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“Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
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- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 2197a375f3cc12363f40e68dfd7678f053a1ee4f7f2774c11a77cf7afb408efe
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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