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Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered.

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
Comfort
Composure
Less
Edward
Given
Readily
Imprudence
Others
Assurance
Elinor
Every
Earnest
Assurances
Mind
Distress
Distresses
Offered
Vindication
Charge
Comforter

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