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None of the Courtrights were prudes but few of them were as oversusceptible as I seemed to be.
Telegraph Days Larry Mcmurtry 2006
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But this is sure that any man who takes the chance of ruining a foolish and ignorant or oversusceptible girl "and all for a bit of pleasure, as, if he had a man's heart in him, he 'd ha' cut his hand off sooner than he'd ha 'taken it" [Footnote: George Eliot's Adam Bede, from which these words are taken, ought to be read by every boy and girl.] - ought to be despised and socially ostracized by his fellows.
Problems of Conduct Durant Drake
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