After all it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without, and I have been more fascinate

After all it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without, and I have been more fascinate Washington Irving Quotes

After all it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without, and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence though deficient in personal charms than I have been by the most regular beauty.

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