There was very much in the whole affair of which he would n… - Anthony Trollope

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There was very much in the whole affair of which he would not be proud as he led his bride to the altar; — but a man does not expect to get four thousand pounds a year for nothing.

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.

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