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---- wherein is recruited the tender, ingenuous, and fierce bodyguard for all
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April 17, 2018, 04:41:30 am »
And it was as of a woman that he thought of her—the specially choice incarnation of the feminine,
wherein is recruited the tender, ingenuous, and fierce bodyguard for all sorts of men
who talk under the influence of an emotion, true or fraudulent; for preachers, seers, prophets, or reformers.
(from
The Secret Agent
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Please explain "
wherein is recruited ... for all sorts of men
". Thanks. --- tk
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Re: ---- wherein is recruited the tender, ingenuous, and fierce bodyguard for all
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Women can provide those qualities - they can be tender and ingenious and can fiercely defend their menfolk.
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