William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.

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• How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.

  

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