• How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention!

  John Greenleaf Whittier
  American poet and writer 1807-1892
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. pretension
2. convention
3. follies
4. fashion

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How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention! by : John Greenleaf Whittier

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