William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
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"Have the goodness to write, Jane, under my dictation," said Sir Pitt, rising and throwing himself into an attitude of command, like the portrait of a Gentleman in the Exhibition, "and begin. 'Queen’s Crawley, September 14, 1822.—My dear brother—'"

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