"You see, my good friend, how much we……" — Sydney, Lady Morgan
"You see, my good friend, how much we are the creatures of situation and circumstance, and with what pliant servility the mind resigns itself to the impressions of the senses, or the illusions of the imagination"
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Sydney, Lady Morgan
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