Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you kno…

Jane Austen
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Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feel, as well as I do, that the woman who married him cannot have a proper way of thinking. ✨ Jane Austen (1946). PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, p.82, PDFreeBooks.org
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Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feel, as well as I do, that the woman who married him cannot have a proper way of thinking. ✨ Jane Austen (1946). PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, p.82, PDFreeBooks.org

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