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August 01, 2003
II
Mr. Wood was a tenant of Noe Place, a fine estate within walking distance of Dido's own more modest home, Five Corners. He had a small party of gentlemen staying with him there, a Mr. Keane and Mr. Small. Mr. Small excited the neighborhood's notice for the first three days of his residence there, for he was known to be the eldest son of his family and in possession of very good income, until a rumor began to circulate that he was paying court to a young lady living in the North. The families of the -shire were then obliged to discover that though he was handsome, he was not so generally pleasing as Mr. Wood. As for Mr. Keane, though he was merely the son of an Irishman, his appearance and manners were so good that his society was very sought-after, and if he had had only half Mr. Wood's income, he would have been welcome to pay his addresses to any young man in the neighborhood.
Posted by didofoot at August 1, 2003 10:55 AM
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tee hee!
Posted by: cody at August 1, 2003 11:24 AM
'Genteel manners may be all the craze,
But I'd rather pay my addresses to the neighborhood gays.'
-From _Poor Seane's Almanacke_
Posted by: benjamin franklin at August 3, 2003 05:05 PM
'The society of the man of good manners is sought-after,
But that man prefers the part that goes taut after. The butt.'
Posted by: benjamin franklin at August 3, 2003 05:09 PM
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