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I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.

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
Great
Fine
Pretty
Eyes
Bestow
Pleasure
Meditating
Face
Pair
Faces
Pairs
Eye
Prejudice
Woman
Pride

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