“No, I’m running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him.”
Mr. Lockwood on Heathcliff (Ch. I).
Wuthering Heights (1847)
“I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.”
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One for the Money
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