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These kind of compliments
are always acceptable to the ladies,
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and which I conceive myself
particularly bound to pay.
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How happy for you, Mr Collins,
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to possess the talent for flattering
with such delicacy.
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Do these attentions proceed
from the impulse of the moment
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or are they
the result of previous study?
:27:23
They arise
from what is passing at the time.
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And though I do sometimes amuse myself
with arranging such little compliments,
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I always wish to give them
as unstudied an air as possible.
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Oh, believe me, no one would suspect
your manners to be rehearsed.
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After dinner, I thought
I might read to you for an hour or two.
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I have with me Fordyce's Sermons
:27:50
which speak very eloquently
on all matters moral.
:27:55
Are you familiar with Fordyce's Sermons,
Miss Bennet?
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Mrs Bennet, I have been bestowed by the
good grace of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
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a parsonage of no mean size.
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I have become aware of the fact.
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It is my avowed hope
that soon I may find a mistress for it.
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And I have to inform you
that the eldest Miss Bennet
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has captured my special attention.
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Oh, Mr Collins.
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Unfortunately, it is incumbent upon me
:28:32
to hint that the eldest Miss Bennet
is very soon to be engaged.
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Engaged.
:28:39
But Miss Lizzie,
next to her in age and beauty,
:28:42
would make anyone an excellent partner.
:28:45
Do not you agree? Mr Collins?
:28:49
Indeed. Indeed.
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A very agreeable alternative.