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At first sight, his address is certainly not striking and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.

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
Good
Expression
Sweetness
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Address
Eyes
Addresses
Eye
Hardly
Uncommonly
Persons
Till
Countenance
Person
Sight
Striking
Firsts
Certainly
Perceived
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General
Handsome

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