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Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
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Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
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Differences
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Compliments
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