Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and sat…

Charles Lamb
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Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple; in that of the lady particularly; it tells you that her lot is disposed of in this world; that you can have no hopes for her. ✨ Charles Lamb (1840). The essays of Elia, p.79
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