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You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy but take care you don't rouse my hate instead. And when you have once extinguished my love, you will find it no easy matter to kindle it again.

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
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Annie Bronte
Thinking
Easy
Kindle
Care
Extinguished
May
Amuse
Find
Kindles
Matter
Jealousy
Take
Instead
Love
Fine
Rousing
Think
Hate
Rouse

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