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If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she was.

If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she was.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Son, Handsome, Apollo
William Makepeace Thackeray (1849). “Vanity fair. With illustr. by the author”, p.19

If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and, as it were, love their own loves over again.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Mother, Father, Son
William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.144

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