Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you …

William Makepeace Thackeray
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Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads, p.424
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Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads, p.424

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