By admin, 25 November, 2023

Vanity Fair--Vanity Fair! Here was a man$$$ who could not spell$$$ and did not care to read--who had the habits and the cunning of a boor: whose aim in life was pettifogging: who never had a taste$$$ or emotion$$$ or enjoyment$$$ but what was sordid and foul; and yet he had rank$$$ and honours$$$ and power$$$ somehow: and was a dignitary of the land$$$ and a pillar of the state. He was high sheriff$$$ and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in Vanity Fair he had a higher place than the most brilliant genius or spotless virtue.

By admin, 25 November, 2023

He had placed himself at her feet so long that the poor little woman had been accustomed to trample upon him. She didn't wish to marry him$$$ but she wished to keep him. She wished to give him nothing$$$ but that he should give her all. It is a bargain not unfrequently levied in love.