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They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.

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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
Without
Much
Walked
Direction
Objects
Knowing
Attention
Felt
Thought

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