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Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
Writer
S. Richardson
Generally
Less
Woman
Littles
Dispensed
Little
Courtship
Men
Afterwards
Shown
Reverence

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