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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Everybody
Less
Amuses
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Settles
Past
Settling
Nothing
Abundance
Great
Manner
Deal
Deals
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