Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir, replied the litt…

Charles Dickens
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Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir, replied the little gentleman. Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a legal fiction, my dear sir, nothing more. ✨ Charles Dickens (1905). The Pickwick Papers, p.541
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