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"I AM glad to see you once more in the world," said Lady Glenalvon; "and I trust that you are now prepared to take that part in it which ought to be no mean one if you do justice to your talents and your nature."
KENELM. -- "When you go to the theatre, and see one of the pieces which appear now to be the fashion, which would you rather be, -- an actor or a looker-on?"