My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands! ✨ 'The Rivals' (1775) act 5, sc. 3
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My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands! ✨ 'The Rivals' (1775) act 5, sc. 3

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