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Everyone knows that the real business of a ball is either to look out for a wife, to look after a wife, or to look after somebody else's wife.
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Mr. Jorrocks then called upon the company in succession for a toast, a song, or a sentiment. Nimrod gave, "The Royal Staghounds"; Crane gave, "Champagne to our real friends, and real pain to our sham friends."
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
Robert Smith Surtees
Born:
May 17, 1805
Died:
March 16, 1864
(aged 58)
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