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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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S. Richardson
Words
Often
Great
Restrained
Deal
Deals
Eyes
Talk
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A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun.
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All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at firstsight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man.
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