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"And never, never, dear Madam (N.B. this remark is addressed to ladies only: no man would ever do such a thing), put “Wednesday”, simply, as the date!" "A Post
by suprfnk 11y ago
"And never, never, dear Madam (N.B. this remark is addressed to ladies only: no man would ever do such a thing), put “Wednesday”, simply, as the date!"
"A Postscript is a very useful invention: but it is not meant (as so many ladies suppose) to contain the real gist of the letter"
Interesting to see how society has changed in a hundred years. This would probably cause a bit of a fuss if it were written today.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoYeah, today instead of an amusing observation that celebrates our differences, it would become fodder to feed a conflict. It really was a gentler time.
- AndrewOMartin 11y agoI will wait 24 hours before responding to your comment in the way I initially intended to.
- kbutler 11y agoYou probably meant a "genteeler" time...