White lies, polite lies [ Reading & Writing / Communication ]
… is being a very faithful Historian.’ (EJL IV, 127) S he then goes on to excoriate poor Lady Miller for trying to be fashionable: ‘ all her success is to seem an ordinary Woman in very common Life with fine Cloathes on’ ( Ibid. ) . Few …
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