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Swear to me but, thou bold wretch! said she, swear to me, that Pamela Andrews is really and truly thy lawful wife, without sham, without deceit, without double-meaning; and I know what I have to say!

Balconic solitude is a world-wide / awareness. Build your balcony to view / deep-angled perspectives.

In the British Isles, Oxbridge is considered refined; Geordie somewhat less so.