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She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A spurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whose present courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]

First, our friendship began at that early time when alone it is unalloyed and sincere; secondly"—and here, in spite of her vivacity, Marie's voice trembled—"you are associated with the only being in the world I ever really loved; and thirdly, I have behaved exceedingly ill to you, and, consequently, feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you, which is the established rule on such occasions.

DOOLITTLE [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen.