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Covetousness, like a candle ill made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease.

Frances Osborne

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Frances Osborne
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 18
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Frances Victoria Howell
Hon. Frances Victoria Howell
Frances Victoria Osborne
Splendor
Candle
Ill
Fortune
Happy
Made
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Covetousness
Grease

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