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Thackery on Hatred and Consistency

In describing the character and motivations of one Mr. Osborne toward a certain Mr. Sedley:One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.This is interesting for other reasons also, in…

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Thackery on Learning to Pray

Describing the not so venerable Mrs. Crawley:Picture to yourself, oh fair young reader, a worldly, selfish, graceless, thankless, religionless old woman, writhing in pain and fear, and without her wig. Picture her to yourself, and ere you be old, learn to love and pray!

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Dear Sweet Amelia

An excerpt from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery describing the heart of Amelia.But there are things, look you, of a finer texture than fur or satin, and all Solomon’s glories, and all the wardrobe of the Queen of Sheba–things whereof the beauty escapes the eyes of many connoisseurs. And…

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