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Washington Irving Quotes: Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
         

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.


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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
         



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