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A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Enough
Legs
Children
Ten
Always
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Arms
Fine
Numbers
Called
Family
Heads

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