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There was not a grain of poetry in the whole composition of Lord Fawn, and poetry was what her very soul craved;Mpoetry, together with houses, champagne, jewels, and admiration.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. The Eustace Diamonds, vol. 3, ch. lxviii, London, Chapman and Hall (1873).)
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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. The Eustace Diamonds, vol. 3, ch. xxxv, London, Chapman and Hall (1873).)
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It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. The Fixed Period, vol. 2, ch. i, Edinburgh and London, Blackwood (1882).)
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Marvellous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. Rachel Ray, vol. 2, ch. xxvi, London, Chapman and Hall (1863).)
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A new and terrible aristocracy was growing up among them,—the aristocracy of hidden firearms.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. The Landleaguers, vol. 3, ch. xlvi, London, Chatto and Windus (1883).)
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High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. The Claverings, vol. 2, ch. xxvi, London, Smith, Elder (1867).)
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
(Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), British novelist. The Bertrams, vol. 3, ch. xiii, London, Chapman and Hall (1859).)
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