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The eye is the casement at which the heart generally looks out. Many a woman who will not show herself at the door, has tipt the sly, the intelligible wink from the window.

Samuel Richardson

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
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S. Richardson
Women
Generally
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Door
Many
Window
Heart
Doors
Eye
Casement
Show
Sly
Woman
Wink
Shows
Intelligible

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