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Avoid giving invitations to bores - they will come without.

Eliza Leslie

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Eliza Leslie
Age: 70 †
Born: 1787
Born: November 15
Died: 1858
Died: January 1
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Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Miss Leslie
Without
Giving
Invitations
Bores
Avoid
Come

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