The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish

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The narrative traces the ascent of a country milkmaid into high society after an impromptu marriage to a duke, then follows the adjustments and frictions that accompany her new station. Interwoven with a popular rustic ballad that celebrates the original encounter, the story balances comic satire of aristocratic manners with sympathetic observation of the heroine's simple instincts and resulting disquiet in fashionable life. A worldly friend of the couple serves as commentator and mediator, offering witticisms about taste, social pretensions, and the tensions between native rural character and the artificial demands of elite society.

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All flattery is at somebody's expense
Be philosophical, but accept your personal dues
But I leave it to you
Distrust us, and it is a declaration of war
Happiness in love is a match between ecstasy and compliance
If I do not speak of payment
Intellectual contempt of easy dupes
Invite indecision to exhaust their scruples
Is not one month of brightness as much as we can ask for?
No flattery for me at the expense of my sisters
Nothing desirable will you have which is not coveted
Primitive appetite for noise
She might turn out good, if well guarded for a time
The alternative is, a garter and the bedpost
They miss their pleasure in pursuing it
This mania of young people for pleasure, eternal pleasure
Wits, which are ordinarily less productive than land

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