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Sergeant Francis Troy Quotes

Five of the best book quotes from Sergeant Francis Troy
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“This fevered hope had grown up again like a grain of mustard-seed during the quiet which followed the hasty conjecture that Troy was drowned.”
Thomas Hardy
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Far from the Madding Crowd
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William Boldwood
Sergeant Francis Troy
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“Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance.”
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“His being higher in learning and birth than the ruck o’ soldiers is anything but a proof of his worth. It shows his course to be down’ard.”
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“Men are such constant fools! The rest may try to get over their passion with more or less success.”
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“Such women as you a hundred men always covet—your eyes will bewitch scores on scores into an unavailing fancy for you—you can only marry one of that many.”

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