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She has more goodness in her little finger than he has in his whole body.
She has more goodness in her little finger than he has in his whole body.
Approximate author period: c. 1706 AD · early modern
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- Jonathan Swift
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- Approximate author period: c. 1706 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Polite Conversation. Dialogue ii.
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