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Rosings Park,
and she often condescends
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to drive by my humble dwelling
in her little phaeton and ponies.
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Does she have any family?
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One daughter, the heiress of Rosings
and very extensive property.
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I've often observed to Lady Catherine
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that her daughter
seemed born to be a duchess,
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for she has all the superior graces
of elevated rank.
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These kind of compliments
are always acceptable to the ladies,
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and which I conceive myself
particularly bound to pay.
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How happy for you, Mr Collins,
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to possess the talent for flattering
with such delicacy.
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Do these attentions proceed
from the impulse of the moment
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or are they
the result of previous study?
:26:48
They arise
from what is passing at the time.
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And though I do sometimes amuse myself
with arranging such little compliments,
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I always wish to give them
as unstudied an air as possible.
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Oh, believe me, no one would suspect
your manners to be rehearsed.
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After dinner, I thought
I might read to you for an hour or two.
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I have with me Fordyce's Sermons
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which speak very eloquently
on all matters moral.
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Are you familiar with Fordyce's Sermons,
Miss Bennet?
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Mrs Bennet, I have been bestowed by the
good grace of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
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a parsonage of no mean size.
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I have become aware of the fact.
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It is my avowed hope
that soon I may find a mistress for it.
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And I have to inform you
that the eldest Miss Bennet
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has captured my special attention.
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Oh, Mr Collins.
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Unfortunately, it is incumbent upon me
:27:57
to hint that the eldest Miss Bennet
is very soon to be engaged.