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“Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Haunch of Venison.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9a9f9f4f6ca1a4ce13cfc51536da8a320efa9b1b4636f23bf088203ccec29f23
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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