I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid s — Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
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I'm not good, of course; I wouldn't give a fig to be good. So it's not vanity. It's on a far grander scale; a splendid selfishness, - authorized, too; and papa and mamma brought me up to worship beauty, -and there's the fifth commandment, you know.

— Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Amber Gods and Other Stories
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