“ No man can bear less malice than I do; and, when I have once carried my point, I am one of the most placable creatures in the world. ”
William Makepeace Thackeray, The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844). copy citation
| Author | William Makepeace Thackeray |
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| Source | The Luck of Barry Lyndon |
| Topic | malice world |
| Date | 1844 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4558/pg4558-images.html |
Context
“‘Who is she, Redmond dear?’ said the old lady.
‘One of the noblest and richest women in the empire, mother,’ answered I. ‘No mere Brady this time,’ I added, laughing: with which hopes I left Mrs. Barry in the best of tempers.
No man can bear less malice than I do; and, when I have once carried my point, I am one of the most placable creatures in the world. I was a week in Dublin before I thought it necessary to quit that capital. I had become quite reconciled to my rival in that time; made a point of calling at his lodgings, and speedily became an intimate consoler of his bed-side.”
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