It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her…

Charles Dickens
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It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities that she has, and not by the qualities she may not have. ✨ Charles Dickens (2006). David Copperfield Volume III [Easyread Edition], p.78, ReadHowYouWant.com
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It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities that she has, and not by the qualities she may not have. ✨ Charles Dickens (2006). David Copperfield Volume III [Easyread Edition], p.78, ReadHowYouWant.com

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