just ignore them --- saves time & energy ...
06.10.2025 01:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0KENT
Who's there, besides foul weather?
GENTLEMAN
One minded like the weather, most unquietly.
KL 3.1
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So wither'd and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth.
M 1.3
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Upon this blasted heath.
M 1.3
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Speak you so gently? Pardon me, I pray you:
I thought that all things had been savage here.
AYLI 2.7
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The tyranny of the open night's too rough
For nature to endure.
KL 3.4
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I will speak as liberal as the north.
O 5.2
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Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,
Thy head, thy sovereign.
TOTS 5.2
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PETRUCHIO
Katharina, I charge thee, tell these headstrong women
What duty they do owe their lords and husbands.
WIDOW
Come, come, you're mocking: we will have no telling.
TOTS 5.2
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I know her spirits are as coy and wild
As haggards of the rock.
MAAN 3.1
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'I have sent for you on an affair of importance. I understand that Mr Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is it true?' Elizabeth replied that it was. 'Very well -- and this offer of marriage you have refused?'
'I have, sir.'
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