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1  As a man sows, so shall he reap.
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2  Dr. Chasuble is a most learned man.
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3  Poor Jenkins the carter, a most hard-working man.
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4  A man should always have an occupation of some kind.
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5  No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.
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6  Oh, I don't think I would care to catch a sensible man.
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7  The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man.
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8  They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in.
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9  And of course a man who is much talked about is always very attractive.
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10  A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.
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11  You know German, and geology, and things of that kind influence a man very much.
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12  You must remember his constant anxiety about that unfortunate young man his brother.
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13  I wish Uncle Jack would allow that unfortunate young man, his brother, to come down here sometimes.
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14  I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.
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15  He is not one of those whose sole aim is enjoyment, as, by all accounts, that unfortunate young man his brother seems to be.
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16  And you do not seem to realise, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
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17  But although she may prevent us from becoming man and wife, and I may marry some one else, and marry often, nothing that she can possibly do can alter my eternal devotion to you.
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