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The ladies--Heaven bless them!--are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.

William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.29, Delphi Classics
The ladies--Heaven bless them!--are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.