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`I don't think I should like America.' `I suppose because we have no ruins and no curiosities,' said Virginia satirically. `No ruins! no curiosities!' answered the Ghost; `you have your navy and your manners.' OSCAR WILDE, 1887 |
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The Canterville Ghost, 1887 | |
| By | Oscar Wilde | |
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Ch. 5 in The Court and Society Review in two parts Vol. IV, No. 138, February 23, 1887, pp. 183--186. Mason, 12. Vol. IV, No. 139, March 2, 1887, pp. 207--211. Mason, 13. |
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| Reused in | A Woman of No Importance, pub. 1894 | |
| By | Oscar Wilde | |
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Act 2 LADY CAROLINE: There are a great many things you haven't got in America, I am told, Miss Worsley. They say you have no ruins, and no curiosities. MRS. ALLONBY: [To LADY STUTFIELD.] What nonsense! They have their mothers and their manners. |
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the court and society review: London, U.K. society journal, edited by Alsagar Vian under various titles between 1884-88. See notes at Mason, pp. 21-22.