Quote:
Originally Posted by kennyc
Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotbob
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
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Must be a different age..... |
Well, yes! Regency in fact, just before the Victorian Age.
But the first sentence is rather tongue-in-cheek.
It might have been universally acknowledged by the mothers of unmarried daughters of marriageable age. I'm sure the single men didn't necessarily think so!