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No: the years which had destroyed her youth and bloom had only given him a more glowing, manly, open look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen the same Frederick Wentworth.

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
Open
Glowing
Given
Advantages
Look
Destroyed
Looks
Advantage
Years
Youth
Lessening
Personal
Frederick
Respect
Manly
Seen
Bloom

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