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I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

Anne Bronte

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Anne Bronte
Age: 29 †
Born: 1820
Born: January 17
Died: 1849
Died: May 28
Governess
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Acton Bell
Ann Brontë
Anne Bronte
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Annie Bronte
Men
Miserable
Drinking
Days
Half
Cannot
Give
Without
Giving
Mad

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