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wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.

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Emily Bronte
Age: 30 †
Born: 1818
Born: July 30
Died: 1848
Died: December 19
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Ellis Bell
Emily Jane Brontë
Aimili Bolangte
Emili Bronte
Emily Jane Bronte
Ai-mi-li Po-lang-tʻe
Ėmilii︠a︡ Bronte
エ ミ リ ー ブ ロ ン テ
Slumber
Benign
Wondered
Quiet
Imagine
Unquiet
Anyone
Slumbers
Earth
Sleepers
Ever
Fluttering

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