Leave the bottle on the chimley-piece, and don't ask me to take none, but let me put my lips to it when I am… — Charles Dickens
Leave the bottle on the chimley-piece, and don't ask me to take none, but let me put my lips to it when I am so dispoged, and then I will do what I'm engaged to do, according to the best of my ability.
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