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I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more

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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
Persuade
Sorry
Certainly
Quite
Enough
Feel
Feels
Love

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