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1  Then the excitement is all over.
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2  Well, you have been eating them all the time.
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3  In the second place, I don't give my consent.
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4  When one is in the country one amuses other people.
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5  The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.
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6  As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte.
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7  I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir.
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8  It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you.
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9  If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.
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10  I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present.
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11  Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with.
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12  My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful.
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13  It accounts for the extraordinary number of bachelors that one sees all over the place.
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14  And before I allow you to marry her, you will have to clear up the whole question of Cecily.
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15  I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand.
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16  Bring me that cigarette case Mr. Worthing left in the smoking-room the last time he dined here.
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17  by the way, Lane, I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed.
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